Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 05:13:19 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in, crh@outpost.co.nz, adam@whizkidtech.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oh no. The Guns Debate (was Re: On "intelligent people" and Message-ID: <20000331131319.236E637B6A3@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200003310233.TAA06930@usr09.primenet.com> (message from Terry Lambert on Fri, 31 Mar 2000 02:33:55 %2B0000 (GMT))
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> > My point was that if they were escaping before the blast, > instead of suicide bombing, they we less committed to their > ideals than a fanatic (willing to die in a skirmish, even if > it might cost your side the war to be without people). the person that succeeds in planting a bomb that is effective and escaping to do so again is much better for the cause than the suicide bomber. after all the suicide bomber is a one time discharge of the weapon. perhaps this is why suicide bomber seem to appear only after other methods are deemed to be too ineffective. > > The problem with NGO vs. government as your classification > boundary is that one man's NGO is another man's government in > exile. lets call anything that calls itself a govt a govt. so, bin laden's organization is not a govt (doesnt claim to be, i believe). the afgans against the soviets were a govt. > > I agree that the primary distinction should be civilian vs. > military targets, but there again, the line is really blurry; > are the American people civilians, or are they the government? no its not. people that work for the govt are govt. people that dont arent. so the bank teller and the market stall owner are not govt (one might argue otherwise if the person is a spy/informant. but one doesnt need to plant a bomb in an open market to get those people.) jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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