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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (16303)	6/9/2001 9:28:31 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Your logic is a little off here. I am not willing to have a member of my family die in a car accident I said: "People in support of the death penalty MUST be willing to see their parents, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters wrongfully murdered by the State" Not to chase cobwebs here: I used "willing" in the sense of prepared. In other words, they must be prepared to accept the relevant possibilities that are logically contained in the value judgement they have made. So unless there are some extremely compelling considerations for desiring the death penalty, there would be reason to examine alternative positions more thoroughly, as the question may be less abstract and academic, and much more personal, than most people imagine. So if we analogize the goal of justice with any other goal (let us say your transportation analogy), the point is not whether or not you will use the transportation--but whether you can achieve the same goal with less personal risk, such as with a safer vehicle. The risk of accident may be almost unchanged when the tires are recalled; but we still DO get the tires changed (most of us), simply because we DO have the choice, and because we are aware of it.