Elisabella
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Well if you can only make your point using the obvious, then my statement stands. But I'll ignore that bit so we can get back to the point. And my statement about what you know about logical argumentation fitting on a note card stands. Then I'll keep going at it illogically because I prefer to discuss the topic at hand rather than attempt to introduce a flawed analogy. An analogy only works when two things are equal, you can't say "this response which is illegal" is equal to "this other response which is not illegal." quote:
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Re: the law, it doesn't matter if I'm a lawyer or not, I can have you arrested for hitting me. I can't have you arrested for laughing at me when I do something you consider stupid. Correct, but you can't punish me. You have to go find an actual authority figure to do that. Were you to try to punish me, you would (most likely) be guilty of assault. Only if I punished you in a manner that was against the law. If my punishment was laughing at you and calling you an idiot for hitting me, I'd be fine. Which is what I was saying to begin with - the "punishment" osf is facing here does not require an authority to determine whether or not it is legal. quote:
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Re: ethics and morals of laughing at someone, I'm not a Christian so I'll skip that bit, but it seems as though our society has progressed beyond the rule based forms of ethics (IE what's good is what the Bible says) and that most codes of morals and ethics now are inherently personal. There is no such thing as personal ethics and morals. Morals are universal and absolute, or they are meaningless. Our entire legal system is founded on this understanding. Not wanting to get into the whole subjective vs. objective morality thing, suffice it to say that even institutionalized morals aren't universal, they're just institutionalized in one place. Or several places. Institutionalizing morality doesn't mean "this is the moral code everyone has" it just means "this is the moral code you must abide to if you wish to live free in this nation." quote:
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One person can find something to be abhorrent and another person can see no problem with it. The fact that I have to point this out on a BDSM board kind of makes me wonder. That a serial killer doesn't find it abhorrent to stab people to death does not make it moral, nor does it mean that in that serial killer's "personal morality" killing people is okay. The serial killer is simply immoral. By your morality, yes. There are serial killers who do believe they are morally in the right. The fact that I agree with your morality, the fact that most western nations' legal codes agree with your morality, does not mean that he's doing anything immoral *by his own morality.* Or, for that matter, by the moralities of other nations. In other words, good luck finding Osama. quote:
Sometimes, when it comes to ethical and moral issues, people are just wrong. I'm not saying you have to agree with their morality or think they're right. Just accept that many people who are, in our eyes, "doing wrong," might feel that they're doing right. By their own code. quote:
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Anyway I have no issue with saying that you think people here should stop posting what they do. My main issue was that you framed it in the sense of "you have no right to command others but here I am commanding you by telling you what you do and don't have the right to do" and that's obnoxious. I'm an asshole. Sue me. LOL are you trolling me?
< Message edited by Elisabella -- 12/19/2009 8:30:21 PM >
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