Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:16:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary E Davis <gedavis1-AT-yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Re[3]: HAB: Sept. 11 and the... Habermasian project 2 (Tom) --- "E.Pavlov" <epavlov-AT-mail.ru> wrote: > > > [T] They are not criminals or outlaws or terrorists. > > > > [G] Terrorists are criminals... > > [Evgeni] > You have taken Tom's phrase out of its context and made > it look like he says that islamic fundamentalists are not > criminal and outlaws, while, as I understood, the original > context suggested that _they_ claim from their own prospective > that they are not criminals... Now you can say that Tom is > pro-terrorist, can't you? I wouldn't, of course. Also, I'm sure that Islamic fundamentalists believe that they're NOT criminal (not only not accepting the Western concept of crime, but also not culpable in their own sense of crime). I do not believe in any way that Islamic fundamentalists are criminal. Also, though, the terrorists would not accept that they are terrorists; rather that they are freedom fighters. But what terrorists think about their activity is irrelevant to the fact of harm done without regard for human rights or civil procedure. This is not a matter of giving fair hearing to violence, obviously. Violence is not communication. Gary __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ --- from list habermas-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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