From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jun 10 2004 - 13:52:40 BST
Dear Wim,
> It is
> not that difficult to distill from Platt's posts his answer to your
> repeated question: "Why is killing 3000 civilians in NYC an act of terror,
> while 10000 in Iraq is not". As he is -understandably- not inclined to
> answer himself to someone not showing him much respect, I'll give his
> answer as I understand it: Regardless of numbers, killing those Iraqis
> defended Freedom, i.e. an intellectual pattern of value, against a
> biological pattern of value that threatens Western society. Platt and me
> have been disagreeing ever since 11 Sep 2001 about several aspects of this
> answer, but he DOES have one. Did I understand you correctly, Platt?
Correct. The number of Iraqis killed is wrong, but the principle is right.
Best regards,
Platt
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