on nuclear weapons
To anyone who would argue that it is ever permissible to use nuclear weapons, for their only meaningful purpose: murdering hundreds of thousands (or millions) of people. If those people living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- those people who were murdered by the atomic bombs -- would have been justified in shooting down the bombers, to defend themselves, how can one say the use of nuclear weapons is justified? If the use of force is justified, then the person it's being used against isn't justified in defending himself. It seems to me that the only logical position those defending the use of nuclear weapons could take is that the victims of them aren't justified in defending themselves. In that case, they would have to explain why innocent people (at least people innocent of crimes that would justify death) aren't justified in defending themselves from death. Post comments here.