Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that it was “inevitable” that “war” would come to Russia after authorities there were forced to temporarily close a busy Moscow airport following an overnight drone attack on the capital.

  • ScaraTera@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ok, then let me ask you a bit more philosophical question. Is it okay to execute a murderer? Do you truly belive in the concept of " an eye for an eye"? Similarly do you think being wronged justifies you abandoning your morality?

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      1 year ago

      Is that murderer actively trying to kill you when you defend yourself and they wind up dead? Then yes, absolutely.

      Or are they handcuffed and sitting in jail no longer a threat to anyone? Now you can start asking if it’s justified.

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      1 year ago

      Who the fuck are you to dictate to me what my morality is?

      Do you not get that other people think differently than you and that we don’t view moraity as purity? That we understand that morality is entirely different from and means more than what you think it does?

      Here, let me fix that for you:

      Similarly do you think being wronged justifies you abandoning your morality? pride?

      Because that is what morality is for you: nothing but pride, whereas people like me care about reducing suffering in the world and a better outcome for everyone.

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        1 year ago

        Calm down, I’m a random no one on the internet. It’s nessasary to play the devil’s advocate in order to spark conversation

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      1 year ago

      We’re talking about self defense. Executing someone who is no longer a threat is not analogous. Do you have any arguments that aren’t false analogies?