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4400I don't think anyone here has actually said (unless I missed it) that they wRambi-2/14/2003
4399<i>The essense of life persists in eternity as the states of temporal exisRambi-2/14/2003
4398I don't look at this thread often but it caught my eye today because of the Solon-2/14/2003
4397Had to Google "Napoleon of Crime" What an interesting story!Tom Clarke-2/13/2003
4396You were speaking of the assumption that the soul chose the body, and the wrongnThe Philosopher-2/13/2003
4395<i> but this is a completely separate issue from the sanctity and preThe Philosopher-2/13/2003
4394Thank you for that post. Very much.The Philosopher-2/13/2003
4393Like The Republic.The Philosopher-2/13/2003
4392<i>"In war, in execution, in stoning to death, or whatever. What logione_less-2/13/2003
4391<i>If we accept the responsible condition of humanity as one of carinThe Philosopher-2/13/2003
4390It is wrong of you to impose that assumption on people who are on the other sideone_less-2/13/2003
4389<i> I have no idea what it "right" and "wrong" iThe Philosopher-2/13/2003
4388<i>Second, most regimes in the General Assembly are immature and/orThe Philosopher-2/13/2003
4387<i>"I know I am going to live forever, and never die. Aren't you?one_less-2/13/2003
4386It IS a personal topic! And a hard one. And I don't want someone telling us Rambi-2/13/2003
4385<<When asked by the interviewer if he had any doubts, he said something liIsh-2/13/2003
4384In 1893 who said, "He is the Napoleon of crime...."one_less-2/13/2003
4383I can think of two ways to view this topic that are very personal to me. I can one_less-2/13/2003
4382So it wasn't the assisted suicide concept so much as the method employed (siRambi-2/13/2003
4381<i>"Maybe he thought it would be a good day to die, business taken caone_less-2/13/2003
4380<<They tracked the case of a cute elderly man who was diagnosed as terminaIsh-2/13/2003
4379<<In this case then, we see that the property owner becomes the "desiIsh-2/13/2003
4378I value human life, but I do not value human suffering. I don't think it isepicure-2/13/2003
4377Let me preface my post with the admission that this is a difficult issue for me Rambi-2/13/2003
4376Sure. If you design society without real experience or insight into mankind or cNeocon-2/13/2003
4375Not looking to blame anyone for having too high a standard for knowledge. Just wTom Clarke-2/13/2003
4374He could certainly turn a phrase, always a provocative read. When I used to subsTom Clarke-2/13/2003
4373Assisted suicide is mainly sympathetic when one contemplates a terminal case in Neocon-2/13/2003
4372I really want to respond with some thought to this, if I can, but am on my way tRambi-2/13/2003
4371<i>"But isn't that precisely the point? That HE gets to decide whone_less-2/13/2003
4370<i>Even the staunch advocates of the service doubted the timeliness of theRambi-2/13/2003
4369I watched an assisted suicide (Sweden) special on public television last night. one_less-2/13/2003
4368We assumed that the property owner had the power, although he himself might be sNeocon-2/13/2003
4367In this case then, we see that the property owner becomes the "desision makone_less-2/13/2003
4366In principle, you cannot hand someone over to a mob. You need assurances that itNeocon-2/13/2003
4365<i>"...duly constituted authorities, namely, the police."</i&one_less-2/13/2003
4364I grew up thinking the well of the UN, but it became increasingly clear that it Neocon-2/13/2003
4363Your duty is not to turn him over to street justice, but to turn him over to theNeocon-2/13/2003
4362Yes, coercion is a mitigating factor.Neocon-2/13/2003
4361I've said a similar thing about my profession: Law is the alternative to duThe Philosopher-2/12/2003
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