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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 1 May 2001 07:56:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > Or are you saying that this is not true:
> > > "Turkey and Israel are "free to take care of it". However, both have a
> > > history of ignoring human rights and murdering civilians in the process."
> >
> > Okay, let's assume this is true. It probably is.
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> > My question is: so what?
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> > Who comes to the table with clean hands? When it comes time to talk of
> > peace there is usually blood on all sides. No side is innocent. No side is
> > able to speak from a standpoint of complete rightousness. To make peace you
> > have to respect the voices of all concerned -- even if they are the
> > terrorists or murderers. At some point everyone has to agree to stop the
> > violence, or peace is impossible.
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> Where the fault is split 60-40 I think you're right.
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> But what if the fault is almost all on one side? (it's not 60-40 in this
> case but it's not 99-1 either, so this is a hypothetical, I want to know
> what you think) What then?
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> I come from the "never negotiate with terrorists" school of thought, and I
> think there is a lot of merit in that approach. Terrorists need to be
> apprehended and smacked down, not accomodated.
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> -d Lar
Very noble Larry. Perhaps you could tell us how this can be done? And what
about state sponsored/enacted terrorism?
Scott A
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| (...) Scott: I would turn the question around and ask how you would propose to achieve peace with the state sponsors of terrorism, when those same states have demonstrated irrefutably that they accept the destruction of innocent life as a valid (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Where the fault is split 60-40 I think you're right. But what if the fault is almost all on one side? (it's not 60-40 in this case but it's not 99-1 either, so this is a hypothetical, I want to know what you think) What then? I come from the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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