Fri 29 Jan, 2010 06:26 pm - How does it change the discussion if you flip it, and ask if bad intentions can be overcome by seemingly good actions?
I think we have a lot more pity for those who misunderstand a situation as... (view)
Fri 29 Jan, 2010 06:23 pm - [QUOTE=sometime sun;123357]So maybe you were left with, born with less pain?
Perhaps you were born with the thincker skin we all wish we could have?
Perhaps your upbringing (wonderful word... (view)
Wed 27 Jan, 2010 07:12 pm - Charles Fried wrote that some of the greatest evils are perpetuated in the name of the greater good. That being said, especially using Hitler as an example, we really have to question how... (view)
Wed 27 Jan, 2010 06:11 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;122931]I use the term "idiot" loosely, of course. I simply think Gandhi was a fool, and very silly person to think that passive resistance would be effective against... (view)
Tue 26 Jan, 2010 04:35 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;122755]I didn't call Lincoln and idiot. I called Gandhi and idiot. You seem to be confusing Lincoln with Gandhi. They do both have an 'i' in their names. Is that... (view)
Mon 25 Jan, 2010 06:23 pm - [QUOTE=sometime sun;122265]So there isn't a source pain? that is which strives compells us towards others in the first place, we need to heal a pain we only feel when alone or at least to a... (view)
Mon 25 Jan, 2010 06:04 pm - [QUOTE=Jackofalltrades;122473]
The legal 'should' cannot be the moral 'ought'.[/QUOTE]
I would say this nicely brings us back to whats actually being discussed. Despite the... (view)
Sun 24 Jan, 2010 08:03 pm - Is pie a key element of your moral system? I applaud you if it is but for most of us I assume it is not. Your pie example serves as an excellent metaphor though. Imagine pie is a government... (view)
Sun 24 Jan, 2010 05:37 pm - [QUOTE=sometime sun;122243]If it was legal would you have your skin and art work taken from you after death to be preserved in this the real world, make a nice skin-lamp or hide-pillow?
he... (view)
Sun 24 Jan, 2010 05:34 pm - It can occur in both but it must occur externally at first. Consider this: if a hypothetical person had never had any contact with any pain or people, could they superimpose internal pain? To... (view)
