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On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Justin Scott > <jscott-li...@gravityfree.com> wrote: >> >>> You could choose to skip the thread if you don't like it. >> >> Far from it, I find the discussion interesting but I do wish people would >> stick to arguing the merits of their position rather than resorting to >> personal attacks. I was just having some fun with Godwin's Law in this >> case. > > As an interesting aside, at what point (if any) do a preponderance of > a persons positions (I love alliteration) go over the tipping point > where those positions are essentially the person? > > As an example (h/t to Godwin), Adolph Hitler was a person. In general, > I'd say that most people you would talk to would say that Hitler was > an evil person. They wouldn't make distinctions about his policies and > beliefs. I'm sure that there are several things you might agree with > Hitler on. I bet he liked puppies, for instance. The value of a good > strudel and a pint of lager. Probably wasn't fond of getting kicked in > the balls when he wasn't expecting it. I'm sure that there are all > sorts of commonalities we could find where, objectively speaking, > you'd agree with Hitler. > > So, given the commonalities that you can probably find with any human > alive, is it ever justified to make a judgement about "the person" > versus making a judgement about each and every > position/belief/behavior? > > I'd say, yeah, I feel like there is a point. I think that being fair > has its useful limits (as does relativism) and at some point it is > reasonable to say "this person is a fucked up idiot" as opposed to > saying, "well, I'm sure they are a person with their own beliefs and I > just happen to disagree with A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H...". I'm not sure that > there is a reliable and defensible way of finding that point though or > at least I haven't been able to come up with a justifiable criteria > yet. I'm curious what other people think. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327378 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
