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Re: Hiroshima-Was It Necessary?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 17 Oct 2001 00:41:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I would say that if it
> can be demonstrated that if any particular weapon is the most effective and
> appropriate weapon under valid reasoning based on the facts available at the
> time, using it in a war that pits good against evil is not terrorism.
The use of a 767 on Sep 11 was probably deemed effective and appropriate by the
perpetrators - with a little investment in pilot training, and without the need
to carry into the country any explosives or risk discovery by building their
own, they effectively sent exactly the message they wanted to send.
And your own president (and many others) say it is war, and is pitting good
against evil.
I think you need to make this point a little clearer - I definitely don't agree
that those attacks weren't terrorism.
ROSCO
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Let me see if I can paraphrase your position accurately: Regarding an enemy who not long before had made an unprovoked attack against US soil, an enemy that had been responsible for hideous medical experiments (not to mention the extermination (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Me either. You're right, there's something a little off with that definition as written. As long as you assume that they felt they were on the side of good and their target was on the side of evil (that's the part that matters, not that GWB (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Either is possible. (...) No, my argument is more of a "if you're at war, use the appropriate weapon for the job", as I tend to reject "might makes right" in what I hope is a pretty consistent way and welcome being called on it if I ever lean (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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