Comments on: Should Kerry Be Allowed To Eat Human Flesh? http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:57:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Danimal http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2452 Danimal Thu, 27 May 2004 15:43:19 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2452 Personally, I celebrate every cell division. Another little part of me being born. It's a nonstop party. Personally, I celebrate every cell division. Another little part of me being born. It’s a nonstop party.

]]> By: Timbo http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2451 Timbo Thu, 27 May 2004 15:00:52 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2451 I celebrate my date of conception. I love nothing more than imagining my parents having sex. Eww. I celebrate my date of conception. I love nothing more than imagining my parents having sex.

Eww.

]]> By: Danimal http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2450 Danimal Thu, 27 May 2004 13:42:35 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2450 A civilian death in war is an unintended result, and is therefore not murder. An unintended result of an intentional act can very well be murder, by transferred intent. Furthermore, everyone knows and admits that civilian deaths will unavoidably happen as a result of acts of war. So even if intent couldn't be applied, knowledge of a certain result of one's actions is also sufficient for murder. Face it: deaths in war are murders. The only reason we accept them is that war is war. It's a special scenario in our eyes. But what about God's? On the other hand, whether or not abortion is murder depends on whether or not you deem the "victim" to be alive. As you clearly do, let me ask you something. Do you celebrate your date of conception, or your birthday? A civilian death in war is an unintended result, and is therefore not murder.

An unintended result of an intentional act can very well be murder, by transferred intent. Furthermore, everyone knows and admits that civilian deaths will unavoidably happen as a result of acts of war. So even if intent couldn’t be applied, knowledge of a certain result of one’s actions is also sufficient for murder. Face it: deaths in war are murders. The only reason we accept them is that war is war. It’s a special scenario in our eyes. But what about God’s?

On the other hand, whether or not abortion is murder depends on whether or not you deem the “victim” to be alive. As you clearly do, let me ask you something. Do you celebrate your date of conception, or your birthday?

]]> By: JohnH http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2449 JohnH Thu, 27 May 2004 12:07:10 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2449 The difference, from a Catholic Moral Theology point of view, is that abortion is intrinsically evil, while going to war is a prudential judgement. From a secular point of view, abortion is intended to kill an innocent, while war is intended for other reasons. Therefore, while the death in abortion is an intended result, it is is murder. While a civilian death in war is an unintended result, and is therefore not murder. The difference, from a Catholic Moral Theology point of view, is that abortion is intrinsically evil, while going to war is a prudential judgement.

From a secular point of view, abortion is intended to kill an innocent, while war is intended for other reasons. Therefore, while the death in abortion is an intended result, it is is murder. While a civilian death in war is an unintended result, and is therefore not murder.

]]> By: Olly http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2448 Olly Tue, 25 May 2004 19:30:38 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2448 So I hear! But the beauty of this kind of thing is that people can use your last sentence to argue against - to pick the first examples that come to mind - either abortion or the war in Iraq. (Or, less frequently, both.) So I hear! But the beauty of this kind of thing is that people can use your last sentence to argue against - to pick the first examples that come to mind - either abortion or the war in Iraq. (Or, less frequently, both.)

]]> By: JohnH http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2447 JohnH Tue, 25 May 2004 15:54:41 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/05/21/should-kerry-be-allowed-to-eat-human-flesh/#comment-2447 Is God so judgmental that God will withhold grace from someone who votes the wrong way? If that wrong way is by voting for someone who will increase the murder of innocents - yeah. God doesn't like murder of innocents very much, you know. Is God so judgmental that God will withhold grace from someone who votes the wrong way?

If that wrong way is by voting for someone who will increase the murder of innocents - yeah. God doesn’t like murder of innocents very much, you know.

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