on 11/6/01 2:48 PM, Erik Reuter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been following this thread for a while. It seems to me that there
> is a VERY fine line here, and I'd like to see that line explored more
> precisely than it has been.
>
> So, I have a question for those who support conscription. Well, make
> that two.
As an opponent of conscription:
>
> Under what conditions do the ends justify the means?
>
There are conceivably such circumstances. Like the sfnal notion of using a
time machine to abduct the infant A Hitler and give him for adoption to
gypsies.
> Under what conditions does one man have the right to make life and death
> decisions for another man, against his will?
Only in the case of saving life, where his decision is the wrong one. Like
snipping the wrong-coloured wire on a bomb.
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William T Goodall
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http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
