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Re: Australian Nation Meet, 2005.
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Fri, 3 Sep 2004 08:58:16 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
  
  
Much pain, suffering and general immorality in the world has been caused as a result of men standing by their principles.

And, I would contend, the same could be said of men not standing by their principles.


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.

  
   The moral and ethical significance lies in the content of the principles, not the rigorousness of their adherence.

You mean “Do as I say, not as I do”?


More along the lines of “Praise motivations, not actions.”

  
But enough straying to .debate material.


Well, this is .loc.au, so we can talk about whatever we like within TOS... but if you want to FUT feel free. :-)

Cheers,





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  Re: Australian Nation Meet, 2005.
 
(...) And, I would contend, the same could be said of men not standing by their principles. (...) You mean "Do as I say, not as I do"? -snip- But enough straying to .debate material. (...) Actually, I was. (...) Indeed. Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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