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Re: History as hearsay (was Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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Date: 
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 03:30:55 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
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Where is this coming from? I seem to cause it to appear in some of my
posts... not that I want to. Only some. I have html turned OFF in NS
posting settings, or so I thought. :-)

> 
> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > 
> > I'm reading it... Not sure where it is going, but I will say this.
> > Morals are relative only to the extent that some are better than others.
> > I hold any morality that says it is OK to violate rights as inferior to
> > one that does not.
> 
> But what good is moral superiority?  When push comes to shove and you
> can survive or be moral, what do you do?  Do you steal to stay alive?
> Do you steal to feed your kids?  Do you kill and eat people?

I can say that I won't. But you're right. Push hasn't come to shove for
me, has it? So all I can make is idle claims.

> These
> moral discussions are great for normal life in our enlightened society,
> but morality is something you can only afford while times are good.
> Agree?  Disagree?

Disagree. I think you need to be moral when times are hard as well. I
won't claim to be perfect so I won't claim that I will always do the
right thing. I haven't been tested. But I feel I SHOULD die first rather
than steal from another.

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