Et cetera: Killing of another kind
bian atrocities or the cause of those atrocities. The second contradictory reality is that though the KLA may look like a small and heroic band of brothers, it is, in fact, a pale imitation of...
...Second, do not send NATO ground troops to Kosovo until Milosevic (or his successor) has agreed to peace...
...It too has rabid nationalists in its midst...
...It too has committed atrocities, but against ethnic Serbs in Kosovo...
...It too has apprentice Slobodan Milosevics in its ranks...
...It should not be left as a military force whether in an autonomous Kosovo or an independent Kosovo...
...It should be clear from NATO's actions now that this is an unacceptable and untenable goal...
...We can put them in jail for life...
...NATO ground troops should serve as peacekeepers only...
...And it will be a banner day, when we no longer need bombs to stop the likes of Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic...
...On this Good Friday, a day when we recall our Savior's own execution, we appeal to all people of good will, and especially Catholics, to work to end the death penalty...
...They are astute to acknowledge that many Catholics cling to the belief that their church, having once supported the death penalty, should continue to do so...
...We cannot overcome crime by simply executing criminals, nor can we restore the lives of the innocent by ending the lives of those convicted of their murders...
...KILLING OF ANOTHER KIND ¦ In a Good Friday statement, the adminstrative board of the bishop's conference calls for an end to the death penalty in the United States...
...We no longer need capital punishment...
...Third, the KLA should be disarmed...
...The second contradictory reality is that though the KLA may look like a small and heroic band of brothers, it is, in fact, a pale imitation of its Serb neighbors...
...For these reasons and many others, NATO and the United States ought to stick to their chosen course of action...
...But today we have an alternative in lifetime imprisonment...
...As with many human practices that have historically rested on self-defense and the protection of innocent life, killing those who kill has a visceral resonance in our basic sense of justice...
...Finally, having suffered such bloodshed and abuse to achieve a modicum of self-determination, the Kosovars should ratify it by constitutional means and confirm it by international agreement that, indeed, they will remain within their current borders, whether as an autonomous region or independent nation...
...First, through bombing, systematically degrade Yugoslav military forces in Serbia and then in Kosovo...
...The bishops also write "we are challenged by the evolution in Catholic teaching on this subject...
...Placing their views in the context of the consistent ethic of the life, the board argues: "Increasing reliance on the death penalty diminshes all of us and is a sign of growing disrespect for human life...
...The Greater Albania that is the goal of the KLA and at least some Kosovar political leaders is in the interests of neither NATO and Western Europe nor other Balkan nations...
Vol. 126 • April 1999 • No. 7
