Israel, Lebanon, and Gaza

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

So your home is a valid target for anyone we go to war against since the tax revenue that it generates helps fund our troops.

I suppose it is. I would expect, then, my government to use whatever means within its power to use that military i have helped fund to annihilate those who found it necessary to target my home.

War is an ugly business which civilians cannot hope to be spared the ugliness of.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

War is an ugly business which civilians cannot hope to be spared the ugliness of.

If civilians are, ipso facto, part of any war, then why is terrorism an unacceptable method (or so we like to claim when convenient) of waging war?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

If civilians are, ipso facto, part of any war, then why is terrorism an unacceptable method (or so we like to claim when convenient) of waging war?

Because it's against us. It's not "terrorism" per say. We'd have a similar reaction if they were carpet bombing New Jersey (well maybe not New Jersey but you get my point) or rolling tanks down main street USA. Any kind of attack on us is unacceptable.

The only issue I see, is that the terrorits when caught are not being treated as prisoners of war but rahter as non-entities without any type of rights. That's not exactly taking the moral high ground.

[Alex]

Jesus Christ! Just a little bit of blasphemy and the board goes down for half-an-hour (or was that just for me, it happened last night as well; the connection kept resetting).

Told you God is petulant.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Jesus Christ! Just a little bit of blasphemy and the board goes down for half-an-hour (or was that just for me, it happened last night as well; the connection kept resetting).

Told you God is petulant.

I tell you, God is not the problem. It's the actions people take in the name of God that results in the problem.

I dont think God is that hand's on, If God was a bit more involved, people wouldn't be killing each other in God's name. But, it seems, left on their own, people are blind idiots who use God as an excuse to fake superiority and kill each other.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Jesus Christ! Just a little bit of blasphemy and the board goes down for half-an-hour (or was that just for me, it happened last night as well; the connection kept resetting).

Told you God is petulant.

Ha ha. Alex broke the boards. Heathen.


No, it was down for me, too. So, I actually had to work.