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Originally Posted by garinda
Perhaps your views are a little coloured, and prejudiced.
You said in another thread, and I quote.
'Starting a war against something as vague as "terrorism" is a little absurd!'
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post535578
It probably doesn't seem vague to the two little children who live in our town, and whose mother was killed by the London bus bomb. |
Yeah, to CHILDREN. You know what else doesn't seem vague to children? Why, when faced with a budget cut, Thatcher would take their milk and invest in primary schools. Would you rather have milk or a quality school? To an adult the answer is obvious. Why the hell would you consider a child's opinion politically valid? Have you ever seen Newsround? "I wish all the bad people would stop being bad and be good and then the world would be good."
Just as in business, the management of a country should not be entirely driven by empathy and love and bunny rabbits with little hearts above their heads. The death of 20-odd during 7/7 should not mean we turn into a nation of cowards. Similarly, the death of 100 soldiers in Afghanistan is not an argument for us never to have invaded.
I stand by my statement. Fighting an idea is stupid. A physical fight is against a nation or a group of people. Terrorism is a method - and idea. We may as well be going to war against "being a meanie" or "not sharing".