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(...) That just may be my new favorite word. What the heck is its etymology? Heck, I still get a giggle from (URL) Dave! (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Maybe, if it weren't for that whole pesky "faith" thing... (...) But that construction breaks from the "absolute" as soon as human faith comes into it. An actual revelation for you is just hearsay for me, so that's where "absolute" falls (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Cool. But I have my doubts. (...) Uh, don't be so sure. Theocratic dictatorships are nasty brutish places. I prefer some government to none, but I prefer none to overarching. (...) I prefer the least practically possible amount of (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) YOu guys don't have 'socialized health care' but the last time I checked, there are seatbelt laws in the US. And not once during my (almost) 38 years has the gov't told mw what I can (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Huh? Which Dave are we talking about here? Dave! (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, I like Macbeth quite a bit, so I guess that part affects me. But most of the sonnets don't affect me at all. Ditto Romeo & Juliet. Dave! (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Geez, I don't know if I can delineate them concisely, but they entail non-aggression, a respect for fact, and an acceptance that, lacking evidence to the contrary, this is all we have so let's all make the best of it. (...) I believe you. (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, I will be by your side to see that it doesn't happen. (...) Uh, I don't think that you've fully considered the ramifications of such a silly statement. (...) What is that, exactly? (...) Touché! JOHN (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But the upside here is that Howard moved. He's now on Sirius and free of FCC "control" of what's appropriate. That's a good thing. It means the market will decide whether his speech is wanted or not, rather than some kloomonk in FCC (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) :-0 Not in the least! That understanding comes directly from Jesus Himself: "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another." (...) Yeah, that you are closer to being a (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) and I honestly think that the envelope-pushing, rights-disdaining Religious Right will lead us to a theocratic dictatorship. Me, I'll take anarchy over that any day. ... but then, I'm a minarchist after all.. (...) Um, ya??? What was it you (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) And that's a way of looking at it. But again, to make the case--how is a texas high school cheerleader affecting you directly? And how is 'some' Shakespeare affecting you? I choose not to read things I'm not interested in reading. I choose to (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Perhaps. But in all honesty, what are those values? (...) Look, I don't wish a "Theocracy" any more than you do. But I do wish a society where its citizens respect each others' rights. I believe that only a society that has a respect for a (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) John, at last you're speaking like an atheist! Is there anything you want to tell me? 8^) By the way, Absolute Morality in this construction exists just fine without appeals to a higher, supernatural power. (...) Ideally, sure; the elected (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) To be honest, the culture war has been going on since before the first human saw another human from outside his family. The culture war continues to this day and will continue until we're all assimilated: it's called society. I accept that (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Absolute Morality boils down to how we treat each other. This is directly related to issues of respect and responsibility. A breakdown on either side of the equation (you verses me) creates societal rifts. (...) Eeeeuuu. Both are equally (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But don't you see-- there is no definitive line! The line is where ever the sensibilities of a society is at any given point in time. Right now the current sensibilities of our society are being offended by certain individuals and society is (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Interesting (and, I note, consistent with your previously stated views). I wonder if they might have considered relative firepower/destructive potential if they'd known what would eventually be man-portable. That's wonder-if question, as (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'd refer you to the Federalist Papers for something a bit more authoriative, but my guess would be no, their cutoff seemed to be "man portable" rather than "portable if you have a whole team of horses". Before you ask, that DOES rule out (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That's key, IMO. If we're all so fond of Absolute Morality, why are our Duly Elected Representatives so reluctant to address these society-damning issues in absolutely clear terms? Especially if, as we're endlessly told by Dobson, Falwell, and (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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