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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] [i]In other words, it's a question not of what you do, but of why you do it.[/i] In this case, yes. [i]Or perhaps a question of whether the ends justify the means.[/i] Of COURSE the ends justify the means. The only reason that phrase gets a bad rap is that people who have whacked-out judgement capabilities are usually the ones that measure the desirability of the end. Say (totally hypothetically, of course) that the situation was such that the ONLY way to prevent the entire population of the planet from being killed was to nuke Idaho. Yes, the means are undesirable, and under any other circumstances REALLY mean, but the end, i.e. saving six billion other people, justifys it. The ends can always justify the means, so long as you have a clear perception of the values of both. As to how this relates to the subject at hand... End: death of many enemy soldiers, preventing death of many of ours. Means: Use of one tactical nuclear weapon. Since there's nothing inherantly bad about the means, there's nothing that needs to be justified in the first place. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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