kiahzero
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Tue Mar-20-07 11:05 AM
Response to Reply #54 |
| 55. Why do you want to "shove your grid on them?" |
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In other words, what makes it OK for your grid to be forced on them but not for theirs to be forced on you?
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| -Here Follows Some Psycho-Metaphysics: |
kiahzero |
Mar-19-07 02:21 PM |
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Interesting |
yella_dawg |
Mar-19-07 02:41 PM |
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Eh. |
kiahzero |
Mar-19-07 02:46 PM |
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H.L. Mencken had it pegged a long time ago. |
trotsky |
Mar-19-07 02:50 PM |
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Really? |
kiahzero |
Mar-19-07 03:04 PM |
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Ah yes, the typical response. |
trotsky |
Mar-19-07 04:05 PM |
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It's not an issue of "not understanding." |
kiahzero |
Mar-19-07 04:20 PM |
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I'm sorry but that passage IS "just big words meaning nothing." |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 07:42 AM |
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Brevity is the soul of wit |
cosmik debris |
Mar-20-07 08:11 AM |
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I can't help but be verbose. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 08:36 AM |
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I guess that explains why |
cosmik debris |
Mar-20-07 09:45 AM |
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You know, this is a good example of why pathological readings are bad. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 08:35 AM |
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Oh I fully understand the refined and noble approach you're trying to use here. |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 08:44 AM |
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Interestingly, I just wrote on this topic the other day |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 08:56 AM |
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So? |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 09:00 AM |
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How are they being forced? |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 09:09 AM |
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Let's use a specific example: abortion. |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 09:36 AM |
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Thanks. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 09:44 AM |
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"A minimally restrictive grid" |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 10:00 AM |
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Yes, you have to force a grid on people for society to function. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 10:04 AM |
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Yes, but whose grid? |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 10:33 AM |
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Oooga booga booga! |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 10:44 AM |
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I think you're still missing the point. |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 10:50 AM |
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I'm actually looking at "minimally restrictive" at a societal level. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 10:57 AM |
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Again, what if "society" includes the unborn? |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 11:02 AM |
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Why do you want to "shove your grid on them?" |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 11:05 AM |
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Because I'm right and they're wrong, of course. |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 11:06 AM |
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On what basis are you right and they're wrong? |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 11:08 AM |
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Majority rule! Reasoned approach! Doesn't really matter. |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 11:30 AM |
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I already have. (n/t) |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 11:59 AM |
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How about Christian Scientists sacrificing sick children to the principle |
BurtWorm |
Mar-20-07 09:05 AM |
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"Valid" isn't really the operative word. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 09:25 AM |
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"There are now statutes in 44 states which contain a provision stating that a child |
BurtWorm |
Mar-20-07 09:50 AM |
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Yes, conflicting views inevitably collide. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 09:52 AM |
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And what does a society do to resolve them? |
BurtWorm |
Mar-20-07 10:09 AM |
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I agree that inaction is action. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 10:14 AM |
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But it's all good. Isn't it? |
BurtWorm |
Mar-20-07 10:19 AM |
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No, it's not all good. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 10:22 AM |
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"Reality is the original Rorschach." |
BurtWorm |
Mar-20-07 10:59 AM |
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I assume you're differing there, but I'm not sure how. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 11:01 AM |
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Must. resist. urge. to. go. on. anti-PoMo rant.... |
Odin2005 |
Mar-19-07 08:25 PM |
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No, please do. And when you do, make sure you include |
Evoman |
Mar-19-07 10:49 PM |
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What a load of profound-sounding BS. |
Odin2005 |
Mar-19-07 08:23 PM |
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Do you think that we can know objective reality? |
kiahzero |
Mar-19-07 10:57 PM |
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No, but we can get a reasonable aproximation of objective reality. |
Odin2005 |
Mar-20-07 08:05 AM |
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To a certain extent I agree with that. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 08:16 AM |
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I drew a comic in order to illustrate a point. |
Evoman |
Mar-19-07 11:24 PM |
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Decidedly missing the point. |
kiahzero |
Mar-19-07 11:48 PM |
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Lol...dude, I think I nailed it. |
Evoman |
Mar-19-07 11:51 PM |
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LMAO |
trotsky |
Mar-20-07 07:27 AM |
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No, you really didn't. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 08:06 AM |
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There's another wonderful mechanism of "deep thinkers" |
cosmik debris |
Mar-20-07 07:56 AM |
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We had a similar thread not too long ago |
cosmik debris |
Mar-20-07 09:19 AM |
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Not really. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 09:28 AM |
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Yep, really |
cosmik debris |
Mar-20-07 09:44 AM |
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Except that he's claiming to have two mutually exclusive belief systems. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 09:46 AM |
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You say all grids are equally true |
cosmik debris |
Mar-20-07 09:57 AM |
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That doesn't preclude value judgments. |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 10:02 AM |
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A distinction without a difference |
cosmik debris |
Mar-20-07 10:12 AM |
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Hardly. (n/t) |
kiahzero |
Mar-20-07 10:15 AM |
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