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Subject: Re: American Hostages
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> On Americans in war zones deserving what they get:
> 
> I can sort of see your point, but I find this attitude bothersome,
> because it seems to echo statments I heard in the 50s and 60s
> about how blacks who got beaten up for trying to enter all-white
> establishments or segregated schools were getting their just deserts.
> Also statements then and now about women wearing provocative clothing
> or walking alone at night deserving to get raped.
> 
> Do you also agree with these statements?  Or do you perceive some
> real difference between principles that I'm not sure I do?
> 
	
	Julie, I think there's a crucial difference.
Americans voluntarily going into a war zone are entering
a place where there is a clear danger to *anyone* there. Do
they have legitimate rights to be there ? 

	Its different with the blacks you mentioned.
The places they entered were not dangerous to everyone. 
They felt that they had a legitimate right to be there.
And someone who was not black could go there without danger.

	That's the difference. An injustice was being committed
against blacks. But a war zone doesn't discriminate. 
It just kills.

	And anyone voluntarily going into a war zone should
know that.  	




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