kandrathe,Nov 9 2004, 08:50 PM Wrote:Well, sure. Stop the bleeding. Put on a bullet proof vest if you like, but at some point you need to find out where those bullets are coming from and stomp the SOB who's shooting at you. Â
We don't need to kill them and we can be humane, but I'd be happy if justice was done to those that have commited the most heinous crimes. I still think you need to address the deeper problem of an ideology that convinces people to strap C4 to thier bodies and stroll in to an unsuspecting crowd to detonate themselves. Or, the islamic media that hails a man who just murdered a pregnant woman and her 4 young children as a hero.
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Sure. But going in "for revenge" only doesn't really help that problem. I think of what you're saying about the ideology as part of the "keep more people from getting killed". Bombing country just for revenge and the attitude of "revenge is the most important thing" is what I was talking about.
In your example, I would be perfectly fine with having the person who shot at me in jail, I wouldn't want to shoot them myself and get some extra family members pissed and coming after me. granted, this isn't the best analogy, but it seems to work O.k. for this particular point.
And what do you know, this thread of all things has become another U.S. foreign policy thread.
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