In a message dated 10/1/01 10:28:48 AM, alexboko@umich.edu writes:
>Given that they [the WTC terrorists]
>come from a culture that values bravery and honor, hammering away at
>their cowardice in every public forum might in some small way make it
>harder for the opponent to indoctrinate future terrorists.
It would if they had actually been cowardly. But they obviously weren't,
and saying they were just makes us look like kooks. Indicting them for
violating the Koran (which they did in spades; it calls for killing infidels
but not like this) is a superior insult.
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