On Jan 3, 2008 4:47 PM, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
This discussion has gone on endlessly about the former, but in actual fact what is being done is the latter. You cannot justify threats (no matter how politely phrased) by pointing out a supposed obligation to DO it, not THREATEN it.
Ah, that's a detail I was missing. Yes, I can see no situation in which making such a threat could possibly be ethical.
(Unless you were told to make the threat in exchange for your family's life? ... Yes, I'm being facetious. :) )