I got lots. You can swing by here if you need a nug. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't have any weed so you're on your own. > > > 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:327379 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
