Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II
But the insufficiency of governments gives us no license to walk away from a complicated political issue and admire our own clean hands in the way pacifists usually do. Or to argue that the legality of state actions is a luxury for peacetime, as Seamus often says, and admire our dirty hands for lack of principle.
I do not recall having made just that argument -- though I will stipulate that many of the points I have made separately could be summarized that way, and that I do see some truth in its "luxury" status. I don't revel in it though; it may be a necessary evil, but cannot be a good.


Kafir:

Garfield and McKinley were both assassinated, and both were GOP. Attempts were made against FDR, Truman, Ford twice ( ), and Reagan. The only Democrat President to get killed was Kennedy. Presidential candidates have also been targeted, notably TR, R Kennedy, & Wallace.