Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!ray From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: American Hostages Message-ID: <11075@rochester.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 10:31:06 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.11075 Posted: Thu Aug 15 10:31:06 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 07:26:38 EDT References: <1042@ihlpg.UUCP> <185@pyuxii.UUCP> <11045@rochester.UUCP> <1399@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 28 > > > > What difference does it make who the captors are? Americans have no business > > purposely traveling to a war zone. I consider those American as combatants. > > Andif they are hurt or killed, that is their fault as a result of their > > arrogance. > > > > Does this also hold true for US citizens > (nee ``Americans'') ``purposely traveling'' to Lebanon? > Did the US Marines there get their just deserts? Do medical personel going > into a combat zone deserve death because of their ``arrogance''? Think > about what you are saying, man. My guess is that you're yet another > Amurcan using double standards based on who your government says are the > good guys and the bad. > I said anybody going into a combat zone can be considered a combatant, even doctors. Remember the hostages? They were hijacked from Greece and taken to a war zone. They did not travel there of their own free will. Who said anything about anyone deserving death because they were in a combat zone? You did that's who. I'm simply making a comparison between innocent hostages in a war zone and those who of their own free will put themselves in danger by traveling to a war zone. If you can, try to remain calm, cool, and collected and READ my message and not jump to the outer limits and distort its context. One last thought. A doctor usually would be in a war zone to patch up the combatants. I would certainly not call this heroic measure arrogance like you did. Arrogance is carrying a sign down main street in Iran saying down with Islam. I would also call this action stupid not a heroic measure.