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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: aladin who wrote (67279)9/5/2004 5:40:56 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793903
 
Yes I do.

Thanks for your response. I wish you would elaborate on your rationale.

By your logic Puerto Rican separatists would be free to hunt you and your children.

Didn't mean to provoke that inference. Just because something is not absolutely wrong doesn't mean it's absolutely right or that we need to tolerate it. It only means that there may be scenarios where it's the best of bad alternatives and may be acceptable.

Lying isn't absolutely wrong, either. It's perfectly acceptable to almost everyone to lie for a good enough cause--to save a life, for example. That does not mean that lying is, in general, a good thing, only that it's not absolutely wrong.

Puerto Rican separatists wouldn't have a leg to stand on, IMO. In the first place, there is an democratic authority in place to resolve such disputes. There would be no excuse for anyone to resort to terrorism in that environment. In the second place, there's no way that such terrorism would ever get them what they want. Useless violence is never justified. I don't know of any current situation where I would approve terrorism. I think that terrorism by the victims in Sudan against their oppressors might be understandable but it wouldn't be feasible or effective so it would be wrong, IMO.
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