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|    Jerry Buchanan to jojo    |
|    Re: "Agree to disagree"    |
|    21 Nov 25 12:47:18    |
      XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.atheism, alt.fun       XPost: alt.politics.democrats.d, talk.politics.guns       From: notgenx32@yahoo.com              On 11/21/2025 12:31 PM, jojo wrote:       > 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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