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Bake

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Fri Oct-21-11 08:25 AM
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Another ethical hypothetical for the pacifists among us.

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You couldn't pull the trigger on Hitler. OK. I can understand that ... you hope somebody else does it so you don't have to.

Here's the hypo: It's 1:00 A.M. A psycho breaks into your house. He's not there for a social call. You have a wife and young children, and you have a gun. Nobody else but you can defend your family. The cops, even if you call 911, are an eternity away. Do you kill him to defend your family?

As for me, if it's him or my family? It's going to be him.

Bake

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