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Re: Thinking Out Loud...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 02:42:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Horst Lehner writes:

And your evidence for that is ... ?

Flight 93.

Thank *all that is worth living for* that the heroes on board that flight
*weren't* pacifists.

You don't know whether they were or not.

Care to elaborate on that?

Are you saying that they didn't attack the attackers,

No.

or are you saying that
to do so is a pacifistic act, or something else entirely? I'm not sure I
follow.

Something else entirely. We don't know what they actually did. Did they attack
them with weapons? Unlikely. One report I heard said they used cushions to
shield themselves while charging the hijackers. Maybe some of them threw
punches, a bit of kicking. I don't know. I think it's fair to assume the
hijackers weren't expecting this, so they probably had surprise in their
favour, too. How many were involved? How many of those actually committed
physical violence against the hijackers? I don't know. Do you? If not, how can
you possibly know whether or not they were pacifists?

ROSCO



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  Re: Thinking Out Loud...
 
(...) So you concede that it is likely that one or more passengers did in fact attack, then? I grant that we may never know for certain, but submit that the evidence is very strongly pointing in that direction. Therefore the passenger or passengers (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Thinking Out Loud...
 
(...) Care to elaborate on that? Are you saying that they didn't attack the attackers, or are you saying that to do so is a pacifistic act, or something else entirely? I'm not sure I follow. Thanks. (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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