Alright. So, what do you suggest should have been done with a bit fun guy, a prisoner of conscience Nelson Mandela? And what should be done with another head of state Mahmoud Abbas? Or we just deem both of them 'bad terrorists' and let them leading the states?
Nelson Mandela had his suffering. Mahmoud Abbas isn't exactly the archetype of a ruthless terrorist either. My point was that even if they are equal from the legal point of view [murder is murder], there's still a difference felt in the way they kill. Has Mahmoud Abbas ever blown up a mosque with people praying inside?
Alright. So, did I get you right that you fundamentally accept the torture as a method to convince others you're on the good guys' side?
No, you didn't. I said I don't feel sympathy with him. How does that mean that I fundamentally accept torture? [He should have been under pressure= It was advisable to put him under pressure./ He must have been under pressure= There is evidence that he's been under pressure. (That's my interpretation. Is it wrong, native English speakers?)]
We just have to agree, in a world where there is suicide bombing, there is torture too.
You know, I do feel sympathy with Alekos Panagoulis, or Konstantin Rokossovky for that matter. Seems like they suffered for a good cause.
Did I get you right that you express accusations that the US (using its agency CIA and subsequently Jundullah) in cooperation with Taliban (that the US has recently crushed in Afghanistan) are killing innocent Iranians in order to wreak havoc in the democratically elected country?
That's what Rigi confessed. He knew he was going to be executed. He didn't have to drag the US into this business, being aware that it wouldn't help anything. You know, that's the difference. That one wouldn't confess and tolerated the torture, because he believed in something. This one confesses, because he believes in nothing but death.
But you are terribly wrong on that "democratically elected" thing. Or perhaps it was a joke?
Well, in the interview to the US cable channel HDnet's television Abdolmalek Rigi claimed that his goal is to "improve conditions for ethnic Baluchis", and that his group is "fighting exclusively for the rights of Sunni Muslims in Iran".
And finally, here's the main point. That's what I meant by "trying to look like a hero". He wanted to kill. He could just keep killing and shut it up. But he took advantage of people's religious and ethnic prejudice. Dirtier is unimaginable.