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@Vegasgiants
Trump could beat the indictment,
Is a difference between Putin and the USA.
If Trump is guilty, I'd prefer a precedent be made,
That individuals not stash boxes of classified documents in their house, and not refuse government officials who ask that the documents be accounted for.
. . .
I think 'lot of officials break law in tiny ways,
Toe the line,
Accidentally step over it,
Bureaucracy and laws often absurd over reaching, make 'everything even small nothings classified.
But it's not something I think we should encourage.
'Could have been handled quietly, but Trump made choices.
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@Best.Korea
I suppose Dumb and Smart, are not 'Average,
So I suppose something would be 'different about you.
Though many people speak of average as smart,
Smarter than animals anyway,
'Enough intelligence to know better in many situations, questions.
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Wrong is relative I suppose.
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@cristo71
@Best.Korea
Leon Trotsky.
I view intuition, vague understanding,
As part of intelligence.
I 'do think IQ tests are not perfect,
But I 'do think they serve a use.
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@zedvictor4
Some prisons are more comfortable than others,
Certainly if I had a choice of two prisons,
One full of other violent people,
And a small isolative wood,
I'd choose the wood.
Though it'd be nice if there was still 'some way to talk with people,
Internet or something.
Sure people say don't coddle the prisoners,
Don't give them luxury.
. .
But to my view, I'd prefer it to be more about safeguarding society, than revenge, than 'harming the prisoner.
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@Best.Korea
Why specify 'pedophiles in prison?
Why not just people with life sentence in prison?
I prefer people have a choice to live or die,
I think.
Though I think I'd also rather prison for lifers be more about separating them from regular society,
Or 'safeguarding society from them,
Than about 'punishing them.
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I'm glad I don't have kids myself, 'near all times I think on it.
Kids, to my view,
Are as fellows born blind, born crazed, feeling their way forward,
Yet 'slow 'gaining sight,
Slow gaining their minds.
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Or perhaps we're all blind. . .
Anyway, clumsy metaphor forward,
To my view,
If one views an 'obligation to other people, or at 'least one's progeny.
They 'must be helped forward,
Helped to avoid pitfalls, avoid broken glass, fire.
Decisions 'must be made for them.
Though arguments that some decisions 'might be delayed, are a fair view.
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Circumcision to my mind,
Matters more towards the questions of free will and bodily sovereignty,
Though there is argument we are born into beliefs and duties,
I prefer leaning a bit towards the final decision of acceptance, being at a later date,
Though back of my mind insists people can be 'led into decisions anyway, (Annoying Free Will denier in the back of my mind, I wave him away)
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That was free will,
'Sovereignty though, , ,
Of body,
As technology advances and advances,
Might be we will see Designer Babies,
'Or might be babies will be modified 'after birth.
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'Ach, and then there's that nihilist in the back of my mind,
Pointless, all pointless,
We're not actually 'talking to each other,
All just falling rocks,
Mere sounds not heard, not meant,
Ach, how I hate tho-,
'Dislike those thoughts.
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But as tech improves,
The questions that circumcision debate relates,
Becomes seen with greater implications, impact upon individuals, societies.
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I also have a free will affirmer, and a whatever the opposite of nihilism is, in my head,
Well,
They're all just metaphors anyway.
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@zedvictor4
If it's for 'creative writing,
I don't think it's 'such a bad prompt.
If it's for 'realism,
Then I admit I've not yet heard of any birds that transport their nests or crossed the ocean on pieces of wood.
Though I've heard of floating islands before,
Made of plants and dirt,
Icebergs drift,
Maybe the bird takes nest apart and carries it piece by piece.
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Still doesn't seem 'likely.
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@zedvictor4
Well,
I suppose there is a technological culture,
And some companies, some individuals, with an interest, a control in tech,
'Lot of scientific advancements in tech.
. . .
Electrical items are handy, entertaining,
Not that people can't be entertained without,
But they're handy, whether in solitude or community.
Though ironically they can be a dependent.
A person forgets sometimes,
How to have fun without them,
How to communicate without them,
Maybe.
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I don't know about subliminally,
But has been slow and sudden moments,
Raised from birth, tech just 'there for many people.
(@Self Though maybe even a lever counts as tech?)
I'm still not sure about AI running anything, anytime soon,
Though I can imagine many more automated systems, as exist now and in the past.
Many more machines, such as AI art.
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Still, futures gonna take a while, before AI leaders,
Or people become cyborgs with the AI as dominant personality.
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More normally speaking,
People sure look at their phones a lot,
Ignore their kids in lieu of them,
Hand off education to environment of technology, TV, video games, internet, (A mistake),
Become part of 'online community, rather than local community (Often, but not always).
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@DavidAZ
Honestly 'are many other forms of fast communication in the world,
And some communities might prefer being without the internet,
See it as a corruptive influence morally, an unhealthy drug to mind/body/soul.
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@Slainte
It 'is a jerk move, to buy up all the neccessities,
When there is a disaster.
In a more decent world though,
People would always be able to, and 'be stocked with their necessities.
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@Slainte
Well, I feel a bit bad about it,
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My own view,
'Maybe we could have done better,
In the international community,
But, ,
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'World is still factions,
People prioritizing their own.
Nations 'often desperate for help,
But nations also made up of many people,
Differences, where an individual might choose to help,
But harder to 'force one's own choice on other people of one's own nation.
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Nations 'are different in wealth, power,
All nations fall,
So a 'bit in the interest of first world, to encourage humane action maybe,
But even that encouragement/philosophy will fall someday, same as nations.
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Might be that 'power, is seen as more sure, more lasting,
Than the 'hope of good will being returned.
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@swordburial17
After you click on a forum category,
Look to the upper right,
There should be a butt on with a plus sign + and the words New Topic.
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@Sir.Lancelot
That stance of his, 'is one I disagree with.
Though it's possible I could have been more polite in that thread.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
@Sir.Lancelot
I like a number of ADreamOfLiberty's posts,
I don't know them as a 'person really, so of that I'm a bit neutral, (As I am with many people)
Though I highly disagree with them on 'some issues,
Other issues, I'm a fair bit in agreement.
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I don't know,
If he 'is a troll,
Then I hope he is gone 'sooner, than later.
If he is 'genuine,
Then I think it is unfortunate, that he be such a way.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
There 'are words I can understand people not appreciating being used,
But I think such words apply more often to 'invented insults,
Than defining words 'used as insults.
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"Hey! Don't use gay as derogatory term."
- Pierce Hawthorne, Community
Though I still might use various words as insults in my own head, or with friends, or people I dislike.
Seems better to object to someone being insulted for what they are,
Than the word.
If what they are is not objectionable.
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Still, I see your point on the words gay and lesbian,
I've always assumed those two words were just used by people as descriptive of homosexuals.
Though I suppose maybe the movement embraced the words, over over time.
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@Best.Korea
Variant spelling of paedo-, from Greek paido-, combining form of paid- (stem of paîs ) “child”
(Insert word) phile,
'Common common saying, of describing an individual engrossed in (Insert word).
People and their 'shifting about,
Or euphemism wheels, as PREZ-HILTON might say.
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@ponikshiy
It sounded a bit of a quiet invasion by Wagner.
More a march,
Though it doesn't seem to have been as successful as Napoleons return out of exile,
Caesar Crossing the Rubicon
or
Dong Zhuo's march on China's capital.
. . .
Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch was unsuccessful, though it's notoriety lead to later success for him.
January 6 United States Capitol protest, which 'some call an attempted coup, didn't do Trump any favors.
Hm,
I'm prety sure Russia had at least 'one march, when the Communists were taking/took power.
Kornilov Affair,
Women's March on Versailles
Man, 'lot of marches in history, so many that I'm done thinking of examples.
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I 'imagine,
But don't know that the West celebrated the fall of the USSR,
Ought they have a different view of Putin's Russia?
'Possibly,
And possibly ought/were concerned about ramifications of USSR fall in past.
I'd 'imagine, the West prefers Putin loses power,
That the war against Ukraine ends,
But not that he be replaced by a person as bad or worse,
Better if Russia at peace outside and in.
Though likely some think better Russia at losing war, outside and in,
But that's people 'very nationalist, war hawk, I'd 'think.
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Way some news in America says it though,
Putin has removed from positions of power and influence, many people 'other those 'more extreme than himself.
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Were I a citizen of X country at war with another country,
Even if I was against a regime or the war it was engaged in,
I'd be 'more against Civil War, I think.
Too dangerous,
One worries about one's country breaking up,
Or being at the mercy of one's neighbors,
Sure sometimes neighbors are nice or weak,
But many other times. . .
Take American Civil War,
I'd have been worried about Mexico,
But glancing at Google, looks that Mexico about one year after, was fighting the French, a year after the American Civil War had started.
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Britain was also a concern for the Americans,
Though the Confederates 'wanted their intervention (On their side), I seem to recall reading,
But the British found alternate sources for cotton, than Southern cotton.
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@RationalMadman
If that's the way the mods choose, then so be it,
If only because I reported what I've 'wanted to say many times before,
And your post as a reminder to people who interact with him, of their ability to report.
I suppose it's possible for reports to be overused by users,
Used in times not appropriate,
But I don't know if they are on DART.
Might be reports are a heavy workload,
Or 'could be if people used them too easy.
. . .
Though I think your posts could be a 'bit more diplomatic as well.
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I don't know why 'this post, #45 is the one I finally went through with reporting,
I don't tend to read BrotherD.Thomas's posts,
And view it more the responsibility of those he interacts with, to report him or not.
But, I find myself bothered, annoyed,
Whether this one is 'worse than usual,
A straw,
Or seeing an honest person, genuinely reaching out with good intentions, be so maligned. . .
Then again, there have been other good people,
And one can't 'truly tell who people are online, 'just from their posts,
But the posts I found good, 'seemed telling of a good person, good intentions.
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Anyway, reported.
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@Intelligence_06
"It could be carried by an African swallow!"
- Second guard, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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@zedvictor4
Indeed, fantasy and sci fi make for a bit difficult strategy video game,
Well,
'If I insist on 'every individual being a character,
If I treat a squad as generic, it'd be easier.
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@oromagi
I tried reading James Joyce's Ulysses,
I was not willing to finish it.
I 'did read Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett,
In the past and today,
I don't remember liking it in the past,
And I didn't enjoy it today.
I suppose they could be seen as puzzlebooks,
But for me they mostly just come off as nonsense,
'Even if they are referencing this or that,
Or one can see hidden meanings,
To me, they irritate, some one trying to make subtle points or something, but in such a way I don't expect myself to see their point.
They 'could say it less subtle, and still be subtle,
But no they want to be 'absurdly offtrack, nonexplanatory.
People say ooh, what a genius the author is,
To me, neither are books I would own.
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Then again,
I liked heart of darkness by Joseph Conrad and some of Franz Kafka's stories,
Still,
I don't remember them being so absurd and lacking in explanation, description,
That one was unable to tell what the story was about.
Least 'those books were interesting (For me).
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If Fairies existed, wouldn't they overrun the Earth like ants?
Or if Giants existed, wouldn't they crush most everyone else?
I suppose the giants could be dumb,
The Fairies short lived or uninterested psychologically.
If five humans are a squad,
Would 1 giant be a squad?
Or 25 fairy a squad?
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@Best.Korea
Fair points in #56,
But really the internet, has a 'ton of material, not even related to sex,
That one would think parents might be more nervous about their kids having access to.
And I 'really do think,
That unless one scrubbed 'all references,
Kids are going to find material, even in content not 'explicitly described as porn.
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There's also the issue of how vast the internet is,
I think it's more the parents duty to limit the internet if it ought be limited.
To Catch a Predator,
Another example, in which I would think parents would say, no internet and talking to strangers,
Though I don't know what the statistics are.
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But again,
The government 'has the option,
With how much it bails and backs businesses,
Of creating a mainstream internet,
With more rules than people would prefer 'usually on their private internet.
Public Libraries are Public Something or Others, government funding I assume.
Unless Privately funded Public Library,
But it's not as though Porn stores or Movie Theaters are supposed to let kids in,
Problem is that Internet isn't so clear defined,
It's just people talking, 'kid of, 'maybe,
Sure there are sites,
But it's vast,
I could any user here to send me an email with This or That content,
And 'eventually would probably get something,
I'm not asking though.
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@Best.Korea
Should adults have the right to expose porn to children?
'Maybe not,
Though some ambiguities arrive in the definition of porn,
Arrive in the question of sex education,
Though I suppose one might not call nudist societies porn, or teaching aids porn, or certain entertainment porn.
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The kids will treat various content not traditionally 'called porn, as porn though.
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I think a 'better argument is that porn should be more difficult to access online,
You could argue a separate internet be created for kids to use,
That has a more limited selection,
Only allowing sites that have been vetted.
Or just not allow kids access to the internet,
I didn't have internet as a kid,
Except at school or the library.
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@Best.Korea
Eating or watching other's eat McDonalds harms kids,
As it is more snack than food,
And this experience leans kids towards unhealthy eating habits later in life,
Bad nutrition can lead to depression, weight gain, more difficulty in personal relationships.
Internet is a bit like people just talking to each other (I think)
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An individual has knowledge,
Stores it externally in computer,
Communicates through computer to another individual's computer.
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I 'think there are multiple internets,
I think you're best off banning it from a government backed network,
Than 'all networks.
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@Best.Korea
In America, kids can find almost 'anything on the internet,
And 'much everywhere else.
Difficult to roll back,
When freedom is 'so much in the society,
The freedom is not 'absolute,
But one 'can compare it to other countries, or earlier times in America, and note the difference in censorship, freedom of expression.
I'm not saying the freedom is good or bad,
Just that it's 'everywhere in society.
“Men intrinsically do not trust new things that they have not experienced themselves.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
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I also suspect that 'any activity, done just for fun,
Might 'still have instances of tangential harm,
And as Slainte says, there's other options besides remove it 'completely.
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If one removes it 'completely, would people not be harmed,
By the removal of their freedom?
Porn is not something that is comparable to murder,
In the harm it's 'existence 'might cause.
Some person might want to keep a glass vase with flowers in their house,
Because it is pretty,
A person can break the vase and commit suicide with it,
Ought all vases be banned?
My point is scale.
I 'think.
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Alcohol, junk food.
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Easier to ban something in a 'new society, than an existing one.
'Why people don't form new cities?
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@Best.Korea
If the government made an internet service free,
But required users have ID cards and Card readers, So user data is filtered,
The government could legalwork 'their internet all they want.
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I don't really know how the internet works.
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But if individual porn exists,
People are always able to create groups and share.
Even before the internet, porn existed.
@NoOneInParticular
Are two computers hooked together, an internet?
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@ludofl3x
Personally I count preforming or going to strip clubs as a tiny, negative in my evaluations of people,
But,
Way the internet is, and what people including myself browse,
Fair bit hypocritical of me,
Though I wouldn't say completely.
I 'do think a person's political vision, plans, actions,
Would matter 'far more than if they were a stripper in the past, present, or future though.
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@NoOneInParticular
The profession just isn't held 'generally speaking in high moral regard,
In American society,
Though with how much people sell sexual imagery in pop culture,
'Bit false front regard maybe.
ZZ Top, Van Halen, various other artists music videos,
Attractive scanty dressed dancing women in em.
Lot of movies, rated R for sexual content.
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Ah well,
There 'is a concept behind chastity, modesty, puritanism,
A history.
Course there's 'other concepts people appreciate,
In sexual liberation, I suppose.
And there's the argument of too much prudishness failing in the education of youth, regarding health and hygiene.
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Well, 'just Reread Schlock Mercenary,
Now to reread it again, immediate after,
To better imprint, consider.
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@DavidAZ
I remember hats for bald people being mentioned in a Seinfeld episode,
Ballcaps 'do seem to me most normal form of hat in America right now.
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@zedvictor4
Oh I don't mean it as name calling 'negatively,
Just musing on realistic magic systems,
Some fiction uses magic same as science,
Some fiction uses magic as not explained but it does some things in the story.
@NoOneInParticular
1No Summons in 'Front of Stack
2Though, If we use full front. . .
1That 'still wouldn't allow behind stack to defend their summons,
1No,
1The only way to do it is to not allow summons to be X, by X I mean an effect
2Summons have to be Added to a battle?
2But then what happens 'after the engagement?
2If I create a skeleton, shouldn't it be mine 'after the fight too?
2If an enemy strong unit falls, shouldn't I be able to use it?
1'After the battle, 'Maybe,
1But then too many people would complain about people stealing characters
2War Room is 'supposed to be PVP
1If spirits are in the bones, then how do spirits appear outside of bones?
2Recent necromancy uses the body energy to overcome the spirit
2Old necromancy uses the body where the spirit has left?
1Doesnt work, the spirit is in the body in either case
1When does the spirit leave the body?
1 Incinerated brain?
1Body still around
1Location of death still around
1Is the spirit in the brain or in the body?
1Body was location of death?
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@Critical-Tim
"What is the intended purpose of morality?" - Critical-Tim
Depends on the morality.
"We acknowledge that morality is beneficial to society, but are there advantages to a lack of morality?"- Critical-Tim
Depends what one considers an advantage.
"How does The Greater Good align with morality?"- Critical-Tim
Depends what one considers the Greater Good, or morality.
"Why is The Greater Good not always considered moral if it is the greater good? (This would imply what we consider moral can be the lesser good)"- Critical-Tim
Because there are different moralities.
"Why are some things considered immoral, but as a whole more beneficial to the world?"- Critical-Tim
Because there are different moralities.
You said not to mention a religious perspective,
But I will anyway, as it need not be.
My religious family members define immorality as hurting people,
Morality as doing what is right, helping people, I suppose.
I'd suppose for many people the purpose of morality is to 'be moral,
Circular I suppose,
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Though I don't define morality as doing right by other people,
I often use that definition in conversation.
Common definition.
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'Reason for that definition,
You can break a single arrow, easier than a bundle.
A house divided, cannot stand.
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Reason it even applies to outsiders, often,
Is that dehumanize others,
Can be easier to dehumanize parts of one's own society.
Though many societies exist 'based on 'only applying morality to one's own group.
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If I encourage other's to do right to others including me,
But secretly do wrong myself,
I can enrich myself financially in this manner,
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But possible I will suffer emotionally, mentally,
If I believe this is wrong,
Or because of my own actions, cannot trust others,
Cannot 'like others.
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Course, depends on definitions of suffer, or doing 'Right/'Wrong are.
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Greater Good,
'Can contrast with smaller goods,
If smaller goods are not viewed as 'less,
As not mere means to ends, of the Greater Good.
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Could one call a liar, an illusionist?
Or a flint striker, a pyromancer?
An organ transplanting doctor, a necromancer?
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@jamgiller
Personally I'd vote for banning Catch 22 and Grendel from public school,
Though I am very fond of Catch 22,
And Grendel had a significant impact on my life.
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To my memory,
As a High Schooler, I was still pretty undeveloped in thought,
Perhaps less so than others,
But I don't think so myself.
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I'm of the view though,
That such books are harmful,
Better left to personal choice to read at a later age in life.
Better to have a more positive, more solid, tested framework in life,
Than to undermine one's frameworks with despair and ugliness.
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Of course you instead mention LGBT,
Rather than the themes I spoke earlier in this post.
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But I maintain my shrug,
Children are the wards of their guardians,
Guardians ought do as they think is right towards the kids,
And if that includes removing LGBT themes, so be it.
Though I admit it a gray blurry line,
There 'are gay, bisexual kids,
'Lot's of gays and bisexuals in history,
'Are kids with 'biological transgender conditions (Though not that many I'd think),
Eunuchs in history,
Transhumanism 'is a concern of the future, (Or even past and current, if you count cyborgs)
Returning to the blurry line though,
LGBT themes, is a 'broad stroke,
Would a history book fall into this, such as describes some life choices of the ancient world?
Sci Fi The Animorphs?
Well, even if they did, Guardians Rights, is my view.
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Being Liberal can be a nice view,
Some parents don't mind their kids roughing themselves up a bit on tiny dangers,
But,
If one thinks something a larger danger,
Say for example one knows a cougar has been seen nearby,
Might be better not to let one's little kids play in the nearby woods.
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Books are an experience,
Experiences effect us,
Parents want experiences they see as positive, or building their kids strong.
LGBT parent might have different view than the Conservative,
. . .
But I do not see why I must automatically agree with the LGBT parent, rather than the conservative,
Though I 'hope they are rarities,
One hears odd stories, of parents saying their child, even before they speak, isn't a boy or a girl,
Or claim that they are the opposite of their sex,
'Absurdism, seems to me.
How 'far, does the right of a Guardian 'go?
This 'has been on my mind, a few times this week,
Now having posted this, I suppose I'll Google this some, leave a tab open, eventually get around to thinking on it.
. . .
Course this question can also go in the other direction,
Suppose a parent fed their kid Nazi conspiracy theories,
Seems pretty wrong to me,
. .
Though then,
I start to question 'anyone, I disagree with,
'Anyone with conclusions different from my own.,
Just rambling,
There is a reason this is in random thoughts,
Rather than added to the debate comments,
Though it 'was the debate that has had me musing this past week, some moments.
Well, my thoughts a bit jumbled, so random thoughts.
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@Savant
I 'do agree it 'could work both ways about AI,
But I don't expect we'll get be getting Terminators, Skynet, Blade Runners, Matrix AI, Westworld,
In the next 5 or 10 years,
AI 'does create a lot of chat, art,
But it doesn't need 'replace us,
A society 'could just disallow AI creation,
Though I think it's more likely people just shift a bit in what they do,
As we've ever shifted in what we do,
Throughout the technological advancement.
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@Savant
How so?
Not that I disagree with you,
I was born in 1993,
"Consequently, the number of websites grew from 130 in 1993 to over 100,000 at the start of 1996.
By 1995 the internet and the World Wide Web were established phenomena: Netscape Navigator, which was the most popular browser at the time, had around 10 million global users."
By 1995 the internet and the World Wide Web were established phenomena: Netscape Navigator, which was the most popular browser at the time, had around 10 million global users."
I wasn't really around for when people were discussing it, before it got big,
And even when I was around, I was a kid,
And only internet I used was at the library now and then, mainly just for entertainment such as reading comics, music, YouTube,
Was only when I was 18 (I 'think)
Had computer before then, but parents didn't allow the internet for their kids,
'Or themselves,
Though later in life they acquired internet themselves.
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People often overestimate a technology when it comes about.
Not that I know anything about AI.
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@zedvictor4
I view people as nature and nurture,
Though nurture usually has it's limits, I suppose.
People a bit like water,
Their nature often matches up a bit in 'some manner, good or ill with their environment.
Maybe people resent being punished if they steal or murder,
Ah well,
I 'still prefer 'my version of normal,
Roughly speaking.
As you said,
MMA, consensual violence between two people,
I lean heavily on Freedom, Consent,
Though I'm doubtful they can be 'obtained,
Well,
It's enough to lean in the 'direction of my 'idea of Freedom, Consent.
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Though even in my leaning,
I 'might prefer to live in a society without dueling to the death, (Not that I do or Don't)
Though it goes against my idea of Freedom, Consent,
I'm not bothered by this,
So long as the individuals have the right to move someplace else, where they can duel if they wish.
I think violence usually implies intent to harm and force,
Sure everything 'might be force,
But there's an 'implied level I think.
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@zedvictor4
I specifically said unlawful violence,
As you're right, it's much in our genetics,
Much in the nature of existence.
Murder for example, is unlawful violence.
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@YouFound_Lxam
I 'think when I was younger, it was Nihilism and Egoism, even while believing it to be true, but not following it,
. .
Now I 'still have the Egoism and Nihilism, but my faith has faded, that now I've also Materialism and a lack of belief in Christianity being true.
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Course on the other hand,
Maybe it's all an elaborate community event joke by Wylted,
And they have no intention of leaving at all.
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@Public-Choice
Well he stepped down supposedly, for one.
Two,
Gave people his accounts password, I 'assume but do not know,
As I haven't tried logging into his account.
"Multi-accounting and any action indistinguishable from it is prohibited. Dispensation may be granted on a case-by-case basis, such as for multiple users within a single residence; but they will have certain restrictions applied (e.g., never voting on each other’s debates)."
Three,
Cursed a fair bit, vulgar tag on a topic,
Hate speech (Though I think hate speech is vague)
"Unwarranted systemic vulgarity and invectives, which may include off topic personal attacks and/or hate speech, are subject to disciplinary actions."
Four,
"Spam is prohibited, and any overtly repetitive nonsensical posts are considered spam."
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@Best.Korea
Correlation is not causation.
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'Or,
Some people aren't being banned who ought be.
Most of the problem people were banned in earlier years, and thus they were not here to be banned now.
Some people took a few years to ban, you can see some people's names repeat over the years until their permanent bans.
Just the luck of the draw that more trolls were there in earlier years.
Even if anyone else had been president,
It's possible the number of bans would not have changed.
I'm not convinced that Wylted actually 'caused any freedom of speech.
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The question of what is ban-able 'does confuse me a bit,
Arguments to change legislation,
Arguments that question current logic or morals,
Do not advocate violence directly,
Nor law breaking,
Though there is argument it can cause indirect violence.
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My, Legalize Dueling debates,
No doubt if they changed laws to allow dueling,
Would be seen as horrible murder by many people,
Ought I be banned then?
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