Fabrizio Quattrocchi
We judged him from our comfortable homes as a hero sitting in front of our pc's, didn't we?
"We judged him from our comfortable homes as a hero sitting in front of our pc's, didn't we?
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We did. He was a hero. Few men are heroes, I'm afraid. While I will celebrate a hero from the comfort of my desk, I will not condemn a man who acts in a way to save his life.
Nothing Quattrocchi could have done would have saved his life. He died in defiance of his captors.
Such was not the case in the present story. By mouthing some words, two men are free to return to their families. I will not condemn them for saving their own lives. Had Quatrocchi been able to do the same, I would not have spoken against him, either. But that was not a choice available to him.
Was he a hero? Yes. Are the two Fox newsmen cowards? Well, I wouldn't say that at all. They saved their own lives, but did so at no risk to others. They lied to their captors. So?
As for the state of their salvation, I have no idea, nor does anyone else.