Ed Poor wrote:
I just don't want a to see a situation like the
following:
"Yes, we admit we all ganged up on him, but the
way he defended himself
against our attack was worse than anything we did to him; so, he should
be punished, and we should all get away scott free!"
I would tread VERY CAREFULLY before advocating any
'princples' that
smack of this, especially in the hearing of any Jewish men or women who
have strong feelings about the Holocaust.
Incredible.
Given the context of this post,
it would appear that Ed thinks that people are ganging up on RK,
and then we're trying to excuse this because RK reacted badly.
In fact, it /more nearly/ (not perfectly, but more nearly)
fits what happened to MNH! I wouldn't have been surprised
if I saw Eclecticology use those very words in his defence.
BTW, I'm not sure what the Holocaust has to do with this,
since the Warszawa uprising was /not/ worse than the Nazis' acts.
Applying such a principle would not in fact justify the Holocaust.
-- Toby