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lefty_mcduff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 10:30 AM
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8. Inflict collateral damage.
"Deliberate murder of innocents is no different than bringing justice on those that kill? Oh, my."

That's not what I said, and you know it. That's not what I implied and you know it. That's a moebius strip argument that I am not going to have. I will, however, clarify, since you're (at least) answering like you didn't understand me.

Deliberate retaliatory murder of innocents on *either side* is unacceptable. Extremists on both sides will argue that the other sides "collateral damage" is an acceptable price in the 'war'. I disagree with both sides. Extremists on both sides will argue that their assassinations and executions are more valid (even attacks on IDF personel are referred to as 'terrorist attacks' which they're not). More honorable. I disagree with both sides. Extremists on both sides will claim that the people they kill are part of some 'military operation' whether the people killed are civilians or not. Both sides are equally full of shit.

I think *both* sides are guilty of terrorism. One is gussied up as 'defense' but that's because they have better uniforms and more advanced toys.
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