Desire for Justice in the Unjust World

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Oct 19 08:39:55 PDT 2001


Dennis Breslin wrote:


>Lets dispense with moral arguments and concerns over justice
>and injustice as Yoshie wants. And lets follow a pragmatic
>path. If the tactic of suicide attacks on the WTC and the
>Pentagon makes a dent in the Empire's armor so that its pride
>is hurt, it arrogance is now an embarrassment, its actions
>provoke increased global resistance or instability among the
>regimes the Empire supports, and a reluctance by the Empire
>to shed its own blood and therefore its effectiveness,
>then the 6,000 deaths on American soil are were not victims,
>their death not regretable, and sorrow for the dead and
>their families run counter to the aims to undo the Empire.

Are you endorsing this position, or just proposing it for consideration?

Doug



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