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echo: barktopus
to: Adam
from: Robert Comer
date: 2006-05-16 08:58:00
subject: Re: State terrorism

From: "Robert Comer" 

> Oh come on. Firing a main tank gun flechette round against people is of
> a different scale as is dropping a ton of explosives onto an apartment
> block from a 30 million dollar fighter attack a/c etc.

Nope.  You're just as dead...

> OK then your citizens are armed with both knives and guns so 9-11 was
> just another act of violence right?

Yep, and we responded to it by taking out the Taliban.

--
Bob Comer


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:44696a41$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Geo wrote:
>> "Phil Payne" 
wrote in message
>> news:44688a6a{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>>> Exactly my point, both sides are using violence.
>>> I cannot believe that you are stupid enough not to recognise the
>>> enormous
>>> inequality of the situation.
>>
>> In a country where citizens are armed with both knives and guns, you tend
>> to
>> view violence as violence, doesn't matter if it makes a bang or a
>> slashing
>> sound.
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>>
> Oh come on. Firing a main tank gun flechette round against people is of
> a different scale as is dropping a ton of explosives onto an apartment
> block from a 30 million dollar fighter attack a/c etc.
>
> OK then your citizens are armed with both knives and guns so 9-11 was
> just another act of violence right?
> Adam

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