> My previous post spoke of the realities of war. This thread has now become
> one dealing with the morality of war. Let me stir the OT pot a bit by saying
> there are those who say what we are talking about is state sanctioned murder.
> In that realm, are not war, capital punishment and abortion moral
> equivalents? Is each of these not a state sanctioned murder? Bill Barber
Oooo. What a way to stir the pot! I'm going to add another twist to this.
Let's say, for argument sake, your teenage daughter is assaulted (no
further details necessary). The assailant is known. Do you, as the
father, exact justice or let the government do it for you? And what if
the government chooses to not do anything for whatever reason? The
problem here is that the state sanctioned "justice" is not doing its
job. In our "civilized society" we have handed off justice (and in
effect violence) to a state sanctioned institution. (Unfortunately,
state sanctioned justice usually doesn't involve the cutting off of a
person's weewee).
AG
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