Originally posted by carpedm9587
View Post
Killing in self-defense is widely seen as moral (and I agree), but is a drone strike to take out a known terrorist justified if we know that we will, in the process, incur "collateral damage?" How much "collateral damage" is too much? And what about the issue of running roughshod over national sovereignty to launch these strikes?
Sometimes it seems that people cling to their ironclad positions, even though they lead to some amazing inconsistencies. Why is "owning a gun" so much more important than "human life?" A gun is a thing. A tool. But despite all of the evidence that shows us that a proliferation of this particular tool leads to an increase in death BY that tool, the tool is so cherished and such a "right" that this amazing level of carnage is justified.
It makes one wonder...
It makes one wonder...
A baby is an innocent. We as a society have a responsibility to protect, nurture and love the innocent among us. The problem is that we do not deal well what what is required to properly protect and raise children. First and foremost, it requires restraining our natural desires that result in creating babies in the first place. And that requires encouraging behaviors and environments that do not unnecessarily stimulate those desires. And it requires dealing compassionately when those safeguards fail. Be we as a society abandon ALL of that. We want to be sexually stimulated every minute of every day without consequence. We want absolute freedom to do whatever we want in that arena - and we want it so badly we are willing to murder the innocent to avoid facing the fact that unrestrained sexuality has significant consequences. And so we on one side require the innocent to suffer because we want to be merciful to the guilty and evil, and on the other side show no mercy to the most innocent among us so we can have unfettered access to sexual pleasure. It's really sort of sick - that we 'care' for people (criminals, murderers, thugs) that have taken innocent lives violently, sometimes letting them return to the streets to kill again, granting them 'mercy' and turning a blind and deaf eye to the innocents they abuse, and we also demand the right for ourselves to murder so as not to be inconvenienced if in our incessant search for pleasure and happiness we produce an innocent child.
And we call both of those things 'good'.
Jim
Comment