It says something about my ability to count. No, it says something about the value you place on human life, whether the lives are American, Afghan, Pakistani, or Indian. You can't run away from that.
I don't get that comparison. Encouraging someone to kill themselves does not fall under freedom of speech. Nice try again. I gave that example to illustrate the power of words, which you were disputing. Interesting to see that you are selectively willing to admit limits on freedom of speech, Mr. Inconsistent.
If you want to know, they actually had just met. It doesn't matter. They were sharing the same cab, already had some sort of temporary relationship and trust between them, and came from the same background and took each others' words in good faith.
By the definition of morality one thing can, in fact, be more moral than another. And yes, I do happen to think that killing because someone burned your favorite book is morally inferior. *shrug* That is not the code we are talking about. We were talking about having uninhibited freedom of speech - something you yourself are inconsistent about as demonstrated above.
Actually you did say that. Allow me to demonstrate... Wow, very clever! Why did you not quote the entire sentence, including the allusion to warfare which you never responded to. Not to mention the entire explanation I gave above to which you you failed to respond to except meaninglessly exclaiming "We know this. We all know this" after separating it from what it was explaining.
I'll excuse this from further comment except to say Oh no, you don't have to excuse anything. In fact I have demonstrated that you will always exercise your right to say whatever you feel like even if it puts the lives of your countrymen at risk. I don't think there's much of a response you can give, except saying that you joined the Army for your country and that makes you a certified patriot.
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Date: 2011-04-05 11:13 am (UTC)No, it says something about the value you place on human life, whether the lives are American, Afghan, Pakistani, or Indian. You can't run away from that.
I don't get that comparison. Encouraging someone to kill themselves does not fall under freedom of speech.
Nice try again. I gave that example to illustrate the power of words, which you were disputing. Interesting to see that you are selectively willing to admit limits on freedom of speech, Mr. Inconsistent.
If you want to know, they actually had just met.
It doesn't matter. They were sharing the same cab, already had some sort of temporary relationship and trust between them, and came from the same background and took each others' words in good faith.
By the definition of morality one thing can, in fact, be more moral than another. And yes, I do happen to think that killing because someone burned your favorite book is morally inferior. *shrug*
That is not the code we are talking about. We were talking about having uninhibited freedom of speech - something you yourself are inconsistent about as demonstrated above.
Actually you did say that. Allow me to demonstrate...
Wow, very clever! Why did you not quote the entire sentence, including the allusion to warfare which you never responded to. Not to mention the entire explanation I gave above to which you you failed to respond to except meaninglessly exclaiming "We know this. We all know this" after separating it from what it was explaining.
I'll excuse this from further comment except to say
Oh no, you don't have to excuse anything. In fact I have demonstrated that you will always exercise your right to say whatever you feel like even if it puts the lives of your countrymen at risk. I don't think there's much of a response you can give, except saying that you joined the Army for your country and that makes you a certified patriot.