Juan Gonzalez wrote in message ...
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Juan Gonzalez wrote:

Throughout history there are many examples of people who have been
treated like garbage but haven't felt the need to kill children as
revenge.


Like in the Old Testament when God Himself told some followers to bump
off their first born sons?

That would be a poor example.

True - on the other hand, there have been plenty of genocidal regimes
who have had no compunction about murdering children even when the
regime's members were not being mistreated by the group to be
murdered.

The mere fact that a person is a child does not mean that he or she
will deserve any special treatment by an opposing group. Any opposing
group. And frankly, if it will get to the heart and soul of an enemy
more quickly, there is no reason to doubt that children will *not* be
used as pawns or sacrifices. We here in the civilized, compassionate
world may cringe at the thought, but barbaric conditions result in
barbaric actions. Humanity does not equal sainthood, now or ever.

Bruce Jensen