mnementh said:
VOnAm, let me ask you this... you live in Indonesia ? You had some terror attacks, right ? Wouldn't you want those responsible for these bombings to be in jail ? Now let's say someone comes and captures a few Indonesian soldiers, wouldn't you want them back ? Wouldn't you still want those who bombed your clubs and public areas to still be in jail ? Just a thought.
well ofcourse, but what I've learned is that life is more complicated than that, if you look at it only from your own angle then yes we would be very angered by it.
Killing is wrong..especially when it involves people who are not connected to what ever caused the killing.
But there is in islam a sample,
in those old days, when somebody steals, his hand is amputated, and so there was a case when there was this thief, he stole, and during his hearing it turns out that he was very poor and only steal for survival, due to the mistreatments of his employers.
And because of this situation his empoloyers were questioned while the thief excaped the amputation punishment.
Some times, crimes are comited because of pure evil intentions, but many other times crimes are commited because of a previous mistreatment. It doesn't justify the crimes but it does provide a more human side towards it. And if we start understanding each other more rather than just passing easy judgement, it might lead to a world with less friction.
As regard to anger if my troops were kidnapped, well Im clear headed enough to understand just how terrible my own government is, the degree of corruption and hypocracy is tremendous, you wouldn't believe the amount of corruption in the military here, in the midst of suffering in many areas of indonesia. If a country or person dissed my government, I would consider it reasonable.
I hope you realize that despite your anger towards the killings, on your side, that your government isn't exactly doing the right thing, far from it. I don't hate jews or the israeli people but to be honest I despise the movement taken by its leaders. Like I said, sometimes you can forgive poor people from stealing but you can't forgive rich people from doing it.