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To:
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Dear
Editors,
I
agree much
of what you
say in today's
editorial, "Death,
lies and
videotape
", but
must ask you
one question
before I stand
shoulder to
shoulder with
you against
such terrorist
outrages:
What
is your
attitude
towards the
Allies' (i.e.
our)
deliberate
bombing of
German and
Japanese
civilians
towards the
end of World
War 2, which
resulted in
100's of
thousands of
innocent
deaths?
If I
don't get an
answer, I will
assume that
you are being
the hypocrites
that I suspect
you
may be: it is
alright when
it's "our
bombers"
deliberately
kill innocent
civilians, but
not when
others do it
to us.
What makes me suspect hypocracy is what you say about the danger of "the more self-consciously liberal among us [finding] a reason for soul-searching and reflection, and [giving] serious consideration to the idea that if such people [Islamist terrorists] can feel this way about us then we must be doing something wrong". There is always very good reason for "soul-searching and reflection" and asking whether or not we are "doing something wrong". It in no way justifies or excuses what the terrorists have done, but it may help us understand why people (even ourselves when the circumstances suit us) do such terrible things, and how it might be prevented in future. |
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