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Re: Abortion, consistent with the LP stance? (Re: From Harry Browne
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:39:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Simpson writes:
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> > Life is complicated, and I'm not necessarily going to give you pat answers to
> > complicated problems. I'd say that sniping is warranted when one is • protecting
> > an invaded homeland, but wrong when the target is a column of injured • soldiers,
> > for example.
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> What if you're protecting your homeland and you're sniping wounded soldiers?
> Those folks are going to get medical attention and come back with guns. And
> when they do, they're likely to be mad. So why not kill them now?
Reasonable limits have to be set somewhere. One can err by taking "what-if"
scenarios too far when considering actions. The idea of killing wounded
soldiers just because they *might* become able-bodied seems morally-repugnant.
Better to take them prisoner-of-war. This is a scenario in which mercy should
triumph. The difference that I recognize between killing an injured soldier and
executing a guilty criminal has not escaped you, I am sure. I admit that I have
taken your objections to the death penalty to heart - while I presently see no
moral imperative why execution is not a just punishment, the just claims of
mercy must be part of the equation. You have raised a pertinent issue regarding
whether or not I have neglected the virtue of mercy in my zeal for the virtue of
justice. That is not something that I can answer quickly. I feel very strongly
that certain crimes do indeed warrant death, but I am willing to reconsider the
part that mercy should play in a criminal justice system.
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> > > > > Like circumcision?
> > > >
> > > > Are you playing devil's advocate, or do you believe that circumcision is
> > > > really a moral evil?
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> > > Basically, it has been an ignorance-promulgated practice in our
> > > society for quite a while and
> > > now that's changing. It would be hard for you to find a doctor under the age
> > > of thirty who would strongly promote circumcision.
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> > I don't necessarily disagree - I think that you make a very good argument.
> > I'm not yet convinced that it is wrong for a male to be circumcised,
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> It's not wrong if that's what he wants. Why not wait for him to make the
> decision on his own?
No arguments there.
james
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