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|    jojo to Jerry Buchanan    |
|    Re: "Agree to disagree"    |
|    21 Nov 25 18:51:57    |
      XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.atheism, alt.fun       XPost: alt.politics.democrats.d, talk.politics.guns       From: f00@0f0.00f              Jerry Buchanan wrote:       > On 11/21/2025 10:15 AM, jojo wrote:       >> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>> On 11/21/2025 9:46 AM, jojo wrote:       >>>> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>>>> On 11/21/2025 8:46 AM, jojo wrote:       >>>>>> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>>>>>> On 11/21/2025 8:31 AM, jojo wrote:       >>>>>>>> Clave wrote:       >>>>>>>>> "Agree to disagree" is reserved for things like "Pink       >>>>>>>>> Floyd is better than Led Zeppelin." *Not* racism,       >>>>>>>>> homophobia, sexism. *Not* basic human decency. *Not*       >>>>>>>>> human rights.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> *Not* the right to be treated equally regardless of       >>>>>>>>> race, religion, color, creed or sexual orientation.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> We do not have a difference of opinion on those. We have       >>>>>>>>> a difference in morality. Those who do not oppose the       >>>>>>>>> "isms" and who do not support basic human decency and       >>>>>>>>> human rights have no morality.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> morality is a spectrum.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> No, you stupid shit-4-braincell, it is not. Morality is       >>>>>>> binary. Something is moral within a society or it isn't.       >>>>>>> There are no "degrees" of morality.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> so for the trolley problem, which is the moral choice?       >>>>>       >>>>> Moral philosophers can't agree on which is the moral choice,       >>>>> but they do agree that if there is one, that one is fully       >>>>> moral, not moral "to some degree."       >>>>>       >>>>> You're an idiot.       >>>>       >>>> oohhhh and how would one find out if there is one?       >>>       >>> It doesn't matter "how" — if there is one, that is the moral       >>> choice/option and the other is immoral.       >>>       >>> You're still an idiot.       >>       >> so you dont know if there is a moral choice       >       > I don't know, and neither do you, idiot. But if there is a way to       > decide, the choice that is held to be the moral one is just       > moral, period. It is not "more moral" than the other. Faced with       > the available options in the thought experiment, one is moral and       > the other is not. There is no "degree" to morality. There is       > right and wrong, or right and not right. This is settled.       >       > You'll always be an idiot.              nothing is settled because you cannot decide what to do. once you       do decide, let me know.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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