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Originally Posted by stillrepublican18  Suicide in any form is a cowardly way out. You harm and sometimes devastate others, and in the end you don't have to suffer through their faces. | Well i would like to know what you base this on? Unless you have been standing in a crowded place with explosives strapped to your body in the knowledge that you are going to die violently by your own hand, i don't really think you can know of their cowardice.
And in any case a bomber at 30,000 feet must necessarily also be a coward as he only drops the bombs and he NEVER sees what lives he destroys, what humans he maims and what homes he levels to the ground.
This is not a defense of a horrible act, but merely a question about whether the tag of "coward" is anything more than a subjective condemnation. To a man whose house just got destroyed by an american bomber, perhaps the word "coward" would fit quite well when describing the maerican soldier who dropped the explosives from a safe distance.
When you are about to blow yourself up, i think things are a bit more complicated than " i don't wanna see the people i kill so i'll kill myself" Quote:
Originally Posted by stillrepublican18 These guys, though i don't believe they would feel guilty for the families of the people lost that day (kinda a heartless act), caused an entire war between the US and Afghanistan. We(the United States), basically crushed the Al Qaida forces in A'stan. During this process, multiple lives of innocents, perhaps even one of the assailant's children were lost. This is how war is played. | Quite right.. and you will notice that not much anger is expressed about the war in afghnistan.. that war has received passive and active support from most muslim nations. The Taliban had it coming and so did AQ.
THe IRaq war on the other hand is a whole different ballgame. Quote:
Originally Posted by stillrepublican18 These men killed over 1000 innocent Americans, and luckily got to dip out(dead) before they were arrested by the victim(America) of a mass homicide. They were also just lucky enough to stand back while their country fell into shambles over their actions. This is what Allah wants. His people to suffer in his name. | Well then you would be as wrong about Islam as the nutjobs who kill themselves. I don't understand that when it comes to Islamic theology , everybody seems to insist on listening seriously to the rants of these lunatics. Most MUSLIMS will tell you that they are going against the precepts of Islam. Most muslims reject and condemn such acts o violence. SO ISLAM doesn't order people to kill and Allah certainyl does not want any of his creation destroyed.. that includes EVERYBODY on this planet. Quote:
Originally Posted by stillrepublican18 Tell me this isnt cowardice. | Well it's certainly something as simple as cowardice.. the words frustration, illiteracy, exploitation, misinformation, poverty, political instability, corruption and desperation come to mind.
"Cowardice" is totally irrelevant ( other than of course as splendid political rhetoric.. which people seem to be lapping up) Love for all, Hatred for none |