Re: OT: Fwd: Letter from Australia

["Jason" <jbulle@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's a good sentiment; the problem is that turning the other cheek only
empowers the aggressor. What these people want is to disrupt our way of life
and to instill fear in us. They hide inside the borders of countries that
claim to detest their actions while funneling money to them behind closed
doors...while those countries citizens celebrate the event. A rational
adversary can be reasoned with, shown that peace is mutually beneficial, war
mutually destructive. But this only holds under the premise that both sides
want; at the end of the day to go home, happy and alive to their families.
The attackers firmly believe that their way into heaven is paved with the
blood of others, and to die killing as many of us as possible is not only
honorable but required by god. They give no thought to their own lives in
these actions, and so do the unimaginable. We have tried appeasement,
Clinton bent (us) over backwards to make friends for nothing. They don't
want our friendship, just our death, when dealing with a foe that only
speaks in violence and death taking the high road only makes it that much
easier to take the ground from beneath your feet, unfortunately you must
respond with greater force. YES, partially in vengeance, part in justice,
and partially to make them fear repeating the act. Any other course simple
emboldens them.

I hope it never goes this far but there are ONLY two ways to deal with an
entity that hates you and seeks your death.in the past we have reasoned with
our adversaries, who at the end of the day weren't that different in their
desires than we are(MAD

1) Remove their ability to harm you

2) Make the idea of what will happen if they do so terrible, that the
thought is impossible

Both of these are terrible in their own way, but in the case where the human
life means nothing to one side all the more for both. its a grim view I
suppose but to allow attacks to go unchallenged is worse

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Bannister" <lbannist@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <buffyloveswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<SapphicSlayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: OT: Fwd: Letter from Australia


> I was just got this, bit fragmented by fowarding, but
> I haven't got time to re-paragraph it. To all the
> Americans on these lists I really don't know what to
> say, but i guess it says it for me.
>
> > >
> > >In Australia for the last few days events in the
> > United States have
> > >dominated our media - not a president caught with
> > his pants down or the
> > >great mud slinging performance of an American style
> > election campaign -
> > >but a human tragedy of massive proportions. Many
> > thousands lost their
> > >lives, and for the multitude who lost a family
> > member or friend, life will
> > >be changed forever. What do we do? Airline security
> > around the world will
> > >be examined in minute detail; already many people
> > cry out for blood, for a
> > >vengeance of unsurpassed savagery, to strike out
> > against a race, a country
> > >or a religion.
> > >What of those who did this, they were not soulless
> > demons, but human. They
> > >had families, even children - people they loved,
> > and who loved them. We
> > >cannot comprehend what would drive someone to such
> > acts, or can we? Anger
> > >and hate, vengeance; the heritage not of one
> > country or religion but of
> > >humanity; the blame cannot be escaped: we did this.
> > Those who cry out for
> > >vengeance are the spiritual brothers the
> > terrorists. What then do we do to
> > >avenge the fallen? Self defence can sometimes be
> > necessary, vengeance,
> > >never. Fight the cause; a moment of silent
> > contemplation - not once on
> > >some arbitrary date, but instead of a word or
> > action made in anger. Let us
> > >build a lasting memorial for the fallen in the
> > blossoming of peace and not
> > >the fires of war.
> > >
> > >Clive Brettingham-Moore
> > >Tasmania, Australia
>
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