Re: Death penalty

Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.music.dadl.ot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I'm not sure. There are actually very few police-caused deaths, so I
> don't see why it's assumed calling them will lead to one.<
>
> I never said anything about assuming it would lead to one.  I said you
> should acknowledge the possiblity that it could lead to one.

I also acknowledge the fact that driving my car may lead to someone's death.

> Are
> these convictions of pacifism so shallow that you, (generic), can roll the
> dice with them?

If there was a good chance of someone getting killed, maybe I wouldn't
call the police. As it is, there isn't.

> I sincerely respect true pacifism, even if I disagree with it.  What I don't
> respect is convenient pacifism.

Glad we have that clear.

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