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SlyStone -> RE: waterboarding (5/14/2009 5:54:02 AM)
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Would you tell someone to assess the risk prior to committing murder because it isn't your place to tell them otherwise? If you saw someone beating a child at the local supermarket, would you take the position that is "isn't your place" to stop them and protect the innocent? I don't think that you would. But yet you would tell two grown adults who may be consumed with excitement over a particular fantasy, "go ahead, read about it, and if you think it is a good idea, then go for it." Someone thinks that it is a good idea to commit suicide because they are depressed, you tell them to go for it?
I would definitely tell two adults to read about it and do it at there own risk, I cannot think of better advice then that. As to the line you reference crossing, Society already drew that line, what we are doing is sick and wrong, within that context I would never presume to judge the behind closed doors behavior of two sane consenting adults.
The attempted analogies you reference, including another post involving abuse of children and the passivity of Christian German during World War II are examples of a perspective gyroscope gone flying off to the outer limits of reason and a rescuer mentality gone sadly amuck.
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