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Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:58:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
> I do believe, what Bruce actually asked me was if I supported
> Hitler killing the Jews...
But that was just an extreme example of what I said. It was a starting point
for distinguishing what you really think about the role of sovereignty in our
war-decisions.
Do you think that a nation can act to cause harm to its own population without
ever threatening the sovereignty of the neighbors to such a degree that invasion
of that country -- violation of their sovereignty, is justified?
We can imagine a case in which traditional human rights abuses aren't even a
factor. What if it turns out that rain-forest depletion becomes a risk for
making the planet uninhabitable? Are we justified in invading Brazil (or
Malaysia, or whatever) to protect the Earth?
The essence of this is the question: What's so important about sovereignty?
Chris
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