Yes, pace Alison, opinions are inevitable, Dom, whatever their odour. And
even 'all opinions stink' is an opinion itself.
One person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, it has ever been thus.
Imagine if, at the height of the Troubles in Ulster, the British government
had decided to bomb the Catholic areas of Belfast and Derry to 'defeat the
terrorists'. It's unthinkable, isn't it? But it parallels what the US & UK
have done in Afghanistan.
But no more on this from me for now. Come on ye poems!
Best
Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: Hypocrisies
> Point taken, Robin - though all the justifications for the loss of
> civilian life follow the same kind of logic, to my ears. Both
> inside and outside war.
>
> All opinions may stink, Dom, but that doesn't mean that we're not
> allowed to have them, nor that all information we can glean is
> totally misleading. I'm sorry if I've been a bit much today, but it
> seems to me exchange is one way to worry towards understanding. And
> more accurate facts are one tool that we all need.
>
> Best
>
> Alison
>
> > > From the point of view of Al-Qaeda, the victims of the WTC were
> >> "collateral damage" and perfectly justifiable in terms of their
> >> higher aims, that is, their war with the US.
> >
> >Don't get this -- the +primary+ aim of the strike on the WTC was to kill
as
> >many people as possible.
> >
> >This isn't "collateral" (but I'm with you, Alison, on that particular
> >weasel-word).
> >
> >Robin
>
> --
>
>
> Alison Croggon
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