nbcrusader
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maycocksean said:Michael Berg, father of American businessman Nicholas Berg, whom is it believed al-Zarqawi beheaded in May 2004
"I'm sorry whenever any human being dies. Zarqawi is a human being. He has a family who are reacting just as my family reacted when Nick was killed and I feel badly for that.
"I feel doubly badly, though, because Zarqawi is also a political figure and his death will re-ignite yet another wave of revenge and revenge is something that I do not follow, that I do not ask for, that I do not wish for against anybody. It's an endless cycle. As long as people use violence to combat violence we will always have violence."
I find Mr. Berg's remarkable and filled with the type of humanity this world needs more of. (I'm sure Ann Coulter would have a very different take on Mr. Berg, however).
I listened to an interview with Berg last night. He offeres a rather pure form of pasifism in his views, with a healthy dose of "deaths would not occur but for GWB". When the interviewers tried to flesh out Berg's position, he declined - which made sense. His views, if examined, would lead to dreadful results, even results with which Berg could not agree.
So, as a soundbite, Berg does offer an admirable position. But the principles that make up his position - I think all would find difficult or plain wrong.