Dana Shilling wrote:
And if, by some miracle, all X people involved in planning and carrying out the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks were arrested (and no one else was), they all got a fair trial, and were all imprisoned or executed, then that STILL wouldn't build a new Trade Center complex, much less bring back even one single person who died.
Are you then saying we should never bother to investigate/try/imprison any murderer? After all, *his* victim would still be dead, too.
Restitution is only one of the purposes behind punishing evil-doers.
Susan Beth (susanbeth33@mindspring.com)