"It's pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had a chance!"

"Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. And some that died deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."

A good reason, from Fellowship of the Ring, why I'm hesitant to take sides on any issue, from politics to abortion to capital punishment. I live the inflection on Gandalf's voice in the film: "Can you give it to them, Frodo?"

I'm still against an Iraq Attaq, though.