Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!david From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Bastille mentality (and moriarty's ? Message-ID: <347@ukma.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 03:31:45 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.347 Posted: Sun Dec 2 03:31:45 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 07:17:53 EST References: <268@we53.UUCP>, <8200042@acf4.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 27 > From: greenber@acf4.UUCP > Subject: Re: Bastille mentality (and moriarty's ? > Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 22:22:00 EST > References: <268@we53.UUCP> ... > Killing any person is wrong (in my view). Killing an innocent person > doesn't allow you to make up for your error. Of course putting a person > in a cell (which I would consider torture!) isn't any kinder --- just > allows you to correct a mistake ("Gee, Mr. Smith, the murderer confessed. > Oh well, the court system isn't perfect, but at least we can let you > out.....") ... What do you mean killing any person is wrong? What if somebody is trying to kill me??? What do I do, sit back and let him? Would you? ----------------------------------------- David Herron; ARPA: "ukma!david"@ANL-MCS (Note the quote marks.) UUCP: unmvax ---\ UUCP: research >-------/----------------- anlams --\ UUCP: boulder --/ / >-!ukma!david UUCP: decvax!ucbvax ---/ cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx --/