[Ramrod]

[QUOTE=Xaccers] we know that drug users break into houses/mug people just to be able to afford their next fix. We understand why they are stealing, but in saying we understand, we are in no way what so ever saying we are pro-stealing, or justifyting drug users stealing for their habbits.

That message is no different to what Tonge was saying. She could understand why suicide bombers do what they do, and that if she was in the same horrible situation as the palestinians, she might even do it as well (because she understood what drove them to it), but that is in no way what so ever saying that the suicide bombers are right, or just, or that she is pro-terrorists.
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Different situations. Drug users have no choice, their addiction drives them (and we can understand that without condoning their actions). Palestinians have a choice.