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Old 11-06-2019, 09:41 AM   #19478 (permalink)
Chula Vista
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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre View Post

1) I would not kill a homeless person
2) if I knew it'd cause less suffering than it prevented
3) if they had the ability to do it
4) because robbing him of a choice is a cause of human suffering
1) Cool. Me neither.
2) Can you quantify 'prevented'? Prevented what? More suffering? How much more? What kind? Bullet to the brain or death by 1,000 cuts?
3) Ability to kill themselves?
4) I robbed my kid of the choice of running into the street. Did they suffer?
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