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Originally Posted by pigglet
Hmmm...alan I'm assuming you're being earnest in your position, and I suppose it can be interesting to discuss liberty vs. safety and whether there is a logical series of steps that point out one way or the other as being a more wise direction. Quick note and question:
1. Your math is theoretically impossible.
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I know, but the point I was trying to make is clear. I will accept a certain number of people being arrested and convicted of crimes they didn't commit as long as all (or most) of those who do commit crimes are punished.
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2. What is your position on the notion of "absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely"?
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In many instances it's true. But not in all instances.
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3. From what you know, would you have liked to have lived under Stalin?
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Stalin, no. Hitler, maybe (if I were German/Aryan). Probably Mussolini. Napoleon, definately. As well as quite a few of the Roman dictators/emperors.
(edit-forgot about Mussolini)