--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/1/06 6:27:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) , > "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > > P.S.: In the (vanishingly unlikely) case of Dershowitz's > > > ticking-bomb scenario, of course the interrogator might > > > decide the chance to save 100,000 lives was worth the > > > risk of breaking the Geneva Convention rules. > > > > Would you? > > I hope I'd have the guts, as I've already said. > > > > > Oh Judy, that is a no brainer! But since there are people that would have a > problem or not have the guts, we need a law that would allow somebody who > does have the guts to do so. 100,000 lives can not compare to the *rights*, > whatever they may be, of somebody intent on committing mass murder. >
Actually, why do we want to institutionalize something that people agree might be worthwhile in 1 case in a million? Isn't that an example of an unnecessary law? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
