Hurting...was "It hurts" LO18877

Richard C. Holloway (learnshops@thresholds.com)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:57:10 -0700

Replying to LO18869 --

hello, At--

I felt I should comment on just a bit of your thoughts here.

Regarding the reward for information leading to the arrest of people
responsible for the bombings of the US embassies in Africa. The reward
isn't for the deaths, or the spirits, or the lives of those innocent
victims of these bombings. It is to induce the larcenous of spirit who
are most likely to know the names and whereabouts of the criminals. The
amount was established some years ago in response to terrorist activities
against US interests around the world as sufficient to make many
organizations or people willing to turn in their "comrades." This began
to be a standard reward simply because there was no information coming
forward to lead to the arrest and prosecution of these terrorist
criminals.

The irony, and hurt, concerning this reward is that the money can be used
to finance other acts of terrorism somewhere in the world. I don't know
that it has done that--but I know that is a possibility.

I have been a target of terrorist bombings. You cannot draw parallels
between acts of terrorism and other aspects of life that occur
(organizational downsizing, management-labor conflicts, acts of war),
except perhaps the parallel of government terrorism against its' own
people.

Acts of terror are symbolic, indiscriminate, terrifying (intimidating) and
brutal.

The lessons I've learned about terrorism is that it must be stopped by
arresting and imprisoning the people committing the acts. As you said,
At, the money is not the issue--it is whether it is sufficient to bring
forth the information leading to their arrest. We shall see.

regards,

Doc

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