August 16, 2005
When a wedding party of 40 people is wiped out by a misplaced American bomb, these people are just as dead as if a suicide bomber waded into the group and blew himself up. The survivors and their families suffer and grieve just as long and just as hard. How much of a difference, in practical terms and in terms of morality, is there between the two methods of killing the innocent?Dean DeHarpporte,
Eden Prairie.
Dean fails to recognize, of course, that his letter contains the essential difference between the two. I wonder if Dena would treat poaching deer the same as hitting a deer that runs in front of his car on a dark road, or does he only see the dead deer -- motive and intentionality be damned. A homicide bombing is a fully intentional criminal act of cold-blooded murder, while the other is a sad and accidental twist of fate.
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Posted by: mcconnell at Tue Aug 16 20:13:49 2005 (zIIQz)
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Posted by: Jim Waddell at Wed Aug 17 11:12:32 2005 (b4JBG)
And Gutless Coward -- don't you have work to do?
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Wed Aug 17 12:17:25 2005 (gja5k)
Answer: Never.
Because they are evil and stupid.
Bartleby
Posted by: Bartleby at Thu Aug 18 00:02:05 2005 (r/FBF)
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