... SWMirsky@... ... released ... person ... result ... that ... If one can save the many by incarceration then that is a better option than adding another...
... have ... I'm sure not in such a case. She is not entirely rigid on such issues despite her religionist tendencies. ... this ... they ... I agree that these...
... stopped ... war but feel gingerly over capital punishment. I am glad you do, but I hope you push your ... But you are opposed to war while favoring the...
I know. Much drug abuse is -- sadly self-medication. Were our drug companies working in the public interest, we would be able to rescue the many depressed...
Since Stuart has consistently opposed state interference in "the market," I have a question about the following from the NY Times: The State of Washington is...
... a ... Why not just execute them and avoid all the future fuss since noise breeds violence and violence murder and murderers, say some here, should be...
Sorry, for some reason, this didn't get into my inbox. So I've had to forward it from Yahoo. Given that Alcohol and Tobacco are legal there is little that we...
bitterlemons.org - Palestinian-Israeli crossfire on ... End of the ceasefire? April 30, 2007 Edition 15 ================ www.bitterlemons.org ================ ...
This country seems to view things through the fog of hubris. Best, Ed ... -- "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate...
... but ... equal ... McD's ... killed, ... less ... every ... Because one wrongful death is as serious an issue as a thousand to the person killed. If it can...
But for you to be thinking all the time in terms of "thic country" rather than in terms of THAT country (Afghanistan) may also be a form of hubris. There is...
... families ... and ... professors ... Not necessarily. Enforcing information disclosure, assuming it is done equitably, seems a reasonable exercise of...
Indian farmers have been particularly incensed by the attempts of US companies to patent Basmati rice which has been grown in India for thousands of years. ...
... domestic ... future! ... Well I'm not making a fuss about this, merely stating my view. I am against capital punishment in general though I can think of...
... <SWMirsky@...> wrote: ... prison ... Better a cost like that than mistakenly executing an innocent man. SWM ================== Actually, I think that while...
... It is possible that this difference of ours reflects our diverse cultural backgrounds. I have certainly often wondered at your apparent inability to grasp...
I think what these people need to grasp is that there will be more sympathy for their cause (i.e. the cause of people already here) if they in turn grasp -...
... <SWMirsky@...> wrote: It is possible that this difference of ours reflects our diverse cultural backgrounds. I have certainly often wondered at your ...
Sorry, but I can't quite see why you are arguing that the Taliban are actually defending their own land. I was always under the impression that among the...
... On my view this is the sort of thing that is self-evident so to agree with it is to grasp it. There is no argument for valuing human freedom above, say,...
... wrote: On my view this is the sort of thing that is self-evident so to agree with it is to grasp it. ===================== Like Euclid's fifth axiom? :) ...
... agree ... would ... Perhaps which just shows the difference between empirical questions and, say, value ones. Perhaps geometry is a useful analogy here...
Dear Friend, You are cordially invited to attend the discussion of, "Someone Else's War" by Lee Wang, Friday, May 11, 2007, from 6PM to 8PM, at 25 West 43rd...
In a message dated 01/05/07 08:05:02 GMT Daylight Time, SWMirsky@... ... McD: The big scandal is that many escape to kill again & others kill again after...
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In a message dated 01/05/07 08:30:03 GMT Daylight Time, SWMirsky@... ... McD: As far as I can see, Mike Tyson was sent down for rape when he merely kicked...
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In a message dated 01/05/07 15:51:05 GMT Daylight Time, rohitcuny@... ... McD: That is clearly false. It seems to me that you have yet to read Darwin. Am...
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In a message dated 01/05/07 14:08:53 GMT Daylight Time, SWMirsky@... ... McD: Because it may be at the expense of many other deaths. ... McD: Yes, we are...
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In a message dated 01/05/07 17:59:30 GMT Daylight Time, rohitcuny@... ... McD: Hegel is reported as saying there has to be seven. </HTML>...