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Stephen Tonkin

September 13, 2001 09:56AM

<HTML>Claire wrote:

> You can look at it either way. You can destroy the lives of
> a small number of terrorists in order to save the lives of a
> large number of innocent people.

You are (presumably unintentionally) twisting my meaning -- I distinctly wrote 'innocent civilian'. I am unable to understand how you contrive to misinterpret my 'innocent civilian' as though I meant 'terrorist'.

[...]
> but I think it is worse to kill
> millions than to kill one person. Don't you?

On one level, that of emotion, yes, of course I do. On a moral level I think that the (lack of) morality is equivalent whatever the numbers involved; hence, on a moral level, I believe that it is obscene to reduce the rights and wrongs of taking human life to a game of numbers.</HTML>

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Subject	Author	Posted
An Apt Quote	Garrett	September 12, 2001 10:47PM
Re: An Apt Quote	Robert G. Bauval	September 13, 2001 01:46AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Mikey Brass	September 13, 2001 03:44AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Anonymous User	September 13, 2001 04:00AM
Re: An Apt Quote	ISHMAEL	September 13, 2001 10:09AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Anonymous User	September 13, 2001 10:52AM
Re: An Apt Quote	ISHMAEL	September 13, 2001 11:24AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Stephen Tonkin	September 13, 2001 01:55PM
Re: An Apt Quote	ISHMAEL	September 14, 2001 11:37AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Stephen Tonkin	September 14, 2001 11:39AM
Re: An Apt Quote	ISHMAEL	September 14, 2001 02:27PM
Re: An Apt Quote	Stephen Tonkin	September 14, 2001 05:36PM
Re: An Apt Quote	Mikey Brass	September 14, 2001 04:01AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Claire	September 13, 2001 04:33AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Stephen Tonkin	September 13, 2001 06:01AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Claire	September 13, 2001 06:18AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Stephen Tonkin	September 13, 2001 07:34AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Claire	September 13, 2001 07:40AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Stephen Tonkin	September 13, 2001 07:44AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Claire	September 13, 2001 08:04AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Adam	September 13, 2001 08:29AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Anonymous User	September 13, 2001 09:00AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Stephen Tonkin	September 13, 2001 09:56AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Claire	September 13, 2001 10:31AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Anonymous User	September 13, 2001 08:48AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Stephen Tonkin	September 13, 2001 09:47AM
Re: An Apt Quote	MattCarps	September 13, 2001 05:55AM
Re: An Apt Quote	sandy	September 13, 2001 06:17AM
Re: An Apt Quote	MattCarps	September 13, 2001 10:07AM
Re: An Apt Quote	Garrett Fagan	September 13, 2001 09:46AM
Re: An Apt Quote	ISHMAEL	September 13, 2001 10:27AM

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