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Russ
SubjectRe: The British Secret Service...[was Re: Republicanism still an offence in Eng
FromRuss
Date2002-04-25 16:33 (2002-04-25 16:33)
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FollowsMike Scott Rohan

In article <2002042512510471187@asgard.zetnet.co.uk>, Mike Scott Rohan <mike.scott.rohan@asgard.zetnet.co.uk>writes:

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

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

Mike Scott Rohan
Not at all. The weapons of law enforcement may sometimes kill the innocent, but that is not their deliberate purpose -- unlike those of terrorists.

A weapon is a weapon. A gun is a gun, whether in the hand of a New York City policeman, a Provo or a Hezbollah.

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.

Another conclusion markedly lacking in facts.

Touched a nerve, has it?

No, I'm just waiting patiently for you to actually back your arguments with facts instead of insults. Indeed, not a single one of your posts to this thread actually contains a fact or even an attempted allegation of a fact.

The last time you and I bumped uglies on this broad topic, you left the thread when confronted with actual fact that contradicted your Orange Order fantasies.

Russ