This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Justice, not vengeance, and defense must precede any attempts to reason = with unreasonable people. The defense against terrorism cannot be won = by a single battle. It must be the constant attention to small fires = that flare up again and again. There is no avoiding it and we mustn't = think that at some point it ends and our job is done. Acting or not = acting out of fear is not the way to proceed. But the response should = be well thought out, delivered with calm reason and a long term = commitment. We as Americans tend to become complacent. My fear is that = we will deliver what we think is some massive coup de grace and then go = back to our old ways. Life has changed but life must stay the same. We = owe it to ourselves, our country and the world to recapture some sense = of normalcy, to go back to our business. But we must be resolute that = such an event, or worse, will not happen again. =20 David Love ----- Original Message -----=20 From: larudee@pacbell.net=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Cc: Mehrene Larudee=20 Sent: September 15, 2001 8:41 AM Subject: Re: some thoughts on the attacks DBee840388@AOL.COM wrote:=20 Paul I wonder about not eliminating the terrorists - I really don't = think they're up to us using love and kindness to change their world and = ours. What makes me worry is that by not taking strong, decsive action, = will it simply embolden them to push forward and bring chemical and = biological weapons into play where maybe millions of us, you and I, and = of course, our cherished loved ones included, will be lost. Don,=20 I certainly am not advocating love and kindness toward terrorists! = However, strong, decisive action will not dissuade them from using = chemical and biological weapons if they have the means and will to do = so. Furthermore, their latest success will bring them armies of = volunteers. So will our retaliation. Remember the Alamo?=20 If we want to fight terrorism, we should first try to make sense of it = and then try to address the cause. Perhaps if we stop trying to prop up = corrupt regimes who crush their people in order to provide cheap labor = and natural resources to American companies, the pool from which = terrorists recruit their martyrs will dry up. Perhaps if we stop = providing some nations with the means and support to destroy other = nations in disputes that ought to be none of our business, we will earn = the respect of both.=20 We know how they will react to our revenge by looking at the way we = react to theirs.=20 Paul Larudee=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9d/1f/e2/2a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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