Sorry to beat it to death, but as a former military man, I just don't think either is "ok". Bullets, shells, missles, etc. are real; so are the people whose lives are claimed by them.

This is almost too horriffic to think about now. I really have been hoping for peace, and the end of needless death and destruction, but I guess the world goes on and human nature remains as it is.

I wish there had been a c; I would have made that choice. Though as a military man, deliberate targeting of innocent and un-armed civillians is in my opinion, among the most henious and barbaric things anyone can do. You take somone's life with pre-meditation and without regret.

I don't believe in Captial Punishment or an "eye for an eye". Still, as  Jew, I am really pressed hard to believe that there is room in G-d's Heaven for everyone, no matter how evil they might have been.

Cenk, great question. My fellow diarists, thanks for giving me a lot to think about.

by acramer on 01/04/2009 07:20:26 PM EST