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|    jojo to Jerry Buchanan    |
|    Re: "Agree to disagree"    |
|    21 Nov 25 20:31:24    |
      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 12:09 PM, jojo wrote:       >> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>> On 11/21/2025 11:08 AM, jojo wrote:       >>>> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>>>> On 11/21/2025 10:51 AM, jojo, always an idiot, spewed:       >>>>>> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>>>>>> On 11/21/2025 10:15 AM, jojo, always an idiot, spewed:       >>>>>>>> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>>>>>>>> On 11/21/2025 9:46 AM, jojo, always an idiot, spewed:       >>>>>>>>>> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>> On 11/21/2025 8:46 AM, jojo, always an idiot, spewed:       >>>>>>>>>>>> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/21/2025 8:31 AM, jojo, always an idiot, spewed:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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       >>>>>       >>>>> Yes, the binary nature of morality is settled.       >>>>>       >>>>>> because you cannot decide what to do.       >>>>>       >>>>> Irrelevant.       >>>>       >>>> no decision, no judgement.       >>>       >>> |
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