Most people would say that killing is wrong. However this statement is usually assumed to be the killing of random, or innocent persons. I want to look at this in a different light.
If we had been able to assassinate Hitler AFTER we knew he was committing genocide, but before he had killed so many, would it have been wrong? Would it have been a sin?
What about a smaller scale? If we know that someone is continually raping children but he has a great lawyer and is never convicted, is it wrong to quietly kill him off before he strikes again?
Assassinations: Good or Evil?
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Assassinations: Good or Evil?
Post #1It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice.
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Re: Assassinations: Good or Evil?
Post #31So how may people did Hitler actually kill ? Do you honestly think the system would suddenly stop when the leader was killed ?achilles12604 wrote:Most people would say that killing is wrong. However this statement is usually assumed to be the killing of random, or innocent persons. I want to look at this in a different light.
If we had been able to assassinate Hitler AFTER we knew he was committing genocide, but before he had killed so many, would it have been wrong? Would it have been a sin?
The fix for Hitler would have been to let him work on his art. The fix for Weimar Republic Germany would have been to not push so hard on war reparations from the 1st world war. The fix for the German Empire and first world war would have been in the wording of the Treaty of London 1839.
And so on and so on.......Individuals are just parts in much bigger systems.
...leaving the systemically flawed system in place.achilles12604 wrote:
What about a smaller scale? If we know that someone is continually raping children but he has a great lawyer and is never convicted, is it wrong to quietly kill him off before he strikes again?
The whole US prison system from the individual members of society to the leaders appears to be systemically flawed given it has the worlds highest prison population by any measure.
