If you are aware of a plot on Obama's life. Would you....

heartsurgeon

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I am disgusted and amazed at the posting of a poll, basically about killing the president. make no mistake about it, if you knew about a plot to kill anyone, and you did not alert the authorities, i fail to see any moral difference between you and the killer.


the 25% or so of the forum who would take no action to prevent the death of President Bush, are advocating murder.

i decided to posit the same poll with the name changed, to see what the response is.

While I have my own issues with the initial thread, we aren't going to have new ones for every canidate.
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umbrella39

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Originally posted by: heartsurgeon
I am disgusted and amazed at the posting of a poll, basically about killing the president. make no mistake about it, if you knew about a plot to kill anyone, and you did not alert the authorities, i fail to see any moral difference between you and the killer.


the 25% or so of the forum who would take no action to prevent the death of President Bush, are advocating murder.

i decided to posit the same poll with the name changed, to see what the response is.

Hopefully a swift lock.
 

jpeyton

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Originally posted by: heartsurgeon
i decided to posit the same poll with the name changed, to see what the response is.
Where's the poll, genius?
 

Moonbeam

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Originally posted by: heartsurgeon
I am disgusted and amazed at the posting of a poll, basically about killing the president. make no mistake about it, if you knew about a plot to kill anyone, and you did not alert the authorities, i fail to see any moral difference between you and the killer.


the 25% or so of the forum who would take no action to prevent the death of President Bush, are advocating murder.

i decided to posit the same poll with the name changed, to see what the response is.

I want to inform you that there are a whole lot of people on something called Death Row and about whom I am aware of a plot to kill. Could you please alert the authorities for me. I can't prevent their murders myself but perhaps you can. But I do agree that makes you and me both the moral equivalents of murderers.

And I just the other day heard about a movie somebody is making about some 'Hero' Nazi that tired to kill Hitler. I don't know his story or why he failed. Maybe somebody turned him in. I do know this, however. Everybody is an angel in his own book. We have this amazing ability to see the same thing from entirely different perspectives sufficiently so to justify anything.