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Old 12-27-2006, 02:06 PM   #49
BigV
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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
...Killing off totalitarians to make democracy just can't be wrong, Griff. Accept this morality, for killing totalitarians prevents totalitarian evil. Bad must die, good must prevail, and good better have the bullets and bayonets for the job, or good is totally fucked. This is not a condition I'd permit, but it is one you explicitly do, and I think that's colossally stupid of you.
You just don't get it, do you?
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Killing off totalitarians to make democracy just can't be wrong, Griff.
Yes, it can be wrong. For one colossal reason, that's not how you "make democracy", you idiot. You can't push on a rope. "Killing totalitarians" just makes room for the next totalitarian. Better you should learn to pull on a rope and let the people (demos) decide (-cracy). I leave as an exercise for the student to name "choosing a style of government for others", (hint: it's not democracy).
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Bad must die, good must prevail, and good better have the bullets and bayonets for the job, or good is totally fucked.
A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good
may come of it. -William Penn, Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

Stupid hypocrite.
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