>> J: 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. >> E: 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.>>Judy: And that would be why Israel employs the death penalty for
"extraordinary crimes" only (and has only ever executed one person)?Judy, what a confusion you have sown! Israel's criminal justice record has nothing to do with its anti-terror record. Israel routinely defends itself by exterminating terrorists.
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