[MD] tiny skull

pholden at davtv.com pholden at davtv.com
Mon Nov 20 14:01:28 PST 2006


Quoting MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>:

> At 09:56 AM 11/20/2006, you wrote:
> >Quoting Peter Corteen <psigenics at googlemail.com>:
> >
> > > 'Do as you please' is what everyone does anyhow; some people may think they
> > > live by some other moral code which they have consciously adopted (such as
> > > 'turn the other cheek') but in actuality at the moment of decision they
> > > always do as they please.
> >
> >Peter:
> >
> >Would you acknowledge a moral difference between Ghandi doing as he 
> >pleases and a suicide bomber doing as she pleases? If so, what's the 
> >basis for the difference?
> 
> 
> Platt & Peter,
> 
> Sorry to intrude, but your questions seems too general.  Ghandi lead 
> a rebellion based on peace, but people were killed.  We know nothing 
> about the suicide bomber, or her mission.

Are you suggesting there's no moral difference between what Ghandi did and
what a suicide bomber did? After all, Nazis considered their motives moral.
What is the old saying? "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."  
 
Platt
 





 




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