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Old 12-22-09, 12:39 PM   #5
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I voted 'Yes', but with serious reservations. This brings up the old right-wing argument from the sixties strongly condemning 'Situational Ethics'. The argument then was "wrong is wrong", and you are never justified in doing wrong. Of course the minor versions of that argument sprang up immediately. You should never lie, but "does this dress make me look fat?"

I like to say "I don't lie. I don't steal. I don't cheat. But if my childrens' lives, safety or welfare were on the line I would cheerfully do all of the above."

So I voted yes, in spite of myself.
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