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Pyrrho · 08-07-2003, 10:55 AM

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Originally posted by PoliticsForum.Com
If you had the power, would you kill all who were racist or evil?
Just think about it for a second. If you had infinite power on your hands, would you make it your duty to kill off people who discriminaye against others, or who are just plain evil? Be honest. I personaly probaly would, even though we will always have evil and racism, it's part of life unfourtanately.

As Scorpion stated, with infinite power, one could change all racist people into non-racist people. Or, one could simply prevent them from doing any harm to anyone else, without killing them. Infinite power leads to infinite choices in how to deal with such things. In real life, one is limited in one's choices due to one's lack of power (e.g., one cannot fly without the aid of any devices, because one lacks the power of flight, etc.)

I would prevent people from harming each other, but I would not kill them to accomplish this. As soon as I actually have this power, then I'll concern myself with the precise details of how I would go about my work of preventing evil.

Mister Impossible · 08-07-2003, 11:01 AM

Why limit the range?

If I had that sort of power, the world would be a LOT less crowded. Hell, someone would only need to look at me the wrong way.

I like video games.

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08-07-2003, 11:01 AM	#12
Mister Impossible Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 298	Why limit the range? If I had that sort of power, the world would be a LOT less crowded. Hell, someone would only need to look at me the wrong way. I like video games.

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