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Re: Genocide and terrorism (Was: SW <-> Russia conspiracy)
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Date: 
Tue, 18 May 1999 23:33:36 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:

I personally am morally at least partly an Objectivist. I've spoken
against being a keeper before here, do a search for altruism to find the
posts. Being your brother's keeper means that you're obligated to help
him no matter what his moral shortcomings. I just don't personally buy
that obligation.

I agree.  How is that modified by your having committed to do so?

Agreement about Somalia, Haiti, and Iraq.  However, some American issues
were at hand in Granada (mostly saving a handful of American "college
students" and Stopping Communism).

If you leave the borders of the US, I feel you are on your own. The US

What if you're on US business?  If your answer is still to let them rot,
then I disagree.  I also think that there are times when it's simply in
the best interest of the nation to do something about it.  And, I think
we as a people would be better off if the rest of the world knew that
they'd be in deep doodoo for messing with citizens of the US, so
sometimes I think we ought to aggressively pursue situations where our
folks are being abused.

1 - more's the pity. I've been to New Jersey and he can have it.

:-(  I might be moving to the Garden State.

--
Sincerely,

Christopher L. Weeks
central Missouri, USA



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  Re: Genocide and terrorism (Was: SW <-> Russia conspiracy)
 
(...) Sorry, could you restate the question, not following you here. (...) Do you mean US government business? Or just business of a US firm? If the former and it was diplomatic, sure. We have to enforce the rule of law between nations, diplomatic (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Genocide and terrorism (Was: SW <-> Russia conspiracy)
 
(...) Libertarianism doesn't speak to it directly except to say that if you feel you're your brother's keeper, that is fine, keep on keeping, but that does not mean that everyone has to contribute to support your sense of obligation. Hence, my taxes (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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