Assassination - Re: What is the moral course

[lweiger at umich.edu]

First off, who said anything about the US doing the assassinating?  Of 
course the US wouldn't have killed their own puppets!


> > Quite different.  There exists no reliable evidence that would indicate
> > that execution deters crime.  However, one can reasonably argue that
> > assasinating Hitler
>
> likely not. would  have created a hero, a fallen hero. on the othr hand,
> supporting the struggle  for the Spanish Republic could have had much more
> profound  consequences for the  battle against  facism in Europe.

Umm, no, if someone blessed with prescience had killed Hitler before he 
manuevered himself into the role of de facto dictator, the counterfactual 
that WWII wouldn't have occured is quite plausible.  Also, fighting the 
fascists in Spain would've likely prevented a repressive regime which 
lasted for decades, but I doubt it would've saved a huge number of lives.

-- Luke