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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Lou Weed who wrote (131759)5/6/2004 11:34:55 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I will give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume that you are merely ignorant of the terms employed. "Mitigate" does not mean "justify", it means that there is something which makes the infraction less severe, and therefore makes punishment less harsh. For example, if a man stumbles upon his wife with a lover and kills them, it is considered a mitigating factor that he was acting under extreme emotional duress. He will still be convicted of manslaughter, but will not be considered guilty of murder, and will spend less time in prison. I am merely saying that a thorough investigation will take into account all circumstances of the infraction, even those which might lessen guilt.

You make the choice of allowing the explosion to occur rather than dirtying your hands. The evil of the explosion is so disproportionately worse than beating the prisoner, yes, you are culpable.
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