m II wrote in
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The Russians began deporting Chechens to Siberia and what became the
gulag in the Czarist days, and continued under Stalin with renewed
vigor. The policy was to "Russianify" minorities. A policy started
in the 18th century with Peter the Great. Approx 1.3 million
Chechens were deported in the 20th century, with 10% dying in
transport.


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.

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?




mike

m II wrote in
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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.

Juan Gonzalez wrote in message ...
m II wrote in
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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

(bpnjensen) wrote in
m:

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

I agree that injustice leads to things like this, but I can't recall any
other terrorist group going into a school and directly targeting children
to get their message across. If you have children like I do this is a
horror. There are no barbaric conditions great enough to justify actions
like this or make them somehow understandable.

Not only genocidal regimes result in children losing their lives. Other
"normal" countries have done plenty of that including the USA in
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, Vietnam etc.), but colateral damage is one
thing and directly targeting children is another..