Reply #35: Dozens of furious denials of the patently obvious

[carolinayellowdog]

When someone challenges others to suggest "a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation" it implies that as far as he is concerned the 9/11 attack was the best, most effective, and in fact only way of "visiting some penalty." At least until someone suggests something better, more effective, etc.

How much space is there between saying that and saying the victims deserved it? Help me here. A befitting penalty is deserved by those penalized, by definition.

Also, it has been repeatedly denied that Churchill's "I" in this passage is in fact referring to himself. He is alleged instead to be speaking on behalf of some imagined other. Having read the article through, I don't see evidence for that assertion. Help me here too.