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From: tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: How come God doesn't affect Dave?
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>In article <561@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA>, tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
>writes:
>
>> As for the ethics of personal condemnation, when people initiate personal
>> condemnation, then it is ethical to respond with same.  
>
>Does this moral premise extend to other areas of life or is it just for
>personal condemnation?
>
>				Rick Frey

In general, someone who has not abided by a moral principle has forfeited
any right to protection under that principle.  For instance, if someone is
trying to kill someone else, then it is moral to kill them, because they
have no right to object.  Morality is exclusive of double standards.  The
person who commits an offense against another and then whines piteously when
the same is done to her or him is trying to have it both ways.
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