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RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s settle this matter
Posted by: Fin Bonset ()
Date: March 08, 2001 06:49PM

<HTML>Steve,

I don\'t think you got my point there. I never disagreed with the possibility. It is not difficult to be driven to the state of mind to do those type of things. Any culture could do it. But there are some that do it more than others. Look at the Islamic/Arab cultures. In their hard-core believe system it is ok to have disrespect for anything other than your own cutlure and that killing the enemy is like killing an animal (I\'ve studied this as it is also the derivation of terrorism). In some cultures there is no respect for the dead. I\'ve been to places like Haiti, Belize, and El Salvador, and I\'ll tell you, they have no respect for their enemies or the dead. That may be a matter of culture or religion. I\'m just pointing out truths that I\'ve experienced and I\'m not saying all the people within those cutlures and countries are like this, but it does represent the core of many. One has to respect other cutlures for what they are. Here\'s a question: what if the enemy has totally bombed your village and your family is dead as a result? Then you find that pilot who did that. It is difficult to determine what you will do! Respect for someone in a case like that will diminish a lot if not altogether!

I could argue this for hours but I will leave it at that. John is right, this thread should not continue like this as we\'re getting way off the topic.

Excuse my rebuttal, but I couldn\'t help it.

Best wishes to you all,

Fin</HTML>

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Okay, let\'s settle this matter once and for all Frank Blazich 03/07/2001 02:55PM
RE: Okay, let\\\'s settle this matter once and for Rainer Bruns 03/07/2001 03:37PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and Tom Iwanski 03/07/2001 05:45PM
RE: Okay, let\\\'s settle this matter once and for Steve 03/07/2001 03:46PM
Semper Fi, Dude! Karl D. 03/07/2001 04:24PM
RE: Semper Fi, Dude! steve 03/07/2001 05:05PM
RE: Semper Fi, Dude! Karl D. 03/08/2001 04:59PM
RE: Semper Fi, Dude! Rainer Bruns 03/08/2001 06:33PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and Frank Blazich 03/07/2001 06:53PM
RE: Okay, let\\\'s settle this matter once and for Yuri IL\'IN 03/07/2001 04:39PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and John Griffiths 03/07/2001 05:25PM
RE: What has this got to do with U-boats? Kurt 03/07/2001 11:38PM
My two cents... Ben B. 03/08/2001 05:59AM
U 508 Don 03/08/2001 05:55AM
RE: U 508 Anders Wingren 03/08/2001 06:44PM
U 508 Don 03/08/2001 05:57AM
RE: Okay, let\\\'s settle this matter once and for Fin Bonset 03/08/2001 01:06PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and Steve 03/08/2001 02:17PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s settle this matter Fin Bonset 03/08/2001 06:49PM
RE: Okay Yuri IL\'IN 03/09/2001 01:15AM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and John Griffiths 03/08/2001 06:26PM


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