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In reply to the discussion: Looks like we can tell the truth when it suits us. [View all]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)33. I suspect the reason why a definite answer hasn't been given is that it would not be "yes"
        Which would mean that personal taste is being palmed off as some sort of ethical choice.
That stance strikes me as somewhat disingenuous in that a person shot with a gun of 19th
century design would be no less dead or wounded than a person shot with one of more modern design.
IOW, Fuddism masquerading as moral superiority...
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