. It is not the general scientific consensus that the sun is going to roast earth that soon.
poop. Someone beat me while I was typing slowly.
@shonpan:
Alright, let’s take an informal poll. Who here thinks Shonpan’s argument, whatever the hell it’s mutated into now, is wrong? I certainly do.
Let’s tally up the votes and see who has won. If you are found to have not convinced anyone, Shonpan, will you agree that you are wrong and finally fuck off?
In other news, “might makes right” is practically one of the first things you talk about in a morality/ethics class (and I’ve taken one, so I’m pretty much an expert). And the very first thing you learn is that it couldn’t possibly be correct. Power is not the same thing as morality, and power is what it takes to “win.”
In a broader perspective, your notion of an “adversarial system” always choosing the best morality is akin to believers of the “free market” always choosing the best economics; power is unequal, and is not correlated with moral or economic correctness. Systems get caught in loops that reinforce the status quo with no regard to its merits, so you can’t possibly trust such a system to converge on to the best solution alone.
Small question for Shonpan:
You’re pissed off about the marriage equality ruling, yes? But in your own words:
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