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That's a good point, tiberry. However, the soldier or the parent in your example kills as a practical matter. Killing to achieve an immediate end is one thing. Killing to achieve an abstract idea such as "world peace" is quite another. I would say, as you seem to say, that while in certain circumstances killing can be justified, the premise laid out originally in the thread does not warrant mass murder.
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