Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 18:04:41 +1100
Subject: Re: terror


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Not philosophers but historians were recently commenting on some other catastrophes.

Early 20th century earthquakes destroyed hundreds of thousands of residents of San 
Francisco and and Tokyo

Several hundred thousand lives were lost in the bombing of Hamburg in WWII.

Hugh








    Hugh and All

    What is becoming increasingly interesting is the lack of serious philosophical writing on terroism. I've spent the past few days searching for interesting writing on terror and terroism and actually there is remarkably little. 

    That is not to say there is nothing on state terrorism and the terror related to the state and power. Just very little that i've identifed that directly addresses those hopeless acts of terror inflicted on a human population, such as the 911 event.

    Thoughts and suggestions anyone?

    regards
    sdv

    hbone wrote:

Steve wrote,>From here it seems obvious that both the terrorists and the G8 are
plainly unjust, but let me be fair - it is extremely hard to decide ifthe criteria for the evaluation of whether a given act is just orunjust, are real or not. The ethics of the situation become extremelyproblematic since it is impossible to compare like for like. It isalmost as if  it is up to everyone to decide for themselves..
Agreed.Unfortunately, both religious and irreligious are hooked on sacrificialdeath.  That sentiment of sacrifice is at the center of Christianity as wellas Bin-Laden''s  heaven-bound suicides.Hugh



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Hugh and All

What is becoming increasingly interesting is the lack of serious philosophical writing on terroism. I've spent the past few days searching for interesting writing on terror and terroism and actually there is remarkably little.

That is not to say there is nothing on state terrorism and the terror related to the state and power. Just very little that i've identifed that directly addresses those hopeless acts of terror inflicted on a human population, such as the 911 event.

Thoughts and suggestions anyone?

regards
sdv

hbone wrote:

Steve wrote,

>From here it seems obvious that both the terrorists and the G8 are

plainly unjust, but let me be fair - it is extremely hard to decide if
the criteria for the evaluation of whether a given act is just or
unjust, are real or not. The ethics of the situation become extremely
problematic since it is impossible to compare like for like. It is
almost as if  it is up to everyone to decide for themselves..

Agreed.

Unfortunately, both religious and irreligious are hooked on sacrificial
death.  That sentiment of sacrifice is at the center of Christianity as well
as Bin-Laden''s  heaven-bound suicides.

Hugh