"<RJ>" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 12:49:55 +0100, "Shaun aRe"
> >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Bob" > wrote in message
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>>
>>> 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.
>>Shaun aRe
>
> Oooohhhh I disagree.
> Often, nothing gets your point across like a good "bad example".
>
> In fact, I'm surprised that a restaurant bombing in TelAviv
> isn't followed by a mysterious restaurant bombing in the Palestinian
> sector.
>
> <rj>

"Tit for tat" has never worked.

Dora