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Re: Australian Nation Meet, 2005.
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lugnet.loc.au
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Date:
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Fri, 3 Sep 2004 02:42:02 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Paul Baulch wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons wrote:
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(I’d go and find out myself, but I’m boycotting BL until they reinstate
Larry).
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This idea makes me smile some. A true man of principle - there are so few.
While buckets of folks have been posturing like crazy about this, I have
doubted their principles would survive their first desire to go back there.
Top marks Richie :-)
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Much pain, suffering and general immorality in the world has been caused as a
result of men standing by their principles.
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And, I would contend, the same could be said of men not standing by their
principles.
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The moral and ethical significance lies in the content of the principles,
not the rigorousness of their adherence.
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You mean “Do as I say, not as I do”?
-snip-
But enough straying to .debate material.
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Actually Richie, you weren’t a buyer were you?
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Actually, I was.
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A buyer boycotting a store because it removed a seller who was
inconveniencing both buyers and admin as a matter of
principle - well, now that’s kind of amusing :-)
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Indeed.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) Sure, but that wasn't being praised. Adherence to principles was, hence I provided an example of why one mightn't praise it so highly. I certainly don't. (...) More along the lines of "Praise motivations, not actions." (...) Well, this is (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| (...) Much pain, suffering and general immorality in the world has been caused as a result of men standing by their principles. The moral and ethical significance lies in the content of the principles, not the rigorousness of their adherence. More (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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