Quote:Who defines "justice", exactly?
That's why I said it wouldn't work. But without that you get problems like getting the permission of a kleptocracy through a 'donation' for whatever purpose. I am confident that many of the overfishers got he permission from someone for a fairly trivial price.
Quote:So what exactly is your ethical justification for killing them (I'm not including situations where people would be defending themselves or where the imminent death of a prisoner seems likely)? What did they do for which they would deserve to be responded to with lethal force?
As far as I know threatened prisoner and immediate self defense have been the only times lethal force has been used. That said I am hardly an expert on the Somali situation so if there are counterexamples I would condem them. I just don't know of them.
Quote:but you certainly seem to be supporting it with your "respond in kind" reasoning
My argument is that response in kind doesn't work. i was rather sleep deprioved when i wrote that so i am sorry if it's not that clear.
Quote:I'll remind you every soldier in Iraq, for instance, is a volunteer who went there of their own free will.
Hardly, many volunteered before the Iraq war. Granted they should have forseen that they might be embroiled in a war, but the USA is supposed to have safeguards against that.
Quote:So are his captors justified to "respond in kind"
from what i get from your argument, your position is that yes they are. my position is no, if you do you will just drag on the conflict and spread the misery and injustice.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."