Wow. You've really just posted twice rationalizing terrorist activities as "what they do." I see you trying to work your angle, but WOW. That is amazing. To repeat, what you are saying is: What the terrorists do is to be expected (i.e. - Israelis should expect to get blown up by terrorists) whereas soldiers has to follow rules. Again, I think each side is just as "wrong" as the other, but you have to rethink that logic. Also, this is a pretty weak analogy. Clearly, in the actual conflict, both sides truly hate each other. So, if the "hostages" are people you are indifferent about (concerning their survival) and the criminals are not threatening those hostages but are threatening you, then maybe the situation woudl be different. That is to say, if I have a gun, and the guy across from me has a gun, and a random hostage and the guy across from me starts shooting, then damn straight I may hit and kill the hostage before letting myself die. That analogy isn't that great either. Again, I think both sides are at fault.
Of course. It just seemed that according to adeel...Israeli soldiers accidentally killing a civilian was inherently worse than a suicide bomber intentionally klling a civilian. I wasn't sure if that's what he meant...so i asked for clarification.
JayZ. Its kinda like this. If a known serial killer is killing people all over the United States, people will be damned shocked that he is doing so, but in the end they know that there is no law governing this low life. But if the police who is going after this serial killer starts bombing the vicinity in which this serial killer is, and then ends up killing a whole bunch of civillians in the process, the police will look like their work is much more worse. Why dont you look at the palestinian civillians as civillians too, One palestinian life is equal to one Israeli life, both of their deaths should be looked upon with the same sadness when a person dies, and both of their killers should have the same punishment. And as for your analogy with the hostages, the only time I remember a hostage situation in Israel/Palestine was them being in a church. And never is the ISraeli army in dangers way unless they are themselves invading a palestinian colony. Im not trying to justify the deaths of isaeli soldiers, because I have respect for any soldier for any country, because that is a very very tough job, but when the soldiers do a sloppy job in protecting civillians, they should be punished (see: abu gharib)
