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Posted by Habibi (Guest) - Friday, September 10 2004, 18:35:25 (CEST)
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1.) If the kidnappers can let go of a French reporter because his family pleads for his life and he is obviously NOT affiliated with the occupation forces or contractors, then the kidnappers can let go of these people, as well.

2.) I never said anything about innocent Iraqis being killed by the occupation forces not mattering. Of course they matter - which is EXACTLY why these hostages matter, too. These particular hostages are and have been bringing medicine to innocent Iraqis who are suffering - in fact, they have been doing so for over 10 years. Furthermore, the hostages have been actively informing various peace groups about the effects of the sanctions during that time. How else would information about the conditions in Iraq get out? The U.S. media sure as hell wasn't informing anyone about the situation in Iraq. These hostages have made a HUGE contribution to the peace/anti-war effort.

I was pointing out, earlier, that your perspective was flawed. Let's use Ralph Nader as an example. Now, remember, I respect and admire Ralph Nader a lot and even voted for him in the last election. I am ONLY using him as an example of an agent of good whose contributions to society in the States can be viewed from many perspectives, just as those hostages' contributions can be viewed. Nader successfully argued that car manufacturers should include seatbelts in their products. Now, one could say, using your view, that by forcing car manufacturers to be accountable for the flawed products that they sell and forcing these manufacturers to change, Nader actually CONTRIBUTED to the rise in popularity of the automobile, and indirectly facilitated these manufacturers' rise to power. If Nader hadn't taken the stand that he did against the manufacturers, then the number of deaths caused by cars at the time would have generated such a negative image of cars, that car purchases would probably have decreased over time. This is what happened to the motorcycle, which was deemed too risky to drive by most people.

You see, all changes that can be considered progressive and good can also be viewed in a cynical and negative way, as well. The point I was making was that there are people who work for change and who should be respected - that viewing their contributions in a cynical and negative way doesn't help matters at all.

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To kidnappers: please let the Bridges to Baghdad workers go! Habibi - Thursday, September 9 2004, 15:53:13 (CEST)
- more on that Habibi - 09/09 15:55
- I disagree parhad - 09/09 16:38
  - read about the workers Habibi - 09/09 18:09
    - Re: read about the workers parhad - 09/09 18:28
      - Re: read about the workers Habibi - 09/09 19:23
        more about Ra'ad and another hostage Habibi - 09/09 19:24
        
        Re: read about the workers parhad - 09/09 19:46
        Re: read about the workers Habibi - 09/09 20:17
        
        Parhad Habibi - 09/09 20:37
        Re: Parhad parhad - 09/09 23:10
        Re: Parhad Habibi - 09/10 00:04
        wrong word Habibi - 09/10 00:05
        
        Re: Parhad parhad - 09/10 01:13
        Re: Parhad Habibi - 09/10 03:28
        Not 2 Iraqi "guys," but an Iraqi man and an Iraqi woman... Habibi - 09/10 03:42
        
        Re: Parhad parhad - 09/10 03:47
        Re: Parhad Habibi - 09/10 15:39
        Re: Parhad parhad - 09/10 15:58
        well Habibi - 09/10 18:35
        Re: well parhad - 09/10 18:41
        Re: well Habibi - 09/10 18:47
        Re: well Habibi - 09/10 18:55
        Re: well parhad - 09/10 22:29
        Re: well Habibi - 09/10 22:32
        
        Re: well parhad - 09/10 22:18
        Re: well Habibi - 09/10 22:30
        Re: well parhad - 09/10 23:31
        Re: well Habibi - 09/11 05:07
        furthermore Habibi - 09/11 05:14
        Re: furthermore parhad - 09/11 05:26
        Re: furthermore Habibi - 09/11 06:47
        
        Re: well parhad - 09/11 05:22
        Re: well Habibi - 09/11 06:42
        Re: well parhad - 09/11 07:29

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