Well, I think that's the same type of mentality that justifies genocide and totalitarianism.

我认为这与为种族灭绝以及极权主义正名,是同一种思维模式。

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In other words, as the judge said, what's always moral isn't necessarily against the law and while I don't think that necessity justifies theft or murder or any illegal act, at some point your degree of necessity does, in fact, exonerate you from any guilt.

换言之，正如法官常说的，情有可原，未必不可法外容情,当然我不认为，一句情有可原,就能为盗窃，谋杀以及其他违法行为正名，但有时，情有可原的程度,确实可能法外容情，赦免你的罪行。

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We've extrapolated that people have property rights and so whether or not it would be a good thing or a nice thing or even a necessary thing for the survival of some people, we don't see that that justifies the violation of the right that we've logically extrapolated.

我们已经推出人们有财产权,所以，就算是为了做好事，做善事,甚至是为了让某些人活下去而必须做的事，那也是不能证明，侵犯这些推定的权利,就是正当的。

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