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Humanitarians scream: "What a horrible act! Innocent children murdered brutally!"
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Humanitarianism or no, I think most people would agree that the lives of four children are worth less than the lives of the people of London.
If the authorities know that the terrorist are going to blow up London, they kill everyone in the house. If the authorities don't know about the bomb they negotiate. What's your point? Is this some sort of way-late Minority Report plug?
Using the same method to rate actions all the time is bound to get you into trouble, but that's no reason to write off a whole way of thinking.
If we really wanted to end human suffering, we'd introduce an extinction gene into the human race that if left untested would eventually wipe us out. That way no future hitler would slip through the cracks and no bomb wielding terrorist would kidnap children.