Russ
In article <2002042311522471187@asgard.zetnet.co.uk>, Mike Scott Rohan <mike.scott.rohan@asgard.zetnet.co.uk>writes:

If you want to take the position that means=ends, that is fine as long as you apply it equally to the British and Northern Irish states. I suspect you don't do that however, making you a hypocrite.

Using the 'means' employed by the British security services, over half of those killed by them were completely innocent people. Does your means=ends analysis apply to that stark fact or *are* you a hypocrite?

Mike Scott Rohan
Terrorist weapons kill completely innocent people, because they're meant to; they don't work otherwise.

Russ
Don't be absurd. All weapons kill completely innocent people.

Mike Scott Rohan
But speaking that magic line transforms these people from blinkered racist fanatics to saddened observers. In their mirrors, anyhow; and they're not given to looking anywhere else.

Russ
Another conclusion markedly lacking in facts.