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To: Paleo Conservative
This idiot doesn't know we've all ready had homicide bombers? He's been off the planet for over a year? His keeper doesn't know he's out?
10 posted on 09/18/2002 1:01:16 PM PDT by abclily
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To: abclily
This idiot doesn't know we've all ready had homicide bombers? He's been off the planet for over a year? His keeper doesn't know he's out?

Your words are worth repeating. This Congressman is such an idiot, his handlers make sure he never speaks in political ads they run every two years when he runs for re-election. I have never ever heard of him holding a town meeting in our disrict.

12 posted on 09/18/2002 1:06:15 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: abclily
homicide bombers

With all due respect, although the term might at some level satisfy our desire to squelch some hidden sense of P.C. we might find in the generally-accepted term, "suicide bombers," the truth is, anyone who bombs with the intent of killing people (as opposed to merely hurting them, scaring them, or destroying their property) is a homicide bomber. These b*stards are not just "homicide" bombers.

As much as we don't want to focus on the despicable piece of human debris who's doing the act, the simple fact remains that the distinguishing characteristic of the suicide bomber is that he is so crazy with religion or despair or whatever, that he doesn't let losing his own life stop him from doing his evil deed. Thus, it is more difficult to prosecute or deter a suicide bomber than it is to go after your garden-variety homicide bomber, such as Tim McVeigh.

I despise P.C. as much as anyone, and I want to remember the victims instead of the perpetrator. But, "homicide bomber" only tells half the story. After a suicide bombing, no one is on the run, trying to escape justice (except, maybe, his leaders). The suicide bomber saved us the trouble and, for some, the satisfaction; instead, he took the shortcut to finding perfect justice, the type that mankind will never achieve on its own.

19 posted on 09/18/2002 1:48:51 PM PDT by newgeezer
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