From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2003 - 22:29:20 MST
gts wrote:
> It makes no difference how they die. The murder of innocent people is never
> a good thing, no matter what the reason or the method. As invaders of Iraq
> with full knowledge of Saddam's wicked personality, we are indirectly
> responsible even for the atrocities that Saddam commits against his own
> people in his own defense. The real question is whether it's worth it or
> not. How many innocent Iraqis should die now as a consequence of the war
> effort to save how many innocent Iraqis who could theoretically die later by
> Saddam's hand? How can anyone figure the math?
>
So there is no real ethics, no way of choosing between actions,
except for the incalculable ultimate results of the actions? We
are in even deeper trouble than I thought if this is generally
accepted as true.
- samantha
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