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by jbrabeck
9/12/01 11:45:28 AM
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Who is the "evil" one? The pilot who flys the mission or the leader who orders it? Was the "soldier" who hijacked the plane that crashed into the Pentagon 'evil'? Was the "terrorists" who hijacked the planes that crashed into the WTC 'evil'? What is/was the "status" of the person who hijacked the fourth plane and 'failed' in achieving his/her mission? Soldier because target was probably the pentagon or terrorist because the mission failed and "only" killed civilians?
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Post #8,598
by JayMehaffey
9/12/01 12:15:53 PM
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The leader who ordered the attack is certainly evil. The question of the individual people that carried it out being is evil is more complex, something that can't be answered without knowing the people themselves. But in general, if the voluntarily carried out the attack then they probably fall into the side of evil.

The degree of evil would vary from person to person. It's very likely that some of the people where simple teens that got caught up in a religious frenzy and didn't really consider what they where doing. I would consider such people evil, but not nearly to the same degree as the life long terrorists that gets a kick out of hurting others or the leaders that worked out the attack to kill as many bystanders as possible.

Some of the people involved may have been duped or blackmailed into involvment, which renders their cases that much more complex.

If the line between good and evil was simple, even we humans would have figured it out.

Jay
     Possible reason for the PA crash - passengers heard the news - (dmarker2) - (26) - Sept. 12, 2001, 06:42:27 AM EDT
         Re: some further dialogue on the alleged event ... - (dmarker2) - (25) - Sept. 12, 2001, 06:53:50 AM EDT
             You have a wise friend; can we borrow him? -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2001, 07:09:40 AM EDT
             Wasn't me asking if plane was shot down... -NT - (jbrabeck) - Sept. 12, 2001, 07:46:20 AM EDT
             well noted as Mayor Guiliani said - (boxley) - Sept. 12, 2001, 08:35:55 AM EDT
             Disagreement re: cowardice - (jb4) - (19) - Sept. 12, 2001, 08:52:27 AM EDT
                 Note on WWII. - (addison) - Sept. 12, 2001, 09:04:08 AM EDT
                 Regarding cowards and evil demons - (brettj) - Sept. 12, 2001, 09:34:16 AM EDT
                 Osama bin Ladin - (JayMehaffey) - (8) - Sept. 12, 2001, 09:36:11 AM EDT
                     Question - (jbrabeck) - (6) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:03:05 AM EDT
                         Terrorist or Soldier - (JayMehaffey) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2001, 11:32:47 AM EDT
                             Re: Terrorist or Soldier - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2001, 11:45:28 AM EDT
                                 Re: Terrorist or Soldier - (JayMehaffey) - Sept. 12, 2001, 12:15:53 PM EDT
                             Bombing to cause civ casualties: Dresden 1945 - (GBert) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2001, 01:04:32 PM EDT
                                 Yes, a war crime, that. - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2001, 08:24:15 PM EDT
                                     Yes, Dresden was a war crime - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 12, 2001, 11:43:16 PM EDT
                     Interesting; Can an individual declare war? - (jb4) - Sept. 12, 2001, 01:43:09 PM EDT
                 It's probably a matter of semantics... - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:17:26 AM EDT
                     Who are we calling the terrorists? - (brettj) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:34:29 AM EDT
                         Suicide - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:40:32 AM EDT
                             I disagree. - (brettj) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:49:13 AM EDT
                 "Cowardly" is a Clintonism. - (marlowe) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:18:03 AM EDT
                 Re: It takes balls... - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2001, 11:59:46 AM EDT
                     Exactly - (tuberculosis) - Sept. 12, 2001, 03:16:21 PM EDT
                     Re: It takes balls... - (TTC) - Sept. 13, 2001, 09:49:21 AM EDT
             I don't want revenge, exactly. - (marlowe) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:20:12 AM EDT
                 And another thing. - (marlowe) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:19:22 AM EDT

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