> I believe a number of posters have pointed out, implicitly or
> explicitly, that "deserve" is not a relevant category in this
> discussion. Debates about who deserves what are always silly.
>
> No one deserves to die, though good results can be had by killing people
> at times, as in the Civil War and (for the most part) in WW2. I think
> there is a pretty good empirical case to be made however that for the
> past 50 years not one single violent act by the U.S. (direct or
> indirect) has had other than a negative result for humanity. I see no
> reason to expect any change.
>
> Carrol
I find myself in agreement with Cox (except about the whole past 50 years bit). What a shock.