From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 16:31:17 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> "J. R. Molloy" wrote:
> >
> > From: <CurtAdams@aol.com>
> >
> > > Are you saying terrorism is OK if it works?
> > > Or if it's done in a "good cause"?
> >
> > If it ends a World War, as the bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki did, it ain't
> > that bad.
> > ...are you saying that you oppose good causes?
> > How lame.
>
> The logical fallacy here is the assumption that the inhabitants of
> Hiroshima and Nagasaki are to be considered 'non-combatants' under the
> Geneva Conventions.
I have not seen a good argument that they were combatants under
the terms of the Geneva Convention.
- samantha
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