Yes it's off topic but who cares right now.
Steven M. Bellovin
smb at research.att.com
Wed Sep 12 14:51:00 UTC 2001
In message <5.1.0.14.2.20010912104126.0d971e50 at 127.0.0.1>, "Patrick W. Gilmore"
writes:
>
>At 10:20 AM 9/12/2001 -0400, Randy Bush wrote:
> >
> >> Although there are Muslims that believe we should all live in peace and
> >> harmony the fundamentals of the Muslim faith state that [x and y] should
> >> be exterminated.
> >
> >this is the horrible desease of all fanatics, irrespective of religion.
> >the disease is not restricted to one view of god.
> >
> >do not spread it yourself. resist the cycle of violence and hate.
>
>Randy,
>
>Honorable post, thank you.
>
>But I sincerely doubt Mr. Diffey realizes just how closely his thought
>processes mirror the thoughts of those who did this.
Precisely. We can't allow hate to breed hate. By all means hunt down
the folks responsible -- but let's not overreact and forget about
"innocent until proven guilty", civil liberties, respect for human
beings, and common sense. If we do, the terrorists will have won.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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