I think the time has come where people of any persuasion or belief should
be strong enough to admit that they and only themselves are responsible
for their actions. Yet many on this list use this convoluted logic that
suggests the perpetrators of these acts and those who direct and control
them are in someway justified. "It is not their fault" you say, "but the
evil Americans and their invasive policies".
In Stace's explication of Hegel's logic the following can be found about
justice. And in this case justice will be done. I quote as follows:
"The criminal is a rational being whose essence is universality; the
animal is not. It is therefore the inherent right of the criminal to be
treated as a rational and universal being. Hence the crime cannot be
regarded as a mere objectionable act , as dog's delinquencies may, but
must be viewed as an affirmation of a law which the criminal wills to be
universal. Violence, therefore must be punished by violence. For the
criminal has by his own act asserted the law of violence. It is his act as
a rational being that his act should be taken as importing a universal, as
erecting violence into law. It is the criminal therefore who punishes
himself. It is his own will. He has asserted violence as his law and the
application of this law to himself is justice" Stace, 1955, The Philosophy
of Hegel, p.390
There are those on the list who will substitute the term "USA" for the
term "criminal " I substitute the term "terrorist" for the term
"criminal". Recent polls indicate that 94% of those Americans polled
support a declaration of war. I am sorry but I feel that we are sitting on
the tip of the "iceberg of violent retribution" which represents the view
of justice in the mind's of Americans as quoted above. Debate if you will,
exercise in American bashing if you must, but realize that life as we know
it will change dramatically in the next few months because of these
horrific acts.
Mike Chumer
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