Posted by Rach on September 11, 2001, at 13:07:03
In reply to Listen,there's a reason we have think about war..., posted by Krazy Kat on September 11, 2001, at 12:45:08
You have completely missed the point. Everybody wants the terrorists to be punished. What we don't want is other innocent people to die & be punished as will ultimately happen if a war starts.
There is no point killing even one more innocent person to get to the terrorists, because that goes against the moral reasoning for punishing the terrorists in the first place.
Of course anger at whomever is responsible is warranted. But so is philosophising - people need to forsee the possible consequences of any acts of retaliation, whether they have implications politically or regarding the loss of more innocent lives. It is selfish to ignore the loss of lives that many countries will experience if war occurs.
The focus should be on sending love & thoughts to the people (& their families) who died, on aiding the injured, & insuring that more innocent lives aren't lost, whether they be in the US or elsewhere. It's incomprehensible to me that you should care so little for the innocent people who would die in war. That would be the biggest tragedy.
> > at times. Nixon signed some stupid U.N. "contract" that doesn't allow us to kill world leaders.
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> I'm not getting the specifics right, but this is part of it. Sorry, I'm a little upset right now, but I don't think it's the time to start talking "theoretically" about the loss of innocent lives to come. New Yorkers and D.C. folk are gone, landmarks are gone, the stock market's down, our society's communication is majorly disrupted.
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> This is a major, major thing, and anger at whomever is responsible is warranted - not a time for philosophical moments, worrying about terrorists' "souls".
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> Sorry, but the focus should be on OUR loss, not on some possible future loss of someone else. It's irreverant and incomprehensible to me...
poster:Rach
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