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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (14520)3/1/2003 10:28:42 PM
From: Just_Observing  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
I do.

If you think that it's morally correct to act in preemption, then consider the following:

What if you are wrong in your assessment of a threat? What happened to the ideal that we let 99 guilty go free rather than find one innocent guilty?

If I can predict that children growing up in dysfunctional homes have a 90% chance of committing crimes as adults, do we jail them in preemption when they grow up?

If America was not a military hyperpower, and say China was the sole hyperpower on the planet, would you still subscribe to preemption?



To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (14520)3/2/2003 1:28:41 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
When you act in preemption, it's always best to make sure you aren't, in fact, sticking a loaded pistol in your mouth by your preemptive action.


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