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Douglas Carpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:03 PM
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Galloway's response from his website: "I would not support assassination"
"I would not support anyone seeking to assassinate the Prime Minister. That’s why I said in the interview I would report to the authorities any such plot that I knew of."

link:

http://www.respectcoalition.org/?ite=1086

"Galloway responds to Blair ‘assassination’ row
26/05/2006

“Like the Prime Minister’s wife commenting on suicide bombings in Israel I understand why such desperate acts take place and why those involved might believe such actions are morally justifiable.

"From the point of view of someone who has seen their country invaded and their family blown apart it’s possible, of course, for them to construct a moral justification. But I’ve made my position clear. I would not support anyone seeking to assassinate the Prime Minister. That’s why I said in the interview I would report to the authorities any such plot that I knew of."

“What I did make abundantly clear to Piers Morgan in the GQ interview is that I would like to see Tony Blair in front of a war crimes tribunal for sending this country to war illegally and for the appalling human consequences which resulted. That’s what I will continue to press for”.

George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow"

link:

http://www.respectcoalition.org/?ite=1086
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:08 PM
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1. That's the problem with moral relativism
Edited on Fri May-26-06 12:08 PM by rocknation
it's in the actions of the beholder.

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Douglas Carpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:16 PM
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2. that's absolutley true - but the alternative view is total pacifism
and most people do not hold to that either
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:55 PM
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3. Moral justification isn't good or bad
It just IS.

Galloway has spoken out on this subject before, and there was DU thread about it. Maybe I can dig it up...

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! From nearly a year ago, Galloway defends 'martyrs' remark

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allalone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 02:00 PM
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4. anyone with half a brain
would understand what he meant. He wasn't calling for a hit.
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