that's the Jack Bauer fallacy. The problem with it is that as we have seen with Bush, those in power can "know" things that simply aren't so at all.
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > No, I am suggesting a specific moral dilemma. Can you free a guilty man > knowing that he will commit an act of terror that will kill a thousand > people? I am making two assumptions in this question - you know the man is > guilty but national security prevents you from presenting evidence to that > effect, and you know that he will commit an act of terror that will kill a > thousand people. Do you let him go? > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Maureen wrote: > >> What about it? > > > >> >> Would the possibility of a holding a guilty man who might, emphasis >> might, kill a lot of people be critical enough to warrant holding you >> when you are innocent? Would you volunteer to stay in jail so the >> guilty man would have to stay too? >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286715 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
