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To: Solon who wrote (6242)	5/22/2003 9:59:11 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

"Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable." G. K. Chesterton chesterton.org

To: Solon who wrote (6242)	5/22/2003 11:17:39 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

How can you so clearly see that wrong actions of others are not sanitized by intended consequences, while you openly admit that YOU would do wrong if your vision was for a greater good. I didn't say I would do what I saw as wrong, I said IF I did do it the reason would be for the good that might come of it. The exact statement was "If I was convinced to support the effort it would only be with the idea that I was doing something wrong to try to create a great practical good, and I'm reluctant to do that..." How are you different than the several examples you offered?? I addition to the fact that I didn't say I would support the idea that I see as wrong (I specifically said I would be reluctant to do so) there is also the fact that if I did support the idea the wrong done by the idea would be enormously less and the potential good much more immediate and concrete instead of a utopian vision that I hope will arrive in the future. Tim