And that would be why Israel employs the death penalty for "extraordinary crimes" only (and has only ever executed one person)? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 8:02 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Max Boot > >>In modern Europe, advocating and rejoicing the killing of > human beings is seen as barbarous, very few do it in public, > and not for long. Which does not mean that we don't have > effective ways of dealing with terrorism over here. On the > contrary. > > In a way, that's the USA's fault. We made your culture that > way ... helped you rebuild, swaddled you in nonaggression, > secure from a Soviet assault, full of the moral superiority > because you had an older brother to fight your fights for > you. Now that the USSR's gone, you don't need us at all and > can thumb your nose or, more aptly, place index finger under > eye. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html