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To: hoyaloya
What about the innocent children our bombs unintentionally shred?

The key word is "unintentionally". This woman was killed deliberatly, which is another thing entirely.

The old argument that you cannot fight war because innocents may die is old. The answer is that you cannot sit frozen and do nothing while even more innocents die by your non-action. If you do, then civilization will inevitably sink to its lowest common denominator, with the most violent in charge.

It's a sad commentary on humanity. But it is a fact that to maintain civilization, it is necessary to be able to act in uncivilized ways when necessary. The trick is keeping those acts of uncivility in tight control, which I think this society has accomplished very well.

65 posted on 03/31/2005 12:25:53 PM PST by narby
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To: narby

"It's a sad commentary on humanity. But it is a fact that to maintain civilization, it is necessary to be able to act in uncivilized ways when necessary. The trick is keeping those acts of uncivility in tight control, which I think this society has accomplished very well."

I get it. Life is always sacred. Except for when it isn't.


267 posted on 04/04/2005 11:03:00 PM PDT by Bombay Bloke
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