<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dperrin13@mediaone.net href="mailto:dperrin13@mediaone.net">Dennis</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lists.panix.com href="mailto:lbo-talk@lists.panix.com">lbo-talk@lists.panix.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:44 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Morally Justified Killing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A military study of why many soldiers feel guilty about killing the enemy, and how to get them past this guilt. Just in time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.usafa.af.mil/jscope/JSCOPE00/Kilner00.html">http://www.usafa.af.mil/jscope/JSCOPE00/Kilner00.html</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DP</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>===========</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Raises question begging to Kafka-esque levels.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Training which drills soldiers on<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">how</I> to kill without explaining to them <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">why</I> it is morally permissible for them to do so is harmful to them, yet that is the current norm."</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As if any human being has the moral authority to inaugurate aggression or to tell another to do so..and the moment we admit the mootness of the issue is the moment the very idea of civilization goes out the window because the concept of murder becomes meaningless....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ian...channeling Arthur Applebaum....</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>