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Ilya Shlyakhter (notestaff) - letters to editors
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06:16 am
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notions of dignity
What Motivates Suicide Bombers?
There are many ways to achieve dignity. You can invent things and take pride in your inventions. Or you can dominate others by force and feel temporarily superior. Which of these ways is most glorified by our culture?
In the ''Iliad,'' dignity meant getting your fair share of the loot. You would hope we had come a long way since then, but apparently not.
We need to work toward making it self-evident that dignity lies in creating things, not in being king of the hill.
Tags: dignity, israel, nytimes, related_material, replies, war_on_terror
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07:25 am
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amnesty for insurgents
Saddam Hussein in Custody: A Chapter Is Closed
With Saddam Hussein captured, we should offer an amnesty to at least the rank-and-file members of the insurgency who turn in their arms. Offered from a position of strength, the amnesty would be much more likely to help end the insurgency than if offered later in less happy times.
Tags: iraq, nytimes, policy_ideas, related_material
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07:34 am
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"do no harm" in foreign policy
Clouds of War, Hopes for Peace
In ''The Long Bomb'' (column, March 2), Thomas L. Friedman is saying two things: that war in Iraq will be a good thing if done right, and that the Bush team is unlikely to do it right. Why doesn't he add the obvious: if we can't do it right, we shouldn't start.
If a surgeon bungles his preparations and is not fit for the operation or the post-operative care, should he still proceed?
Those who would cure the world through drastic surgery should learn the medical maxim ''First, do no harm.''
Tags: iraq, nytimes, related_material
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