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03-01-2007, 02:51 PM
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Re: Cat Microwave Question More Explicitly Stated
The issue, more simply stated, would read:
Does someone willing to torture an innocent cat for pleasure deserve to lose a hand? Most of us seem to answer in the affirmative. A more interesting question would be: Would you be willing and able to break someone's arm if it was the only way to prevent an innocent cat from being barbecued? And I think most of us would say no. 
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03-01-2007, 02:54 PM
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Re: Cat Microwave Question More Explicitly Stated
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more interesting question would be: Would you be willing and able to break someone's arm if it was the only way to prevent an innocent cat from being barbecued? And I think most of us would say no. [/ QUOTE ] i thought that was the question. say it is. does it change if it's your cat? what if it's a guy in your house putting your teddy bear from childhood in the microwave. Dad, you know what. I'm not getting your point here. I just realized that. Make a new question.
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#53
03-01-2007, 04:01 PM
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Re: Cat Microwave Question More Explicitly Stated
The man losing his hand is worth saving the cat. If the cat were replaced with a dog it would be worth killing the man to save the dog.
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#54
03-01-2007, 04:03 PM
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Re: Cat Microwave Question More Explicitly Stated
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A more interesting question would be: Would you be willing and able to break someone's arm if it was the only way to prevent an innocent cat from being barbecued? And I think most of us would say no. [/ QUOTE ] Presuming it was the guy about to do the barbecuing I would be willing, but don't know if I would be able.
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#55
03-01-2007, 05:08 PM
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Re: Cat Microwave Question More Explicitly Stated
If you cut the guy's hand off, what species do you draw the line at? Does a mentally competent adult pouring salt on a banana slug or burning an insect to death with a magnifying glass qualify for hand removal?
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#56
03-01-2007, 05:45 PM
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Re: Cat Microwave Question More Explicitly Stated
what if the guy is abnormal and has 3 hands? would this make your choice easier?
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#57
03-01-2007, 05:45 PM
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Re: Cat Microwave Question More Explicitly Stated
does the cat have 9 lives or just 1?
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#58
03-01-2007, 06:32 PM
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If you cut the guy's hand off, what species do you draw the line at? Does a mentally competent adult pouring salt on a banana slug or burning an insect to death with a magnifying glass qualify for hand removal? [/ QUOTE ] You tell me.
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#59
03-01-2007, 07:05 PM
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Re: Cat Microwave Question More Explicitly Stated
This thread has been sitting in the back of my brain during the workday, and I've come up with this: Yes, I'd save the cat, even if the crazy f-cker had to lose a hand.
But I'd also feed him to the lions. And maybe I'd lightly toast him with microwave radiation beforehand. Unfortunately however, this somehow violates the 8th Amendment. Bah.
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