Surely we can feel _sorry_ for them (the prostitute who got aids) without being a part of the problem... the problem of glorification of victim-hood and as you say the 'delirium of self pity'.

I mean, for me the line is drawn when a person insists that they are not at all responsible for their circumstances. But we can still have compassion and caring for people who make bad decisions.

The difference lies in what we do with our compassion - do we encourage the person you care about to feel self pity and blame others? Or do we try to teach them personal responsibility?

That sounds very reasonable.

Wo studierst du Deutsch, CrystalFairy?

btw, deine bilder sind shoen.

(deine oelbilder)

Unknown_romeo

Wie lange hast du Deutsch sprechen?

Ich m�chte wieder Deutsch zu lernen.


Have you used Duolingo?

Its really good.

Edit: oops, I mis-read your post and thought you wanted to learn german.

I was also suspicious, until I saw:

" Profession: Bachelor "

I mean, that makes perfect sense, right?

Bitter, peg-legged poops.

To find a good relationship, first seek the vowels within you.

Such as ei, i, a, and a.

I know, right? Lots of women do 20 questions, also.

When I was single, I liked to get to know women through shared activities. If she is not perceptive enough to answer most of those superficial questions through observation, then I probably wasn't interested in her anyway.

That is so true. Dishonest people will lie about themselves, but their actions and their words towards others often expose their real character.

I don't know what Cosby may or may not have done.

I do know that I've read a lot of hatred towards him, and a lot of the haters seem to *believe* that they have good cause for concluding that he is a rapist.

But when it really comes down to it, all they actually have are claims being made by others about events that happened a very long time ago.

It seems to me to be yet another mob attack by people who don't care to practice any degree of skepticism.

Thanks for the information!

David, I so admire your positive outlook!

I don't think that everyone bonded, as it appears that two are either (a) deeply immersed in a spiteful delusion or (b) willing to lie as a means of attacking others.

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Oh, I see! hahahaha

Suppose the moral question is: Should the KKK have gone to Ferguson, seeking to protect businesses from riots.


I could be wrong, but it seems to me that: No matter how much we study the physical universe, I don't see that any understanding of the physical universe can help us answer that question.




I am more certain of this answer. You will never learn, say, the size or age of the universe by virtue of studying/debating the question: "Was Officer Wilson guilty?"



Besides the lines of thinking I've already presented, consider that the truths of the physical universe exist whether or not humans are there to observe them.

But morals? I mean, obviously most non-human animals follow different rules of behaviors than humans expect of themselves. What does that say about whether morals exist in the absence of humanse?

Nice.

Pointing out anti-social behavior is not 'whining'.

One could argue that its our duty as citizens if we want to live in a healthy society.

I have only one profile on this site.

On what basis do you conjecture that I have more than one?

This is a good little illustration of the problem in Ferguson.

If people waited for evidence before they convicted someone in their hearts, I believe we would not have the riots which we have had.

Wouldn't it be nice if the trollish efforts to derail the conversation into false accusations of alt accounts would stop?

Call it what you want, its actually very simple. Some people follow ethical systems in which they reject the acts of lying about others and making false accusations about others.

Some people do not follow these ethics. They wilfully lie about others, and hold conveniently very low standards of evidence when accusations fit their agenda.


I have no idea what your personal ethics is.

But if you are one of those who believe that people should not make false accusations about others, then you should examine your own beliefs and your own evidence before making the insinuations that you have made.