re: I suppose if it--

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Johannes — 1/4/2006 5:39:38 AM (archived)

Is OK for you and your friends to have a policy to kill Saddam, then it must be OK for Saddam and his friends to have a policy to kill you.
I suppose then that if you succeed in killing Saddam and his friends succeed in killing you, it will create a continuation of the killing, since your friends will adhere to your policy and kill the killers that killed you. The justification being that the last killer will win what ever it is that they are fighting for.

What is human life worth? What is Saddam's life worth? What is your life worth? And why is one life worth more than another?

Just trying to be philosophical, but still, I would like to get answers to those questions.

Tyranny
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Edmund Burke (1729â€“97), Irish philosopher, statesman. Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).

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2,175 - Donald - 12/29/2005 3:37:18 PM
- 51,983 - Larry J - 12/29/2005 7:19:44 PM
  - re: 51,983 - azstrummer - 1/3/2006 11:05:41 PM
  - Just as stupidly irrelevent as Bowsers comparisons to Vietnam - R.L. - 1/1/2006 6:04:07 AM
    - A senseless death is a senseless death. Damn near a tautology, not hard to understand for mature people. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/6/2006 12:44:02 AM
    - That's precisely the point - Larry J - 1/1/2006 12:38:00 PM
      - You are missing the point - R.L. - 1/2/2006 12:15:08 AM
        
        No, you're missing my point - Larry J - 1/2/2006 7:07:21 PM
        
        re: You are missing the point - Tom Brosz - 1/2/2006 6:31:35 AM
      - Combat fatalities - Tom Brosz - 1/1/2006 10:09:49 PM
        
        re: Combat fatalities - azstrummer - 1/6/2006 8:45:25 PM
        
        More stereotypes? - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2006 1:00:10 AM
  - Are you able to distinguish between self-defense and raw, naked aggression and looting? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/29/2005 7:56:15 PM
    - Clearly,...you are not. (n/t) - Peter - 1/1/2006 9:53:04 PM
    - Yes, we are. We removed Saddam to halt - David F Mayer - 1/1/2006 3:12:36 AM
      - re:Sounds like a fight for peace idea - Johannes - 1/2/2006 9:10:36 PM
        
        NO, but anybody like Saddam Hussein SHOULD be shot. - David F Mayer - 1/3/2006 6:29:04 PM
        
        Do you pledge allegiance to Amerika? - Publius - 1/5/2006 9:35:31 PM
        
        re: I suppose if it-- - Johannes - 1/4/2006 5:39:38 AM
        
        Good post Johannes - Lindy - 1/5/2006 4:42:33 PM
        
        "And why is one life worth more than another?" - David F Mayer - 1/4/2006 1:30:14 PM
        
        re: Since you consider the question as - Johannes - 1/4/2006 7:02:45 PM

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