tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post7755857842810232444..comments2023-10-31T06:25:46.016-04:00Comments on SLANTblog: About life and deathF.T. Reahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-16717937550264515172009-11-24T11:21:48.129-05:002009-11-24T11:21:48.129-05:00Exactly. Soldiers fight for a cause, not for the p...Exactly. Soldiers fight for a cause, not for the pleasure of killing. I've never understood the whole "war is not the answer" bumper sticker mindset. War was the answer to slavery. It was the answer to most of the 20th centuries blood thorsty despots. Some people don't fight and end up in death camps. Some people, Gabrial Posser comes to mind, refuse to take it anymore and strike out, only to end up being hanged. Does that make him a 19th century Beltway Sniper? No.<br /><br />Sometimes war IS the only answer. Some people, like Mohammad or the Harvey butchers, just need to be put down.pigeaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15791473895323427195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-33413428947039042352009-11-10T18:04:06.208-05:002009-11-10T18:04:06.208-05:00anonymous, thank you for commenting.anonymous, thank you for commenting.F.T. Reahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-21344012336856628952009-11-10T17:34:46.553-05:002009-11-10T17:34:46.553-05:00What is your point here? Are you attempting to so...What is your point here? Are you attempting to somehow equate the cowardice of Muhammad with the actions of our men and women at war overseas? <br /><br />I disagree with capital punishment, but this comparison is absurd. Killing done in war is done in the name of the greater good -- Fat Man and Little Boy were dropped under the rationale that doing so would save more lives than it would cost in the short term -- execution serves no "greater good" in the absence of a deterrent effect, and study after study has shown there is no deterrent effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com