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<DIV><BR><BR>R' Michael Kopinsky writes:<BR>>> I think that the fact
that the<BR>> Torah permits slavery indicate that it is not
INHERENTLY<BR>> problematic. <<</DIV>
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<DIV>R' Akiva Miller writes:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>>>According to this logic, rape is not inherently immoral, because if
<BR>it was, then we would not find a case (yefas toar) where it is
mutar.>><BR><BR>>>>>></DIV>
<DIV>Well, a more limited inference would be that rape of an enemy woman in
wartime is not inherently immoral. (Speaking of a milchemes mitzva.)
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<DIV>Rape is as "normal" an act of war as is killing enemy
combatants. If you assume a world in which soldiers routinely raped
women in war, the nation whose soldiers first took the woman home and gave
her a month to mourn, treated her humanely yada yada, would surely have been
seen as infinitely more self-restrained, humane and honorable than
the nation that just raped women in the "normal" way of
wartime.<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
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