Sun 5 Oct, 2008 11:14 am - You may be right. My point is that one can not make threats and than claim the person/nation they threaten should not have taken their threat seriously...that is, the one initiating a threat... (view)
Sun 5 Oct, 2008 10:29 am - [quote=Khethil]Let me see if I understand this correctly. I'll illustrate with an example:
[INDENT]EXAMPLE: I drove past a lemonaide stand yesterday on the way home from the store. As I... (view)
Sat 4 Oct, 2008 09:34 pm - [quote=Solace]Well, that's a fine sentiment. Let's relate this to a current international dilemma then. The American people believed, or at least they were told by their leaders, that... (view)
Thu 2 Oct, 2008 11:08 pm - "I will, however, inquire about your feelings on a nations right to pre-emptive measures. Is it as cut and dry as an individual's rights? Or is there a larger picture to consider? "... (view)
Thu 2 Oct, 2008 09:27 am - "One can [U]only[/U] do so justifiably on the most solid ground with the most compelling evidence of that threat coming to fruition.
Haha... I'm not sure I said anything here. Someone... (view)
Thu 2 Oct, 2008 09:16 am - Your position strikes me as reasonable, my only issue is the "legal" stuff. Ones obligation for moral action I beleive is, with few (if any) exceptions, above legal constraint/condition. (view)
Wed 1 Oct, 2008 10:54 pm - [QUOTE=John W. Kelly;26401]Take a look at the 6 day war and the closing of the Strait of Tiran.[/QUOTE]
Yes, and what is your conclusion concerning the more stringent right --- those under threat... (view)
Fri 19 Sep, 2008 03:57 pm - [quote=validity]I would have to agree.
Charles, were you thinking of a specific case?[/quote]
No. My thought relates to the balance of countervailing rights, those of the person/group... (view)
Fri 19 Sep, 2008 03:52 pm - [quote=Khethil]Depends on the details of the case. In some cases, I would consider it to be completely unethical, in others; quite warranted - just too many variables to answer in a strictly... (view)
Fri 19 Sep, 2008 03:38 pm - [quote=jgweed]Is the subject to be discussed about the natural right of the individual to defend his own life, or is it about the same right applied to nations or to society? If the latter, can... (view)
