Did Zarqawi ask for his forgiveness? If not, it cannot legitimately be given. Otherwise, he is saying that Zarqawi was right to behead his son. Does he realize that?
Great reply, Chesley. In today's cloud-cuckoo world, ideas may be declared evil, but the people who hold and generate such ideas must be "understood."
Yet actions (or inactions) inflicted by people are what really cause suffering.
There really is no difference between the sin and the sinner, except that the sinner has the ability to understand and then regret and disavow the sin.
If Berg's father wishes to embrace that which it is evil, it makes him as evil as those who commit such acts.
This will not be said any place but FR since to do so would be to force people to confront the contemptible lies by which they avoid contemplating the consequences of their actions.
McVey