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Re: Best FIRST Team Name?
If you believe that any capital punishment is immoral, then why do you approve of the name "The Spanish Inquisition" at all? Especially having acknowledged that the Inquisition did indeed execute people.
I acknowledge that the US Government has not always acted in perfect moral authority. I contend that any person or institution should be judged on the sum of their actions, and the intentions of their actions, as one would be very hard-pressed to find anyone or anything that is completely free of mistakes or lapses in judgement.
I will point out that your argument fails one key litmus test (IMO anyway): beliefs do not materially affect your peers, actions do materially affect your peers. An example full of hyperbole (maybe): there is a very clear line between believing that murder is okay, and actually murdering someone. This is the key difference IMO.
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