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Your sentence makes no sense. If not war, what then, and why not. And of what metaphoric blood are you talking that decendants inherit? Your metaphor is too

Your sentence makes no sense. If not war, what then, and why not. And of what metaphoric blood are you talking that decendants inherit? Your metaphor is too incomplete to make sense of.

pessimizer 11y ago
Is armed robbery a fight? If not a fight, what then, and why not? If I murder someone during an armed robbery, is it a reasonable justification to say "things happen in fights"? If I give my children the money that I took from the person that I killed during that armed robbery, and it gives them a comfortable life, and the children of the person that I robbed live in poverty - should my children feel guilty? If they do feel guilty, are they feeling guilty for my sin, or for their own? > And of what metaphoric blood are you talking that decendants inherit? I wasn't using a metaphor. People are filled with blood. It spills where they fall.
- Chris2048 11y ago
  > If I murder someone during an armed robbery, is it a reasonable justification to say "things happen in fights"? No, but but it's hard to be sure of the details if the events in question are many years before. > should my children feel guilty? It depends, 'guilt' is too vague. But if you mean guilty for committing the crime, then no. There's usually a complicated relationship between crimes of the past, and future wealth. Simplistic arguments don't capture many relevant details, but here's one: If I inherit a dollar, but a lottery ticket, win a million dollars then later find out the money was blood money - do I owe someone money? If so, do I owe $1 or $1M? What if I hadn't won anything on the ticket? I also thing the magnitude and type of resource matters. For example, a stolen $1 is unlikely relevant to future descendants, while millions might make a big difference. > If they do feel guilty, are they feeling guilty for my sin, or for their own? If a tree falls in the woods... >> the blood isn't washed off when the kids get it > I wasn't using a metaphor If you are talking about land/resources, you are saying they are literally stained with blood?

Your sentence makes no sense. If not war, what then, and why not. And of what metaphoric blood are you talking that decendants inherit? Your metaphor is too incomplete to make sense of.

pessimizer 11y ago

Is armed robbery a fight? If not a fight, what then, and why not? If I murder someone during an armed robbery, is it a reasonable justification to say "things happen in fights"? If I give my children the money that I took from the person that I killed during that armed robbery, and it gives them a comfortable life, and the children of the person that I robbed live in poverty - should my children feel guilty? If they do feel guilty, are they feeling guilty for my sin, or for their own? > And of what metaphoric blood are you talking that decendants inherit? I wasn't using a metaphor. People are filled with blood. It spills where they fall.

Chris2048 11y ago
> If I murder someone during an armed robbery, is it a reasonable justification to say "things happen in fights"? No, but but it's hard to be sure of the details if the events in question are many years before. > should my children feel guilty? It depends, 'guilt' is too vague. But if you mean guilty for committing the crime, then no. There's usually a complicated relationship between crimes of the past, and future wealth. Simplistic arguments don't capture many relevant details, but here's one: If I inherit a dollar, but a lottery ticket, win a million dollars then later find out the money was blood money - do I owe someone money? If so, do I owe $1 or $1M? What if I hadn't won anything on the ticket? I also thing the magnitude and type of resource matters. For example, a stolen $1 is unlikely relevant to future descendants, while millions might make a big difference. > If they do feel guilty, are they feeling guilty for my sin, or for their own? If a tree falls in the woods... >> the blood isn't washed off when the kids get it > I wasn't using a metaphor If you are talking about land/resources, you are saying they are literally stained with blood?