If I'm bitten by a rabid dog and I have it put down, that's not revenge. That's prudence. Faced with an incurable disease/mindset capable of causing more misery/illness/death one finds oneself in the invidious position of having to decide between several obviously unpleasant and previously unacceptable alternatives. It's not fair - any of it - but it's the situation nonetheless. David Leonard ShaysNet On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Los, Ralph wrote:
True, there is no taking back what happened, but if GW issued an act of war, and did some re-arranging of the middle-east and the like, and places like Afganistan, Iraq, and the Palestinian militant states DISAPPEARED forever - no one, especially this blue-blooded American would shed a tear...and I as one...would see all the psycho-terrorists to hell.
Revenge begets revenge.