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Personally, I am uncomfortable with it, too.
Yet, I can see the positive and negative implications of it.
That doesn't translate into a naive outlook on the questions raised by the reading the article.
And you know, the trouble with being an apologist for aggression and violence as a means of solving problems, you lose a lot of credibility when it comes to 'saving lives' as support for your arguments. At least, that's how it works on me. Others may differ...
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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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