[MD] tiny skull

[David M]

Hi Platt

You know I believe some Nazis
readily admitted that they were suspending
morality. When a prisoner asked why he was being tortured?
a Nazi torturer famously replied that 'here there are no whys'

David M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pholden at davtv.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] tiny skull


> Quoting MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>:
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>> 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,
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>> 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.
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> 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."
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