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Re: Have you hugged a terrorist today? (was: A Measured Response...)
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Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:37:08 GMT
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"Amy Hughes" <lugnews@amyhughes.org> wrote in message news:GJotMs.A8t@lugnet.com...


Perhaps we could invite Bin Laden to a national barbeque and have a huge love-
in, then, when we've convinced him that we're such nice folks, we can strike a
deal with him...

1) We'll help you kill the infidels in Israel and sweep them into the sea.
2) We'll build all your people nice homes in the Jerusalem 'burbs.
3) We'll all convert to your perverted... errr... inspired version of Islam.

In return, you agree to kill only half of us.

I shoulda been a diplomat.


Governments hug terrorists everyday.

Yasser Arafat was the bin Laden of his day

Irish terrorists now sit around the same peace table with those who thought them inhuman in the past

The US government has played a fundamental role in trying to persuade waring factions on both sides that tit for tat
revenge attacks get you nowhere and that long term peace is only solved by resolving the differences.
The US government has welcomed recognised terrorists (or at least their leaders/associates) into the white house and
shaken their hands in an attempt to stop the circle of violence.

I hope they bear this in mind when they look at the course of actions open to them now.

regards
lawrence



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  Have you hugged a terrorist today? (was: A Measured Response...)
 
(...) I'll grant only that we share much genetic material. Maybe even moreso than we do with, say, mold spores. (...) What would you consider a measured response? Perhaps we could invite Bin Laden to a national barbeque and have a huge love- in, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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