On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 08:33, Todd Slater wrote: > This is your opinion and that is fine, but please don't insult others by > suggesting that they are living a lie and that you are a saviour that > can reveal the truth to them. > > Imagine two soldiers who are ordered to carry out cruel and vicious acts > (maybe they're Nazis). The penalty for failing to carry out an order is > death. One soldier does his job without thinking, the other decides he > cannot carry out the order. He knows that he will be put to death. > > I suppose you can argue that the second soldier is acting in his own > self interest because he wants to die with a clean conscience, but I > don't buy it. His self interest would always be to preserve his own > life. > > How do you explain these supererogatory acts? > > I don't have a problem admitting that humans are selfish, but I don't > subscribe to the absolutist nature of your supposition. And you won't be > able to convince me otherwise, because this is a belief. > > Todd
Gads, people - we're getting a bit knee deep in brown sludge here - let's all face it - we all do it for different reasons. Personally, I get a raging hard-on from it all. There, I said it. (g) Cheers! -- Fri Dec 13 08:50:00 EST 2002 8:50am up 2 days, 1:12, 5 users, load average: 0.15, 0.38, 0.62 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you. - David Letterman
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