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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Bill who wrote (35465)10/25/2001 7:00:56 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
And what if it was the wrong person?

Grief stricken people are stupid. They do extremely foolish things. That is why people are advised to make no big decisions after the death of a spouse. They certainly shouldn't be setting policy on torture. It is not fully reasonable to ask anyone to torture anyone else. It is the height of inhuman barbarity. You can of course argue that there are reasons to sink to inhuman barbarity. Quite frankly I don't think I would even if I were crippled by grief. I hope that I would not. To do that is to lose one's humanity. It is easy to hold on to humanity when times are easy, and you feel no pain. The ONLY test of your humanity is in those times when you are tempted to be barbaric.
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