Re: MD Universal Moral Standards

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sun Jan 16 2005 - 18:31:54 GMT

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    Rubbish Platt,

    Compassion and caring are not absolutes ...
    They are the emotions or actions of one human "relative" to another.
    Directions in the MoQ, not fixed positions.

    Frankly my dear, I (more or less) don't give a damn. Geddit ?

    Ian
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>; <owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk>
    Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:51 PM
    Subject: RE: MD Universal Moral Standards

    >
    > > Mark Steven Heyman said:
    > > Listening to two right-wing deist-conservatives trying to work out a
    > > "Universal Morality" for the rest of us is like watching two kids who
    can't
    > > keep their rooms clean plotting to conquer the world. Which is to say
    it's
    > > humorous, even charming, in a Beavis and Butthead sort of way, but
    nothing
    > > you'd want to get close to.
    > >
    > > dmb adds:
    > > Yea, its like watching Stephen Hawking and Edward Scissorhands teach
    each
    > > other to tie flies. (Apologies to anyone who already heard that joke.)
    >
    > You two proponents of moral relativism attempt to mock the existence of
    > universal moral standards, yet you appeal to them every time you post an
    > argument for one of your government welfare programs, citing such
    > standards as compassion and caring. When you come right out and declare
    > such standards mean nothing to you, then I'll conclude your silly
    > comparisons contain a kernel of truth. Until then, I'll view them as yet
    > another in a long history of ad hominem attacks, based on the leftist
    > principle of "When in doubt, smear."
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
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