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A really dumb way to word a question. Were you trying to shame people to answer that there is a number. Kinda like asking would you prefer tobe killed by a criminal with a gun, or a knife, or a club. I prefer to not be killed at all, hence I have a gun. My guns are not nor will be responsible for any childs death. I am one, along with 4 million others. Go take away guns from known criminals first. Then come talk to me. Or do you prefer to have 5 criminals with guns or 100 criminals with millions of defensless victums.
A really dumb way to word a question. Were you trying to shame people to answer that there is a number. Kinda like asking would you prefer tobe killed by a criminal with a gun, or a knife, or a club. I prefer to not be killed at all, hence I have a gun. My guns are not nor will be responsible for any childs death. I am one, along with 4 million others. Go take away guns from known criminals first. Then come talk to me. Or do you prefer to have 5 criminals with guns or 100 criminals with millions of defensless victums.
I can see its just beyond your ability to comprehend. You can go on to other topics you that may be at your ability to understand. LOL
No you need to stand and answer why you think there is a number to be reached for an honest person to give up his guns. If that is not your point say so. Answer mine, would you prefer a child to be killed by a knife, club, or strangled. No other options.
You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don't he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don't have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?
No you need to stand and answer why you think there is a number to be reached for an honest person to give up his guns. If that is not your point say so. Answer mine, would you prefer a child to be killed by a knife, club, or strangled. No other options.
Roger Smith, a quite competent swimmer, is out for a leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk he passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy who apparently cannot swim has fallen into the water. The boy is screaming for help. Smith recognizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps in to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boy's cries. The water is cold and he is afraid of catching a cold -- he doesn't want to get his good clothes wet either. "Why should I inconvenience myself for this kid," Smith says to himself, and passes on. Does Smith have a moral obligation to save the boy? If so, should he have a legal obligation ["Good Samaritan" laws] as well?
A madman who has threatened to explode several bombs in crowded areas has been apprehended. Unfortunately, he has already planted the bombs and they are scheduled to go off in a short time. It is possible that hundreds of people may die. The authorities cannot make him divulge the location of the bombs by conventional methods. He refuses to say anything and requests a lawyer to protect his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. In exasperation, some high level official suggests torture. This would be illegal, of course, but the official thinks that it is nevertheless the right thing to do in this desperate situation. Do you agree? If you do, would it also be morally justifiable to torture the mad bomber's innocent wife if that is the only way to make him talk? Why?
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