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LeftishBrit

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Fri Nov-23-07 11:55 AM
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392. But he was not threatened; that's the point

If someone attacked him, and he shot them, that would be one thing. But going out and shooting someone who is stealing from the neighbour's house, is not self-defence; in fact it puts him at greater risk than staying at home and calling the police. Thinking that it's OK to shoot someone just because they're doing something wrong is on a small scale the same sort of moral argument that, on a larger scale, is used to justify pre-emptive attacks on countries that are seen as 'the bad guys'.

Both for individuals and countries, killing in self-defence may be justified; pre-emptive killing of 'baddies' is not.

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