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virgogal

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3. Just playing devil's advocate here,but

Reply to quinnox (Original post)

Mon May 14, 2012, 09:39 PM

May 2012

what if a market was bombed every day.week after week,and one of your loved ones was killed? If there seemed to be no end

in sight I would want to reciprocate.

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If a terrorist blows a bomb up in a market, is it ethical to do the same thing in revenge? [View all] quinnox May 2012 OP

". . . to blow up his children will only prove him right. . ." Journeyman May 2012 #1

No. Hate is wrong. Zax2me May 2012 #2

Bah... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #10

Just playing devil's advocate here,but virgogal May 2012 #3

It's hard to take in all the really bad reasoning today. EFerrari May 2012 #4

I'll admit I went a weeee bit over the top with my metaphor quinnox May 2012 #7

Just a wee bit.. kentuck May 2012 #8

A grossly false equivalence. bluestate10 May 2012 #5

Faith-based bullshit whatchamacallit May 2012 #15

No, right is right and wrong is wrong sarisataka May 2012 #6

A m82, .50BMG caliber with a Marine Sniper behind it oneshooter May 2012 #12

That is one awesome weapon sarisataka May 2012 #13

I AGREE Skittles May 2012 #9

Nothing in a campaign..... NCTraveler May 2012 #11

Revenge isn't an effective tactic, usually bhikkhu May 2012 #14