k wrote:
] oaknet wrote:
] ] But what makes you think that these people do not have good
] at
] ] the very base of their being?
]
] [ I don't think your analogy quite fits in this case. Those
] responsible here *did* behead someone, if the reports are
] true, and certainly we have evidence that those who killed Mr.
] Berg *did* behead him. Those people, by which i don't imply a
] race or ethinicity or nationality, but the guys who stood
] there, or wielded the knife, do not have good at the base of
] their being. Sorry, i don't believe you can behead a man,
] particularly a civilian, and still claim you're generally a
] good guy. War is one thing, and it's bad enough... selecting
] a target as an icon, as a symbol, and not based on their
] specific actions against you is *especially* wrong.

I am inclined to agree. And on that very basis bombing Iraqi cities filled with innocent civilians was morally unacceptable. Or was it somehow more acceptable because we didn't video each innocent "collatoral" man, woman and child's execution under US/UK fire?

"Collatoral" damage is the West's way of excusing itself for the deaths of thousands of innocents who have been targeted no less than the poor unfortunates from American now in Iraq. As humans we take sides, we make judgements, but we needn't be blinded to the ambiguous truth of our own horror. If we can bomb a marketplace or a wedding and retain our moral base, then why not these other murderers?

Remember that Biblical story about motes and beams?

] As I heard once in a song, "You
] can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
] -k]

Who is to say that you are not the one dancing with the Devil but calling him by his other name, the Angel of Light? The Devil has many names and many faces, and loves nothing better than a Good Cause ...

I deplore the murder of all individuals, as I deplore this war and the violence inherent in it. But unlike some, I don't believe that there are good murders of innocents and bad murders of innocents.

By the way, what are the statistics for "collatoral" Iraqi war deaths caused by anonymous men from the US/UK?

What do you mean, there aren't any... ?

RE: CNN.com - Report: U.S. hostage beheaded - Jun 18, 2004