IP: A difficult problem: Another Jerusalem bomb today

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

The leverage of ,a maybe very few, radicals with a cause can move nations 
and history. How do nations and people react to them is a critical 
question. If the direction of nations is dictated by their warped vision, 
as is often the historical situation, we are all in for a rough time.  djf


> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:53 +0200
> From: krulwich () geocities com
> Subject: Another Jerusalem bomb today
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
>
>
> Most people are happy to see carloads of their friends drive by.
> This morning, when I saw 4 cars speed out of my neighborhood
> in Northwestern Jerusalem, I was sickened.  All the friends I saw
> in the cars were volunteer ambulance workers, and their
> speeding away meant another bomb.
>
> Sure enough, the bomb was in the Talpiot area, one of the first
> neighborhoods on the way into Jerusalem from Chevron
> (Hebron), a Palestinian Autonomy controled city.  Still no
> word on casualties.  "Coincidentally," the Hebron border was
> reopened just yesterday.
>
> For context, I can think of at least a half dozen world-class hi-
> tech start-ups whose founders live within a half mile of the
> bomb.
>
> As someone who was a supporter (albeit skeptical) of the
> Oslo peace process, has lived in Israel through 22 or more
> suicide bombings and almost daily shooting deaths, I want to
> remind everyone again that physical safety is an important
> part of liberty.  It's also a basic obligation of a government to
> its citizens.
>
> How to respond to terrorism effectively is obviously a serious
> concern, as well as how to respond without lowering
> ourselves to their level, but let's not confuse this with the
> question of whether to respond.  Not responding results in
> the worst violations of liberty.
>
> --Bruce Krulwich
>   krulwich () yahoo com



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