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He says something to this regard in the following video: http://archive.org/details/StevenPinker_2007 See 11:00ff forward. He also says that anarchy is an excentive for violence. I haven't fact checked everything, but I am actually pretty skeptical about this. He also gives other reasons.
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I sort of find myself mostly agreeing with JonBostwick here after reading through this thread. Nothing can ever justify dropping a nuclear weapon no matter how dire the situation. I don't think people really understand the implications of what their saying when they defend things like that. I think...