re: #33 lawhawk

The problem with extremists is that they take literally the ‘eye for an eye’ revenge fantasy. You kill my brother, and I am bound to take revenge….that kind of thing. Blow up a school full of children, and every cousin who survives will be dedicated to exacting revenge, and it only takes one of them to be successful.

How many lives are saved? None. Lives are saved when you either a) stop an aggressor in the process of trying to take lives or b) prevent people from wanting to be aggressors (not something you can do by force).