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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-05 10:12 PM
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250. The 'argument' of vigilanties and mobs forever.
It's the moral bankruptcy of amoral consequentialists that makes such an argument, i.e. "the ends justify any means."

So, since the majority of the world's people believe George W. Bush is a threat to world peace, does the same rationale hold? Does such an opinion legitimate assassination or murder? the slaughter of over 100,000 human beings? (That's a Nazi 'argument.') Tell George to walk unguarded along the streets of Baghdad, Damascus, Tehran, or even Cairo if he believes this immoral hogwash!
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