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To: Ilaine who wrote (38993)	4/12/2004 8:48:45 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 793834

<<<I assume that you, like me, are Roman Catholic.>>> Yes, but I am not a terrific spokesperson. I have my head in the sand wrt many of the theological conundrums. Ignorance is bliss. On an everyday level, however, as I get older, I fall more and more in love with our simple message of love. You really don't need any more than that. <<<According to Thomas Aquinas, your act may have a double effect. Self-defense and preservation of others is a licit impulse, and a legitimate effect. Harm to the aggressor is not licit, but if it is not intended, but an unavoidable side-effect, then it is not a sin. One must not use more force than is necessary. For this, you don't need a lawyer, your conscience will do. >>> To me this is so clear. It really boggles my mind that we can so egregiously misinterpret this. <<<"St. Augustine was the originator of the Just War Theory."(2) When it came to individual self-defense, St. Augustine contended that one's own life or property was never a justification for killing one's neighbor. Christian charity was the motivating force behind this statement.... The intention of the war is very important for St. Augustine. He says, "'The passion for inflicting harm, the cruel thirst for vengeance, an unpacific and relentless spirit, the fever of revolt, the lust of power, and such things, all these are rightly condemned in war.... St. Augustine's thinking a war "was limited by its purpose, its authority and its conduct.">>>