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Thread #172755 Message #4190918
Posted By: Steve Shaw
15-Oct-23 - 07:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Hamas attacks Israel
Subject: RE: BS: Hamas attacks Israel
As we don't agree with the death penalty, by the way, we should stop calling civilians "innocent." I've spent much of my life being not particularly innocent when it comes to this, that and the other, flawed human being that I am. If I'm murdered in my sleep by a terrorist, never having raised a fist in anger all my life, I don't suddenly become innocent. On the other hand, just because I'm not innocent doesn't mean I deserve to die in that way. Non-combatants, ordinary people, or simply "civilians" do it for me.