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|    jojo to Jerry Buchanan    |
|    Re: "Agree to disagree"    |
|    21 Nov 25 21:14:47    |
      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 12:59 PM, jojo wrote:       >> 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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