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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30687 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
The people of Japan were willing to commit suicide for their God. The emperor was a living god. Look up Shinto. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65773 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
The people of Japan were willing to commit suicide for their God. Thanks, I was looking for that. :D The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
fpiaw Send message Joined: 29 Dec 99 Posts: 236 Credit: 1,203,409 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for your answers. However, the fact is that in Wars (ww2 is a good example) we have used the tactic of killing innocent people (along with their buildings) to bring a civilization to its knees. Right or wrong this is what the terrorist and their followers are trying to do to us. If they had large well marked armies I'm sure they would try to invade us the normal way. Then if their army were defeated they would switch back to the method that they are using now. I don't like it, but that is the way it is. When the chips are down and a person has a belief, be it religious or a feeling of pride for their nation they will fight and die to defend it. They will do everything they can. Even if it is nasty and even if their belief is so off the wall. In this case I believe they are wrong using terrorism against us. In the case of WW2 I believe we were right to use it against Japan and Germany. Was their a few attacks we did that was not needed ... sure, but there was no real way of knowing for sure before those terrorist attacks. We are all people, we all think and feel in similar ways. No matter where we live or what our skin color is. Once we feel the end is near for our beliefs or civilization we do things that we once would not. In a lesser example just think about the 700B dollar bailout. Just a few years ago republicans would never have supported a big government bailout (granted a few held to their beliefs), but now the chips are down and they did it. Chris. Thanks for your answers. |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
In this case I believe they are wrong using terrorism against us. Odd that nobody believes bombing their cities for the past fifty years was wrong... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30687 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
In this case I believe they are wrong using terrorism against us. Tit for tat isn't right either unless you believe that stuff about an eye for an eye. Problem is after a while everyone looses score. |
Aristoteles Doukas Send message Joined: 11 Apr 08 Posts: 1091 Credit: 2,140,913 RAC: 0 |
then we get what was in north-ireland, that each side was just wrong. and the same case goes to israel and Palestine, they have both be wrong couple of decades, and in both cases, it is fruitless to ask, was somebody in one time more right. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
In this case I believe they are wrong using terrorism against us. I believe it was wrong. Jeffrey, you have no clue of the devastion the bombing caused. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
Tit for tat isn't right either unless you believe that stuff about an eye for an eye. I have to admit, I'm starting to lean in that direction... ;) (Trying to reason with unreasonable people has proven to be ineffective.) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
Tit for tat isn't right either unless you believe that stuff about an eye for an eye. Delving into the Old Testament? me@rescam.org |
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