From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Fri Jul 18 2003 - 12:24:26 MDT
Damien Broderick wrote,
>
> At 07:49 PM 7/16/03 -0700, Robert Bradbury wrote:
>
> >As many know, I was soundly beaten down after 911 for
> suggesting that
> >the solution to the problem (of Osama) was to simply to nuke
> >Afghanistan on the basis of utilitarian arguments.
>
> >So we could eliminate the problems distracting us from
> making progress
> >at the cost of < 10^8 lives -- compared with 10^14 lives
> *per second*
> >while we keep debating how to resolve the problems...
>
> STOP IT, Robert!
Wow. This boggles my mind, Robert. Do you realize that you would be
killing innocent people in one group to further the goals of your own group?
This seems to be very close to what the terrorists claim to be doing. I do
not believe in the utility of sacrificing innocent lives to save other
lives. I especially question sacrificing current real lives to save
theoretical potential human lives.
> >Ok, I *know* you are going to rake me over the coals again. Don't
> >bother (been there done that)
>
> I WILL bother.
Hmmm.... Resubmitting postings with a request that detractors not respond
this time... I never thought of that! Let me know if this works! :-)
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISM, CISSP, IAM, IBMCP, GSEC Certified InfoSec Manager, Certified IS Security Pro, NSA-certified InfoSec Assessor, IBM-certified Security Consultant, SANS-cert GSEC <HarveyNewstrom.com> <Newstaff.com>
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