How did I know you'd jump in here, Wendy?
One comment:
One: two wrongs do not make a 'right'. If killing is wrong, then it's wrong for everyone, and that includes the State.
I've never heard it quite that way before. I'm not buying, though -- if taking something without someone's consent is wrong, then it's wrong for everyone, including the State. Yet we still have tons of taxes.
There are things that the State does that individuals may not do.
Imprisoning someone without their consent, for instance. If I tried that, I'd be charged with kidnapping. When the State does it, it's called a jail sentence.
The State has moral bounds, don't get me wrong, but they are *not* identical to the restrictions we place on individuals.
PJ
