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    Re: Killing (was: Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)) —Mike Stanley
   (...) Wondering if he means for food (which I'm willing to accept - it IS hard to defend in a lot of cases, although I love a good steak as much as the next guy) or for sport, as in the case of trophy hunters, which is impossible to defend, imo, or (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Killing (was: Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)) —Chris Moseley
      Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote (...) Case one: humans. Should not be killed unless obsolutely necessary. Reasons? Killing reduces happiness not just in the victim, but also in their community. And can further reduce happiness in a wider (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Killing (was: Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)) —Christopher L. Weeks
     (...) As you note below, your standard is that happiness is central to your philosophy. For those who disagree, their conclusions would be different. (...) Don't be silly, no 'animals' can experience unhappiness. God put them on this earth for us to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: Killing (was: Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)) —John Neal
       (...) Yeah, a couple of idiots who happen to be Christian and Muslim speak for God, or all of Christianity or Islam. Or maybe not. (...) Ethics 101, two wrongs don't make a right [1] -John [1] but three lefts do. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: Killing (was: Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)) —Chris Moseley
      Christopher Weeks <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote (...) In a way, yes. Faced with someone in the business of murder, I have no philosophical qualms about killing them if that is the only way to stop them. Wiranto is a name that springs to mind now, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Killing (was: Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)) —Selçuk Göre
      John Neal wrote in message <37DC7797.C52E5404@u...st.net>... (...) God, or all (...) Which is nonsense is in the way of belief I think. Muslim belief is based on "everything on earth and in universe", either bad or good is for human being. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Killing (was: Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)) —Christopher L. Weeks
    <37DC6E8E.6E78EEF4@eclipse.net> <FHztB9.Lx5@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) I agree, but while you value happiness, others value (human) life. (...) Here in the US, not quite so (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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