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No. No childs life is worth some hypothetical regime change. There is no greater evil in this scenario than a hypothetical greater good attempts at justifying this.


What are the lives of the next 10 thousand protesters the regime will kill worth?


Still not worth the lives of children


What about 100 thousand dead protesters? A million?

I'm curious to know what you consider a reasonable exchange rate.


I don’t have an exchange rate when it comes to dealing with lives of children. That’s a reprehensible statement.


The people that run hospitals, build safety devices, approve drugs, issue insurance, etc etc all do. I certainly hope the people that drop bombs do too.

Look up Value of a Statistical Life, Value of a Statistical Life Year, and Age Weighting.




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