Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site SCIRTP.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!SCIRTP!scott From: scott@SCIRTP.UUCP (Scott Crenshaw) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame Subject: Re: American Hostages Message-ID: <333@SCIRTP.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 20:13:29 EDT Article-I.D.: SCIRTP.333 Posted: Sun Aug 18 20:13:29 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:48:32 EDT References: <1042@ihlpg.UUCP> <185@pyuxii.UUCP> <11045@rochester.UUCP> <1399@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: SCI Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.politics:10511 net.flame:11603 > > 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. > Those who voluntarily place themselves in a war zone and cry when they get hurt are fools. They should have been aware of the risks. People who fail to exercise good judgement deserve the consequences. "If you want to jump in the lake, jump. but don't complain when you get wet." -- (Scott Crenshaw @ SCI Systems , Inc.) {akgua,decvax}!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp!scott The views expressed are my own, not necessarily those of SCI Systems, Inc., or Monty Python.