mrchristian said:

In self defense only--and then there is no choice.

Thecherryloon said:

The NEEDS of the many do not outweigh the RIGHTS of the few.

teller said:

I'd trust Spock over you any day Teller!
[This message was edited Wed Dec 11 10:57:38 PST 2002 by Thecherryloon]

slaughtering a thousand innocent babes ...world peace

the world can go to hell - one of those babies or all of them together could infact be the key to peace ALIVE...

never! i maybe tempted kill many things but babies no...

Thecherryloon said:

I'd definitely do it if it meant no more wars.

I'm just trying to think of the different ways that I could kill them.
Drowning them all in a barrel of boiling water would get boring after the first 50 or so, so I'd have to change my method after that.
Amputating the limbs of the next 200 or so would be a good idea, leaving them to bleed to death - it would be some time before that got boring.
For the next few hundred... Probably shoot them in the head, letting them know a couple of hours beforehand of my intentions so that they would know and feel the fear way in advance.
My next method would be suffocation by plastic bag. Might be a bit waring, however, having to cope with all that panicky struggling.
I would finish off the last few by throwing them into the cellar with a variety of knives, cattle-prods and chainsaws and force them to fight each other to the death, letting them know that if they didn't - I would kill their brothers or sisters.
May as well finish off my killing spree with a good spectator sport.

And then... No more wars ever.

Oh wait! You said 'children'!!! I thought you said 'Evil alien life forms that were pretending to be human, but were actually intent on taking over planet Earth'.

My mistake.

No, I definitely would NOT kill 1000 children - what a horrifying thought.

(What's the betting that this post gets far less damning responses than if I'd criticized the NPGMC?)

Haystack...you're too much! :LOL:

Haystack said:

You criticized the NPGMC??! You bastard!

Okay...am i the only reasonable person here or the only twisted one? Ice, what do u think u'rself? I mean, if the question was: if u kill one innocent baby, u would have ever lasting world peace, all of u would still say no? bcause, in the greater scale of things, that wouldn't make any difference.

SpcMs said:

It is a tough question, but I would have to think that the greater good for millions upon millions of people would be worth it.

You are nothing. Your country is everything.

- Adolph Hitler

Assuming heaven and hell exist:

Would you commit 1,000 people to eternal damnation if the rest of us are immediately sent to heaven?

My answer is the same...HELL NO.

wellbeyond said:

Makes me wonder if we are inherently violent or we are simply taught to kill one another. After all, every human culture has been shown to have some sort of violent behavior and/or murder. Some cultures more than others, but still violent.

Just a thought if diseases like AIDS and cancer are Humanity's way of controlling over-population. War may, too, be an inner, violent response to over-population. Many animal species show a violent response to over-population, what makes us think we're any different.

teller said:

It is a sucky question, really... and it is tough to answer...

I am vacillating on this one, really... eternal world peace would be great, but I cannot even imagine losing my son and killing 1,000 children would rob 1,000 families of their children... what if these 1,000 children would have gone on to die in wars with hundreds of thousands of others?

I hate my question...

IceNine said:

People have died in war for years...history marches on...but to play God by sending 1,000 people to their deaths so that others can have a short-cut to "Eden" strikes me as the height of arrogance.

World peace cannot be achieved anyhow. As long as there is man, there will be conflict, and war. So, I don't suppose I'd do it if some jackass told me, "Hey, if you kill 1,000 innocent children, there will be world peace!"

He would clearly be full of crap.

Not to mention, world peace is a bad idea. War is good for the economy, and it's a good form of population control.

I WAS BORN KING AND EVERYTHING I SAY IS LAW
THE ONLY OTHER...
oh wait,
i thought you said TOTALITARIANISM...
NEVERMIND

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

War is NOT good for the economy. This is a very widespread myth.

teller said:

Fine. But it's still good population control.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

teller said:

Come tell my US History teacher he tells us myths. And kick him in his old, wrinkly balls, too. If you don't mind.

going off on a tangent,War is as natural to man as pooping.i've been watching a nature programme tonight and the fact that nearly all the male mammals fought over territory has re-inforced that view.

It'll never stop.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

Old History teachers not healthy for your consciousness. I feel sorry for any student in today's high schools or universities.

No, don't kill the children. They are always innocent victims in times of war.