Is it morally justifiable to assassinate Tony Blair?

[Drake Tungsten]

The Respect MP George Galloway has said it would be morally justified for a suicide bomber to murder Tony Blair.

In an interview with GQ magazine, the reporter asked him: "Would the assassination of, say, Tony Blair by a suicide bomber - if there were no other casualties - be justified as revenge for the war on Iraq?"

Mr Galloway replied: "Yes, it would be morally justified. I am not calling for it - but if it happened it would be of a wholly different moral order to the events of 7/7. It would be entirely logical and explicable. And morally equivalent to ordering the deaths of thousands of innocent people in Iraq - as Blair did."

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article601356.ece

What say you?

[Dauphin]

You have a subscription to the Independent?

I can't read past the first paragraph.

[Ninot]

He's exactly right.

Now let's get some babe pics in here.

[Spiffor]

I see nothing wrong with his statement.

Save for one thing:

And morally equivalent to ordering the deaths of thousands of innocent people in Iraq - as Blair did

There's no moral equivalence here. Murdering a warmonger is much more moral than ordering the death of countless innocents.

[Drake Tungsten]

You have a subscription to the Independent?

No. I got the quote off a blog, but threw up a link to the original story in case anyone was concerned about its authenticity.

[Ned]

All this shows is what lunatic extremists the left truly are. The poll question is wrong. The question should be related to what the Brits should do about the lunatic Galloway.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Ned
All this shows is what lunatic extremists the left truly are. The poll question is wrong. The question should be related to what the Brits should do about the lunatic Galloway.

So when do you get sucked back into your Nediverse for weeks at a time again, Ned?

[DRoseDARs]

As to the statement:
It was a stupid question, and intentionally loaded for the sole purpose of getting Galloway to stick his foot - once again - into his ample mouth. And anyone getting sucked in by it is stupid too.

[Ned]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs



So when do you get sucked back into your Nediverse for weeks at a time again, Ned?

Since in the very next post you seem to agree with me, where does this nonsense come from?

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Ned
Since in the very next post you seem to agree with me, where does this nonsense come from?

Gee, I wonder...

Originally posted by Ned
All this shows is what lunatic extremists the left truly are.

[Ninot]

What's with the distaste for Ned in the OT? I only started posting after he disapeared, but from what i've sene of him lately, he seems completely respectable, which is more than some others are.

[DRoseDARs]

You have much to learn, young padawan...

[SlowwHand]

A bomb? Depends on your viewpoint. A terrorist would say Yes.

[Drake Tungsten]

What's with the distaste for Ned in the OT?

Ned's a very right-leaning poster on a very left-leaning board. That explains most of it.

[Ned]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs


Gee, I wonder...

Well, I consider Galloway a leftist. Certainly Blair is not in the same category.

Extremists are extremists. What they advocate most sane people would consider lunacy. Galloway is an extremist.