On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 01:46:11PM +0100, Jean-Marc Chaton wrote: > It's not that Erik. It's just that for the question we discussed, the > only thing I had was an individual opinion, based on what I gathered > from discussion with some friends of jew and muslim origin, that > retaliation is deeply ingrained and even codified in middle east > people culture.
I don't disagree with that. But how do you get from that observation, to saying that attacking terrorists will create more terrorists than it eliminates? I suggest, based on past history, that on average attacking terrorists will eliminate more terrorists than it creates. Do you disagree? > I thought (and you can blame my lack of mastering of your language in > not understanding you) that you were asking for something much more > more elaborate, with figures, numbers, statistics, with beautiful > sentences. I asked for a few examples to back up your point. Perhaps I misunderstood your point? If you agree with me that attacking terrorists may create new terrorists, but overall it will create FEWER terrorists than are eliminated, thus decreasing the total amount of terrorist activity, then we don't really have anything to argue about. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
