Oxygen
I think you misunderstand me. Obviously, whoever is responsible for these recent attacks is completely deaf to a reasoned debate of any kind. And even if Osama bin Laden isn't the guilty party, he turns a deaf ear on reason too. And so does the Taliban and so does Sadam Hussein and so do probably 99.9999% of the current terrorists in the world, and they're also guilty of crimes against humanity.
I think the best thing to do with them, would be to imprison them, or kill them if they can't be caught alive. I personally would prefer to see imprisonment because that would deny their followers the martyrs, and the angry, cruel part of me thinks it would be much more defastating to the imprisoned than anything else. All they could do is pace their cage like an animal instead of getting to die or kill gloriously for their cause.
But we have to be careful about ignoring the situations of the people in other countries, too. It's tricky, because governments like the Taliban or Sadam Hussein's regime probably should not be allowed to continue. That's where it starts to get really tricky, though, the people of Iraq and afghanistan would probably be grateful if we could topple their current governments and help them install one they would like to install. But there comes a time when one wears out one's welcome. We need to be careful about always going in for our own interests, and leaving things in a bigger mess than they were in before we came, then just leaving a devastated country to the next wack that can gain some power and take over the rule.
We either need to go all the way with being a peace loving country that can learn when, where and in what way it's prudent to stick our nose in other people's business. OR we need to go all the way and Set out to make the world a "free democracy". We're so "wishy-washy" about it.
Although, I don't think any of that, or anything else I've heard, is going to rid the world of "terrorists". Actually accomplishing THAT task is going to be up to evolution or GOD or aliens whatever everyone's respective "greater power" might be, if you even have one (tryin' not leave anyone out).
Who know's, maybe it's even important that we keep our warlike instincts honed for some reason. I'm fooling myself if I think I understand that "need" better anyone else. I do my best to stay away from violence. I pretty much would prefer to be someone's friend than their enemy. But I DO have a hot temper, and part of me does like a fight. It took me a while to learn that in most situations It's really easy to NOT get into a fight with someone. At this point in my life, someone would pretty much have to attack me to get me to fight them. But if the attack comes, I will definitely fight, and you can bet I'll use every dirty trick I either know or have seen used or have had used on me or just comes to mind at a moment of clarity... anything that will gain me the quickest most decisive win possible (unless they get me first, of course). That can make for a nagging conscience sometimes (or an aching broken body) even if I WAS attacked. But if someone were to step out behind me and crack me on head, leaving me unconscious, I would not get up and attack someone because I thought they MIGHT be the one(s) that did it.
