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kaiowas
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Re: A question for you armchair philosophers... [Re: Rono]
#3431350 - 12/01/04 02:49 AM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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it always depends on the situation, but for the most part I wouldn't be one to use laws as concrete guidelines on how to live my life.
-------------------- Annnnnnd I had a light saber and my friend was there and I said "you look like an indian" and he said "you look like satan" and he found a stick and a rock and he named the rock ooga booga and he named the stick Stick and we both thought that was pretty funny. We got eaten alive by mosquitos but didn't notice til the next day. I stepped on some glass while wading in the swamp and cut my foot open, didn't bother me til the next day either....yeah it was a good time, ended the night by buying some liquor for minors and drinking nips and going to he diner and eating chicken fingers, and then I went home and went to bed.
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Diploid
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Re: A question for you armchair philosophers... [Re: RedEyeSamurai]
#3431510 - 12/01/04 04:10 AM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Morals should be made based on what you believe
I don't know that this is a good enough.
For example, 100 years ago, systematic discrimination and oppression of blacks was the norm, by law, in the United States. Virtually everyone 'believed' this was a moral situation, and it was sanctioned not only by the government, but also by religion.
My point is that moral standards shouldn't be based solely on what a person or even what the majority believes.
-------------------- Republican Values: 1) You can't get married to your spouse who is the same sex as you. 2) You can't have an abortion no matter how much you don't want a child. 3) You can't have a certain plant in your possession or you'll get locked up with a rapist and a murderer. 4) We need a smaller, less-intrusive government.
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Von
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Re: A question for you armchair philosophers... [Re: Glacius]
#3431656 - 12/01/04 06:06 AM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Glacius said: Some told me once that there is a right and wrong....
Punishment was sure for those who dared to cross a line, but it must not be true for a jerk-off just like you... (Good Song)
At any rate I think that it is ok to disobey civil laws if the are immoral. Think about it everything that the Nazis did was legal, but I would not say that it was anywhere near moral. Laws can be flawed, simply because a lawyer says its right does not make it so. We know inside of ourselves what is right and we should do what we know is right, not what a lawyer tells us is right.
-------------------- And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots! You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust." And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared, "Hear me now, I have seen the light! They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!" Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank you Jesus.
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Dogood
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Re: A question for you armchair philosophers... [Re: Von]
#3431756 - 12/01/04 07:35 AM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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What exactly constitutes a LAW? Laws are things like gravity and aerodynamics. What you consider law I consider childish rules place upon one another for control and power.
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