To converse with one another in a way that all parties find meaning; Is it possible? I hope so. This blog is an invitation to anyone who wants to discuss, quietly, with as little heat as possible, the topics of our day. The painting of the wounded bird is my daughter's work. I have always seen the crucifix in that particular work of hers and the intention of this blog is to converse in the shadow the crucifix provides. Like all things truly Christian this is a paradox, for in that particular shadow more light is to be found than anywhere in the universe.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Deception pro and con

A friend sent me this: "A few years ago, a municipality sent mailers to several hundred addresses suspected to be where bail-jumpers were hiding. "Congratulations, you've been selected for a free big-screen Superbowl party! Come down to the auditorium to see the game and have free pizza and drinks!" Several hundred scofflaws came down, got their free pizza and drinks, got real comfortable, and then the police swarmed in and scooped them all up. Beautiful."

If this is ligit for cops to do, and most people think it is, then this sort of deception is not intrinsically evil. The state is not allowed to do something intrinically evil, no matter what. So . . . if that is the beef that the antagonists have in the discussion about sting operations (Lila Rose), then we are not arguing about lying and its intrinsic evil. but rather a behavior that might or might not be called vigilanteism.

It's a different discussion.

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