"Shaun aRe" > said:

> "Bob" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > A coworker of mine offered this "solution": For each bomb which goes off
> > in a Western nation, let's detonate one in Mecca.
>
> You cannot fight indiscriminate hate crimes, with indiscriminate reprisals -
> it's like trying to put a fire out with gasoline.
>
> Acting in a reactionary manner achieves NOTHING but more *innocent* deaths -
> it merely causes escalation - think about that. Sorry Bob, but your
> co-worker is an idiot, or he is unable to see the real picture due to some
> form of psycho-emotional myopia.

Thanks for putting a rational spin on this, Shaun. I can't imagine what
you and others in England must be going through right now.

Carol

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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon