One of these things is not like the other one

[Robin Landseadel]

Beyond this, the killing agency of Government, once allowed to extend  
to the usual considerations of "National Interest" and "International  
Diplomacy" that we have become comfortable with becomes a much more  
efficient killing machine. Numbers of casualties and killed become  
larger, seemingly of their own accord, like dough rising. War,  
ultimately, leads folks to do rather intellectually and morally  
dishonest activities. Like water-boarding in the name of democracy.  
The killing ability of the "National Defense"  industry of these  
United States is of a piece with this nation's violent nature. Being  
given carte blanche to kill "others" is its own reward for a certain  
class of "warrior."

I do believe that chapter nine of "V." demonstrates that sort of  
behavior.

On Nov 11, 2010, at 9:22 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:

> Capital punishment is the perfect sentence in a perfect criminal
> justice system. If you acknowledge that the system is not perfect, and
> you practice capital punishment, you have to be willing to accept that
> eventually the state will commit murder by executing an innocent
> person. To deny this is intellectually and morally dishonest. There is
> no way around this.