Harm reduction is doing your best to avoid the spillover that will inevitably occur when you take violent action against the root of the problem. The people who vote for and support this are still human regardless of how inhuman they behave. They still have families that may or may not be as irredeemable as they are. Some of the them have children. If we wipe them out en masse, family and all, what does that say about us?
But what needs done needs done and it’s the individuals that do that will have to live with the choices they make. Future generations will have to weigh whether our acts were noble and just or morally compromised and leaning towards revenge. Personally, I’m fine with revenge clearing the board, the better of us can figure out what to do with a clean slate and a clean conscience.
Harm reduction is doing your best to avoid the spillover that will inevitably occur when you take violent action against the root of the problem. The people who vote for and support this are still human regardless of how inhuman they behave. They still have families that may or may not be as irredeemable as they are. Some of the them have children. If we wipe them out en masse, family and all, what does that say about us?
But what needs done needs done and it’s the individuals that do that will have to live with the choices they make. Future generations will have to weigh whether our acts were noble and just or morally compromised and leaning towards revenge. Personally, I’m fine with revenge clearing the board, the better of us can figure out what to do with a clean slate and a clean conscience.