Sure, war is ugly, and there will always be civillian casualties. That, however, is no reason to be sloppy with our placement of bombs. I have a hard time believing that the only way to successfully stop whomever it was they were trying to stop was to kill eighteen civillians.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
