From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Apr 08 2002 - 19:08:23 MDT
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
> Sure; Isreal bombed (actually often shelled) Palestinian cities in response
> to most terror bombings over the past intifada.
But *why* was there an intifada and *why* were their terrorist bombings?
It seems you assume that assaults on innocent civilians is a valid
response relative to political solutions.
If terrorists assault civilians, is not an equal response on civilians
justified? [There are two choices -- you can clean your own house
or I can clean it for you.]
> In cases of various attacks on the settlements, they often - but not always
> - attacked the neighborhood from which the attack originated.
If you have no police authority over the state in question, how else
do you impress upon the people of that settlement that originating
terrorist attacks has consequences. [I'll note that the Israelis
have uncovered something like a dozen clandestine explosives
manufacturing labs.]
> But everywhere here is in on the idea that you don't attack
> people because they live where a crime was committed, right?
It comes down to your "moral" duty as a citizen. If I were to
discover that my next door neighbor were assembling a nuclear
weapon in his basement, could I claim lack of responsibility
if I failed to inform the authorities and it happened to end
up killing thousands of people? I'll notice that a number
of Palestinian deaths over the last few weeks have been because
Palestinians have been assasinating individuals suspected of
collaborating. The street demonstrations of Palestinians
have clearly shown that they favor the terrorist approach.
What ye sow, so shall ye reap.
If your goal is "peace", then the selective removal
of the terrorists should promote that. Individuals who
provide information to accomplish that should be held
up as heros and not be considered traitors and suffer
for that.
Robert
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