<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td valign='top' style='font: inherit;'><P><BR>Society often works in just such a tiered moral fashion, with the good of the many (ie laws and government) justifying and assigning the taking of life, as any executioner would be able to argue.</P>
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<P>Of course, I can stomach the idea without too many moral qualms. <BR>--- On <B>Fri, 7/11/08, Paul B <I><pb.stuff@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></P>
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<DIV id=yiv283951140><BR>However, granting them exceptions simply because they know more, or are more powerful, is silly. There are more and less powerful and wise humans too, but suggesting that one can get away with murder (for a good cause, trust me!) isn't something most can stomach.<BR></DIV>
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