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   From: Taemon@zonnet.nl   
      
   derek wrote:   
      
   > On Aug 13, 11:46 am, "Taemon"  wrote:   
   >> Dirk Thierbach wrote:   
   >>> The point is that without being able to make the connection that the   
   >>> harm was indeed caused by the person believed to have supernatural   
   >>> powers, the punishment is not justified. And since we're talking   
   >>> about supernatural powers, there's no way to actually make such a   
   >>> connection. Unless by association.   
   >> It seems to be pretty clear from that quote that Lewis wants them   
   >> dead nonetheless.   
   > Not at all.  Lewis said "If we really thought..."  To me, at least,   
   > that implies that "we" do not really think that at all.   
      
   But if we thought that we'd want them dead! But I misremembered the quote:   
   he said that *if* they use those powers to kill people *then* he wants them   
   dead, which is different from what I thought.   
      
   T.   
      
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