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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (89018)4/2/2003 12:51:27 AM
From: kumar  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
<it is acceptable to trade one life for another>

I am deliberately taking just a snippet out of your post.

Medical Triage has lived with this reality for as long as conflicts (not necessarily war) have arisen. You trade the life that has a lower % of saving, to help the life that has a higher % of saving.



To: Sun Tzu who wrote (89018)4/2/2003 12:54:33 AM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Chris? A straight answer? Chris is a lawyer, you may be asking for the impossible!



To: Sun Tzu who wrote (89018)4/2/2003 6:41:30 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
>>this is the mentality that says others are sub-human<<

If a US administration prefers one bastard to another, the people of the US are responsible for all the evil done by that bastard, is the argument. But if the US prefers the other bastard, then we are responsible for all the evil done by that bastard.

We could fail to take sides, but then we are responsible for all the evil that we failed to stop because we didn't get involved.

It's very hard being an American and responsible for all the evil in the world.

So now Bush has decided to eradicate evil, and you don't like that, either.

If you happen to know any saints running around, please point them out, only please don't say Jimmy Carter.

I used to know some Iranians who would disagree with you, but Khomeini had them killed.



To: Sun Tzu who wrote (89018)4/2/2003 10:45:20 AM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Your definition of what constitutes considering other people non-human or sub-human is so far from mine that further dialogue on that issue seems fruitless. We simply lack the common definitional ground which is necessary for constructive discussion.