-------Original Message------- From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Having said that, I despise the kind of rhetoric in this >article. We are not >killing babies by failing to make war >on Iraq. There is a huge ethical difference between killing >and letting die; >otherwise, euthanasia would be legal >everywhere.
In the Catholic Church, we ask forgiveness for both "what we have done, and what we have failed to do." Or, to put it another way, failure to do good when presented the opportunity is considered by us as a sin. Thus, to put it more exactly here - to not consider the fact that war would almost certainly benefit the Iraqi people would be a sin. Therfore, those who oppose the war, must make a case that is either: 1) Pacifist in Principle *or* 2) Explicitly demonstrates that, in your judgement, the costs of war are so great that they offset the benefit that would be derived by the Iraqi people. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
