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Re: Why We War (was Re: Bin Laden's Special Song) (General Discussion)
Re: Why We War (was Re: Bin Laden's Special Song) // General Discussion
Oct 30, 2001, 11:05pm
er... it should be "_but_ I digress..." Sorry! :D
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
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[View Quote]"sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
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> If I may make a point. Sounds cold-hearted, but since it's my taxpaying
> dollars going to keeping these killers fed and clothed, I say kill em off.
> Big I digress. On a more less-selfish point, when you commit a crime that
> is the taking of another human life (or more), I think the old saying "an
> eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" applies.
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> SW Chris
> Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
> http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
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> "aine" <Aine at DeDanaan.com> wrote in message
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> If you'll do a little investigating, you'll find out that many of Bin
> Laden's speeches/messages to the world have something to do with something
> that occurred back in 1921, as he keeps saying they've been under the yoke
> of American imperialism for 80 years. What that refers to, I'm not
exactly
> sure, but it would have been during the presidency of Warren G. Harding,
so
> apparently the recent terrorist actions have roots that reach back a long
> way. What any of that has to do with Bin Laden, who was not alive during
> that time, is anyone's guess. One of the really weird things about Bin
> Laden is that almost all of his immediate family (who are fairly well-off
> and very well educated) resides right here in the U.S. They've long ago
> disowned this fellow from their family, and condemned his actions on
> numerous occasions, but, as you can imagine, his actions have made their
> lives a living hell as well. And no, I'm not forgetting the suffering and
> loss of the people whose relatives were on those planes or in those
> buildings that were destroyed in NY, DC, and Philadelphia. I know that
> they, too, continue to suffer and mourn the deaths of their friends and
> relatives, and that they, above everyone else, deserve to see justice done
> with regards to the terrorists who perpetrate these sorts of incidents.
>
> As far as prisons, the courts, and the death penalty goes... the European
> Union has, as a body, unanimously condemned the death penalty as a
> punishment for any sort of crime. They seem to have trouble understanding
> why we here in the United States have no trouble with keeping the death
> penalty as a punishment. To their way of thinking, we're supposed to be
one
> of the more advanced-thinking countries, and yet we continue to perpetuate
> what they consider a backward mentality. Our use of the death penalty
puts
> us on a list of countries that includes Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Cuba,
etc.
> Is that the sort of company we wish to keep? *shrugs* Russia is
currently
> at the top of the list of countries that routinely use the death penalty,
> the sheer numbers of prisoners killed there is outrageous, and yet our own
> numbers of prisoners, our increasing numbers of prisons, and our use of
the
> death penalty will shortly rival theirs. Has this method of dealing with
> crime and criminals been very effective? I'm not certain it has, and I
have
> no idea what method would work better, but it seems to me that what we're
> currently doing isn't going to lead us into a world where we can "all just
> get along."
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> Áine
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