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grufty jim
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Re: Is it OK for veges to eat policemen?
Jan 15, 2003, 15:42
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> but part of the point at nuremburg was that
> they WEREN'T just following orders, they
> were interpreting and following them in their
> own manner
>
The main point about Nuremburg was the decision that people cannot use "I was following orders" as a defence. We - the human race - stated clearly to all that followed, that people *cannot* be considered mindless automata. That where orders are ethically repugnant, then those carrying them out have a personal responsibility for their actions.

If you claim *as fact*: "they are mindless automata" when discussing the police; then you cannot deny that defence to those at Auschwitz without creating some kind of aribtrary and dubious double-standard.

Also, "sentient" is a tricksy word. It can mean many things; one of which is "capable of experiencing sensation or feeling", and that would be the use of the word that most vegetarians are basing their behaviour upon. Most folks would agree that the behaviour of a sheep is - by and large - far more constricted by natural instinct, than any policeman is constricted by orders from their superiors. Yet that does not become a justification for (most) veggies to eat roast lamb.
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