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|    jojo to Jerry Buchanan    |
|    Re: "Agree to disagree"    |
|    21 Nov 25 20:59:36    |
      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 12:31 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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