Assassinating a dictator, Can it be justified? |
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 Nov 23 2005, 09:54 PM
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 "Silly me, I thought this was a free country"  Group: Human Posts: 1,666 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 60,913  |
Can the assassination of a dictator be justified?
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Jul 15 2006, 10:26 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
no assasination attempt is ever moral, no matter how immoral the target is.
you kill someone, you do it fairly. stooping to the level of assasination makes you no better than your enemy. |
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Jul 16 2006, 12:19 PM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 15 2006, 11:26 PM)  no assasination attempt is ever moral, no matter how immoral the target is. you kill someone, you do it fairly. stooping to the level of assasination makes you no better than your enemy. How would you kill someone fairly? And you are correct that the morality of an assasination attempt can not be made b/c the target is immoral, one of those "it's for the greater good" excuses doesn't cut it. But, is it fair for a tyrranical dictator to send around secret service to arrest and kill all those whom he doesn't trust? You cant fairly kill a man who would kill you if you dont agree with him. But if the goal is not to bring yourself to power, if the goal is to make things right, if the goal is to free others from opression, and the only way to do that is to remove a man from power, which you cannot do without killing him, I dont see what the problem is. And would it be something to brag about? No. But for the extreem situations, it would be moral...... Ok, how about this? Would you consider killing another soldier in the course of battle immoral? No. Why? B/c he had a gun and would have killed you had he been given the chance. So how is killing a dictator who is killing innocent people, and would just as easily have you killed if he knew where to find you? He's got men with guns out as spies looking for you, you have an assasination plot with the works...... Seems like pretty fair odds, each side has a gun..... how is that any more moral than killing another soldier in battle if you were hiding in the trees and he was standing out in the field........ |
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simx Assassinating a dictator Nov 23 2005, 09:54 PM
tweeak Yes, it certainly can be justified, depending on h... Nov 23 2005, 11:23 PM ermfermoo I hate how people always think of dictators as evi... Nov 23 2005, 11:31 PM
mipadi QUOTE(ermfermoo @ Nov 23 2005, 11:31 PM)Sadda... Nov 24 2005, 02:07 AM vash1530 QUOTE(mipadi @ Nov 24 2005, 2:07 AM)The dicta... Nov 27 2005, 11:39 PM sovietski If he is your dictator or shall we say your ruler ... Nov 24 2005, 12:22 AM vash1530 if someone decided that assassinating a dictator i... Nov 24 2005, 12:26 AM RiC3xBoy It depends, a dictator is just someone who has abs... Nov 24 2005, 12:33 AM sheridan_whiteside I doubt that an assassination would be very effect... Dec 6 2005, 10:10 PM SkaironFrenzy only when they take the lives of countless people.... Dec 11 2005, 01:16 AM Ajmalhuuss Murdur can never be justified. If we decide to mu... Jun 27 2006, 02:17 PM ECD & C0 QUOTEMurdur can never be justified
in some ways i... Jun 29 2006, 09:19 PM Sumiaki QUOTEMurdur can never be justified
I disagree. Ca... Jun 29 2006, 10:48 PM dtang4 It can be easily justified, especially if one life... Jun 30 2006, 09:21 PM Paradox of Life ^ But it's against the law. Murder is against ... Jul 2 2006, 09:30 AM Spiritual Winged Aura It's very justified depends on the dictator... Jul 2 2006, 06:56 PM sakaitone QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jul 2 2006, 7... Jul 3 2006, 12:35 AM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(sakaitone @ Jul 2 2006, 10:35 PM) K... Jul 3 2006, 03:30 AM sakaitone QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jul 3 2006, 4... Jul 3 2006, 01:34 PM sadolakced acid is the dictator cute, hot, and a woman?
if so, th... Jul 3 2006, 02:17 AM sadolakced acid QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 3 2006, 2:17 ... Jul 3 2006, 05:44 AM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 3 2006, 3:44 ... Jul 3 2006, 04:51 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jul 3 2006, 4... Jul 3 2006, 07:09 PM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 3 2006, 5:09 ... Jul 3 2006, 09:22 PM sakaitone QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jul 3 2006, 5... Jul 4 2006, 12:38 PM Statues/Shadows Was Hitler hot? Jul 3 2006, 07:26 PM sadolakced acid hitler wasn't hot.
but it's beside the ... Jul 3 2006, 09:39 PM Spiritual Winged Aura actually, he was a women.
one of his balls were n... Jul 4 2006, 01:52 AM sadolakced acid that doesn't make him a woman.
and he wasn... Jul 4 2006, 01:53 AM Spiritual Winged Aura yes. i'm a little sweetheart ;] Jul 6 2006, 09:41 PM sadolakced acid err...
my requirements for not killing a dictator... Jul 6 2006, 10:05 PM Spiritual Winged Aura too bad. there's no sense of fairness and demo... Jul 7 2006, 07:06 PM ghetosmurph The assasination of a dictator is moral if all of ... Jul 15 2006, 10:55 AM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 15 2006, 8:26... Jul 16 2006, 04:41 AM forza I have to agree with him ^ on this one. Blindsidin... Jul 16 2006, 04:29 AM sadolakced acid how do you know you're right, and he's wro... Jul 16 2006, 11:02 PM ghetosmurph QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 17 2006, 12:0... Jul 17 2006, 02:21 PM sadolakced acid war is just when you're the morally right part... Jul 17 2006, 07:05 PM ghetosmurph QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 17 2006, 8:05... Jul 18 2006, 12:30 PM sadolakced acid tell me one war in which the winning side was wron... Jul 18 2006, 04:20 PM ghetosmurph I gave you an example.... Sulieman and the muslims... Jul 20 2006, 11:21 AM sadolakced acid i don't call that a victory. Jul 20 2006, 12:01 PM ghetosmurph Whatever, you asked for an example where the winni... Jul 20 2006, 06:08 PM sadolakced acid morally wrong becuase you are on the "losing ... Jul 20 2006, 09:03 PM ghetosmurph no, morally wrong because their own religion consi... Jul 21 2006, 10:35 AM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 15 2006, 8:26... Jul 22 2006, 03:24 PM sadolakced acid killing and assasinating are rather different, in ... Jul 23 2006, 08:27 PM ghetosmurph QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 23 2006, 9:27... Jul 24 2006, 07:06 PM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 23 2006, 6:27... Jul 25 2006, 02:17 AM sadolakced acid nothing can ever be morally justified because mora... Jul 25 2006, 01:05 AM ghetosmurph QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 25 2006, 2:05... Jul 25 2006, 03:50 PM sadolakced acid 1) bob is clearly tyrranical, imposing christian ... Jul 26 2006, 01:31 AM ghetosmurph 1) Imposing certain standards (Christian or non) c... Jul 28 2006, 12:08 AM sadolakced acid [quote name='ghetosmurph' date='Jul 28... Jul 28 2006, 02:21 PM ghetosmurph QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 28 2006, 3:21... Jul 28 2006, 05:33 PM sadolakced acid haha.
nice. in depth.
if you do not know US ... Jul 28 2006, 06:26 PM ghetosmurph QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 28 2006, 7:26... Jul 31 2006, 03:34 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE(ghetosmurph @ Jul 31 2006, 3:34 PM)... Aug 3 2006, 09:17 PM vash1530 easily. the guys a dick so i shoot him. i decided ... Jul 28 2006, 10:17 PM ichigofan assasinating a dictator, hmm hard one. It depends ... Aug 3 2006, 02:23 PM ghetosmurph But I didn't disagree with you...... I agreed ... Aug 4 2006, 09:48 AM sadolakced acid that's what i'm trying to say. nothing ev... Aug 5 2006, 01:07 AM |
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