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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 11-05-2014, 05:30 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
i think personal comfort is the mechanism by...

i think personal comfort is the mechanism by which morality is enforced... not the ultimate end that inspired us to evolve it in the first place. if that were the case we would be better off without...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 11-01-2014, 08:01 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
your daughter gets a pass assuming she was under...

your daughter gets a pass assuming she was under 10
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 11-01-2014, 07:55 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
if you care when your goldfish dies i honestly...

if you care when your goldfish dies i honestly think life just isn't for you
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 11-01-2014, 07:44 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
i don't disagree we should discourage anti-social...

i don't disagree we should discourage anti-social and psychotic behavior in general. to me vick should have just been shunned by society and stripped of his fortune and fame. but of course in this...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 11-01-2014, 07:22 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
well i do think things we enforce should be...

well i do think things we enforce should be logically consistent but ultimately the way i really judge it is whether it is logically consistent given the overall goal we are trying to achieve by...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 11-01-2014, 06:22 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
i'm not necessarily talking about the species,...

i'm not necessarily talking about the species, i'm talking about the millions/billions of individual animals that are born, raised and slaughtered for consumption. you can't just assume the natural...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 11-01-2014, 05:10 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
you're asking a lot of questions at once. some...

you're asking a lot of questions at once. some call this the shotgun method of making an argument. luckily this is a written forum so i can answer them one by one for your convenience, friend.
...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-31-2014, 01:18 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
the state isn't here to be your personal vendetta...

the state isn't here to be your personal vendetta task force.
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-30-2014, 07:25 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
yea well that'd probably be better than a year in...

yea well that'd probably be better than a year in jail but good luck convincing the public to ok that sort of thing. i don't think breaking his legs is called for. cats are pretty durable, i doubt he...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-30-2014, 06:22 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
that's fair enough.. my thing is when a law is...

that's fair enough.. my thing is when a law is actually counter productive towards society for the sake of being nice to animals then i think it's a bit ridiculous. for example.. cat kicker goes to...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-29-2014, 01:35 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
i'm not sure you know what i mean by actively...

i'm not sure you know what i mean by actively participating.

for instance it makes sense to protect people from abuse because it promotes social cohesion. homeless people aren't exempt from this....
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-29-2014, 01:04 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
i guess that is where we part ways. i don't see...

i guess that is where we part ways. i don't see animals as part of society because being part of society means active participation and responsibility. animals are incapable of fulfilling these tasks...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-29-2014, 12:49 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
fair enough.i tend to take the point of view that...

fair enough.i tend to take the point of view that laws are supposed to be for the benefit of society. do you agree? if so let me ask you this... do you believe society will really benefit from this...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-29-2014, 12:07 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
either am i and i will openly admit it as well....

either am i and i will openly admit it as well. but i think there is something to asking these questions. it moves the zeitgeist forward. the general consensus gradually changes and as a result the...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-29-2014, 12:04 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
i'm pointing out the discrepancy between a law...

i'm pointing out the discrepancy between a law protecting humans from harm via other humans which actually serves a useful purpose (promoting civil behavior and cohesion within society) vs a law...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-28-2014, 11:21 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
so hypocrisy is apparently irrelevant to...

so hypocrisy is apparently irrelevant to morality. who knew? i mean i'm not trying to to convince you to lose sleep. but you speak about morality as if its sole purpose is to make you feel better...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-28-2014, 10:30 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
few points, reading over the posts in this...

few points, reading over the posts in this thread:

1. if dude punched another person in the face i doubt he'd be looking at a year in jail. this isn't a useful example of criminal justice. putting...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-14-2014, 06:45 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
you do have a choice. either you can financially...

you do have a choice. either you can financially support a system that abuses animals or you can choose not to.
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-14-2014, 11:23 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
as for eating animals... to me it is really quite...

as for eating animals... to me it is really quite simple. if you believe that kicking a cat is cruel and should be punished yet you buy meat that was raised on factory farms which cause 1000x as much...
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-11-2014, 09:49 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
this assumes property must be an inanimate...

this assumes property must be an inanimate object.... the law disagrees.
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 10-09-2014, 05:23 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,814
Posted By John Wilkes Booth
i thought the video brought up some solid points....

i thought the video brought up some solid points. most notably that animals are really just property at the end of the day and yet our treatment of them is sometimes inconsistent with this idea.

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