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<DIV><FONT size=2>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. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>David Love</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=larudee@pacbell.net
href="mailto:larudee@pacbell.net">larudee@pacbell.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A =
title=mehrene@ukans.edu
href="mailto:mehrene@ukans.edu">Mehrene Larudee</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> September 15, 2001 8:41 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: some thoughts on =
the
attacks</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><A =
href="mailto:DBee840388@AOL.COM">DBee840388@AOL.COM</A>
wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT =
color=#000000><FONT
size=-1>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.</FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>Don,
<P>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?
<P>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.
<P>We know how they will react to our revenge by looking at the way we =
react
to theirs.
<P>Paul Larudee </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>