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To: driftdiver

Biblical justification of war and capital punishment rest on the principle of legitimate rulers, even tyrants (Romans 13) can have legitimacy and revolt against them is justified (like war) only as a last resort and with proportionate means etc.

That’s not what happened here. This was vigilante justice and it violates the rule of law. Both anarchy and abortion are evil. Two wrongs don’t make a right.


707 posted on 05/31/2009 12:06:21 PM PDT by Houghton M.
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To: Houghton M.

“revolt against them is justified (like war) only as a last resort and with proportionate means etc.”

When is enough, enough? Do we wait for the ovens to be turned on?

“This was vigilante justice and it violates the rule of law. Both anarchy and abortion are evil. Two wrongs don’t make a right.”

Vigilante’s are bad but we are no longer a nation under the rule of law. Our own govt ignores the laws they don’t like all the time. They break the law and cover for their cohorts. They subvert the law and twist its meaning for their own benefit.

The only people with respect for the law are conservatives with some exceptions.


724 posted on 05/31/2009 12:10:24 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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