On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:16:38 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:30:04 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>> The concept of "rational self-defense" is primarily a matter of law. > I'm not talking about legal concepts and moral justifications. I'm > saying that if we don't stop the terrorists, they will destroy our > cities and ruin our economy and way of life. This is a very simple > idea--nothing complicated at all. Yes, it certainly is a very simple concept, and not complicated at all. I interpret that you are indicating that your approach to the problem is simply entirely pragmatic, and the fact that your approach happens to be perfectly consistent with moral and legal justifications is merely a coincidence. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
