Hutch said:
Not quite. That would suggest that, instead of you going to jail for sitting back and watching someone beat another man to death, you would attack the perpetrator before he had the chance to beat the other man to death. In other words, you would be violent against this man when he has done nothing wrong - you would be fully at fault. I cannot justify killing someone because they might kill me, something that Israel is trying to (we have to nuke them now because if we don't, they might develop weapons later on and nuke us). That's not a justifiable argument!
Edit: By the way, the same argument can be used in favour of Iran - they may consider the development of nuclear weapons essential to the defense of their country against western interests - "If we don't develop weapons now, then the US will just walk in and take our oil". That would be very wrong in Irans eyes. It's all subjective.
Edit: By the way, the same argument can be used in favour of Iran - they may consider the development of nuclear weapons essential to the defense of their country against western interests - "If we don't develop weapons now, then the US will just walk in and take our oil". That would be very wrong in Irans eyes. It's all subjective.
"their" "justifiable" argument would be that islam is attacking the world through oppression and terrorism (this is their hypothetical argument) and so they are being the good samaritan and saving the world from islams harm.
the fact that the same argument can be used in favor of iran is further proof that the initial claim is ridiculous, which is why i asked where would you draw the line. is hitlers mother partially responsible for the holocaust? your line of thought says yes; mine, no.