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Old 10-10-2007, 11:47 AM   #22 (permalink)
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The other is that if you know they are cheating you are guilty by facilitation. You may not be cheating but you are aiding them in their cheating which is morally wrong. Your actions will be potentially causing pain and suffering to another.
If you buy diamonds knowing full well the 'blood diamond' effect and the untold deaths it causes, are you not guilty by facilitation?

There are plenty of instances where one could note that your behavior lead ANOTHER individual to cause pain upon a third party. I think the buck stops with the person who made the decision to cause pain, not the one who facilitated it.
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