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Re: Plane crash in New York?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Wed, 12 Sep 2001 21:08:57 GMT
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It is utterly frustrating to read opinions that I strongly disagree with,
and not to be allowed to explain and evolve my point of view.

/Tore


In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
There is no way to break the circle of violence short of annihilating the
fanatics.  Ignoring them and not fighting back does not seem to slow their attacks
down at all.

If NOT fighting them doesn't stop their attacks (as has been shown to date), then
hopefully fighting them, and eliminating them, will.  There may be more lives lost
in the process of fighting them, but the total lives lost may be lower in the end.

Tore Eriksson wrote:

No, I don't have the answer to this. All I know is that the circle of
increasing violence must be broken, and the side that breaks it will be the
true heroes. If it isn't broken, we may see the dawn of WW3.

--
| Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support
|   Netscape Communications Corp
|     A division of AOL Time Warner
|   iPlanet Support - http://www.iplanet.com/support/
| Please do not associate my personal views with my employer



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  Re: Plane crash in New York?
 
So explain - try to give me a good reason why we should simply ignore these terrorists and hope they go away. I seriously doubt you will come up with a good enough reason. They aren't going away, that's obvious, or this wouldn't have happened. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Plane crash in New York?
 
There is no way to break the circle of violence short of annihilating the fanatics. Ignoring them and not fighting back does not seem to slow their attacks down at all. If NOT fighting them doesn't stop their attacks (as has been shown to date), (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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