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Re: More on Moral Relativism
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Fri, 9 Nov 2001 22:06:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson102901.shtml
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> > I forgot how ferocious the battle for Okinawa actually was... but the real
> > point of this article lies elsewhere. Moral relativism is a bankrupt idea.
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> More Hanson:
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> http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson110901.shtml
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> This article continues showing why moral relativism (and a host of other
> things like aristocratic guilt reflexes and general politeness) lead to
> quagmire thinking.
From the article:
"Yes, we knew all that, and so are now told that our intelligence agencies are
inept, naïve, and worse, for not spotting the hijackers in advance. But we also
surely suspect that, had any government watchdog agency swept down on America's
universities, mosques, Islamic leagues, and Muslim charities - to expel
agitators hostile to the U.S., to infiltrate such groups, or to wiretap - they
would have met with a storm of protest. The Islamic-American community would
have quickly mobilized the considerable arsenal of our politically correct
media; universities; the legal professions; and local, state, and national
government to allege ethnic stereotyping, racial profiling, religious
intolerance, Islamophobia, and all the usual -isms and -ologies we have become
acquainted with."
Please, Mr Hanson, explain to me why that would be worse than several thousand
innocent Americans (and others) dying in a terrorist attack, followed by a
protracted war against enemies unknown?
> I especially considered the bit about how "UN" sanctions morphed into "US"
> sanctions on CNN and in the world press to be thought provoking.
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> Heads they win, tails we lose indeed.
Ain't life a bitch?
ROSCO
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Heck, I can answer that one... What if there were no terrorist threat? Should we expel and disallow Nazism and KKK-ism in the US? How about Communists? What about anti-abortionists? What about Fox, they're often anti-government. At what point (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I believe that's exactly the point he's trying to make. I posted this even though I do not 100% agree with everything it says and this is one of the areas where I'm a bit spongier. I am not too keen on wiretapping for the sake of "seeing what (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) More Hanson: (URL) article continues showing why moral relativism (and a host of other things like aristocratic guilt reflexes and general politeness) lead to quagmire thinking. I especially considered the bit about how "UN" sanctions morphed (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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