To be fair, he's never said anything about abstract defense or justification - rather, he's talking about government dealing with the consequences. Edit: so I

To be fair, he's never said anything about abstract defense or justification - rather, he's talking about government dealing with the consequences. Edit: so I suppose the distinction's that that the first implies self-contradiction, and the other doesn't. Or perhaps the line is drawn when policy like that interferes with official judgment. Who knows.