2006-06-26 08:25:22 · 7 answers · asked by M L 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
what great answers, thanks.... hey I'm not a tree hugger....just a new dad that can't imagine my home being bombed or my wife killed much less me having to make the ultimate sacrafice..... Now that it has been shown that some death cases in our courts have been wrong, ie, some innocent people have had their lives shorten by the state (us as a community) i'm no longer for the death penalty. Imagine the horror of dying for something you didn't do. Extrapolated to the gov'ts of the world ....murder, death, law and order whatever doesn't seem to be a justification for taking a life. Any persons life. 2 million babies dead this year from malaria, save for $1 of medicine and a $7 mosquito net. As I hold my baby and count my blessings I come to see the love of every mother and father for their progeny. Yes I'd kill to protect them. But it seems that most of this killing going on is just manufactored racism. Life is heaven, death is hell. thanks for your inspiring input.
2006-06-26 16:00:49 · update #1
law and order
2006-06-26 08:30:55 · answer #1 · answered by islandgrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're question assumes that "killing is okay for governments". The reasons why a government kills are many and varied. Some seem more justified than others. In what context are you referring? Are we talking about when a government kills/executes a prisoner as a form of punishment? Or are are we talking about a government that kills its own citizenry because of political dissent? Are we questioning the validity of a government's decision to wage a war on a group of people whom it considers to be a threat to the nation which it is responsible for protecting?
Your question needs greater clarification of context in order to answer it properly.
2006-06-26 19:00:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The classic argument is that individuals give up their rights to violence in exchange for the protection of the state--that is, you agree not to use violence because the state will protect you from the violence of others.
In most modern political thinking, the government gains its legitimacy from the consent of the governed, whether through democracy or some other means. Because of that, when the government uses violence, it will do so in ways controlled by procedures that everyone has agreed on, and so that use of violence is legitimate. In contrast, individuals will use violence for reasons of their own that we have no way of participating in.
2006-06-26 15:36:37 · answer #3 · answered by tomrlutong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Killing by individuals is acceptable in some circumstances.
2006-06-26 15:30:58 · answer #4 · answered by kathy059 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. We should not do anything when terrorists attack, just sit and hug a tree.
Afterall, terrorists are not a threat! The climate is the threat!
2006-06-26 15:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by Boob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the size of the necks of government men, is very very thicker than yours!.
2006-06-26 15:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about the Benjamins
2006-06-26 15:26:42 · answer #7 · answered by lynexxe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋