NP - Fighting the Forces of Invisibility

Thomas Eckhardt thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
Wed Oct 3 13:09:24 CDT 2001


Otto quoted:

> > P.S. This said, I wouldn't really mind if the persons responsible
> > for yesterday's attack were incidentally slowly tortured to death.

I wrote this, and I have already been taken to task for it off-list. Justly so.
My off-list answer, in less than perfect English, was: "My postscriptum was not
meant to be taken literally, more like a figurative expression of the helpless
rage I am feeling. Of course, the persons responsible for this act should
neither be assassinated nor tortured. They should be brought before court."

Thomas




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