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   Message 544 of 2,131   
   Publius to tgdenning@earthlink.net   
   Re: A Moralist Tract   
   07 Sep 05 13:49:11   
   
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   From: m.publius@nospam.comcast.net   
      
   "tg"  wrote in news:1126025847.740148.313770   
   @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > An assertion that "it is immoral to.... " is not self-contradictory.   
   > Moral statements are arbitrary, and so cannot contradict themselves.   
      
   All logic-deductive systems are arbitrary, including geometry, set theory,   
   etc. And nothing prevents an arbitrary system from being self-   
   contradictory.   
      
   > An assertion that "it is incorrect to believe..." is ungrammatical.   
      
   What rule of grammar is violated?   
      
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