-- Luke
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Justin Schwartz wrote:
>
> OK, W, you are a sociologist. When did you encounter a substantial group of
> people who acted from an ideological motive in a self-sacrificing manner who
> thought that theyw ere doing the wrong thing? I mean, really. You don't have
> to be Tolstoy to surmise that whoever did this thought that God was his
> side. Bill's actions were different: theyw ere not self-sacrificing or
> ideological, and it's pretty transparent that he knews they were wrong,
> e.g., when he attacked Iraq to distract the public from his impeachment.
> --jks
> >
> >At 04:05 AM 9/14/01 +0000, Justin wrote:
> > >Btw, the WTC hijackers certainly thought that they were doing something
> > >tragic and awful that would nonetheless make the world a better place by
> > >their lights. Perhaps they thought they were striking a blow at US
> > >imperialism, or retaliating for US support of Israeli repression of the
> > >Palestinians, or something of that sort. They were wrong to think so;
> >they
> > >were simply doing something appalling. But they were doing it out of
> >better
> > >motives than Bill, who killed to boost his polls and get reelected.
> >
> >
> >Justin, your ability to read people's minds amazes me. Can you tell us how
> >you do that?
> >
> >wojtek
> >
> >
>
>
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