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Originally posted by shaolin_Z And why does the answer seem to be "the whole community?" Even if that were the case, what right does it give us to bomb them?

It doesn't give us the "right" to bomb anybody; but it does detract from the sympathy I would ordinarily feel for these "victims".

There is something incredibly sadistic about torture and medieval murder at close range, which is not easily matched by a swift terrorist attack from a distance.

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OK... whatever you say man.

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