tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post5144679018757841748..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Its okay if they're brownLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-21565045874454385452007-06-24T09:20:00.000-06:002007-06-24T09:20:00.000-06:00: Judging from the linked post, I think your notio...<B></B>: Judging from the linked post, I think your notions about ethics and morality are similar to <A HREF="http://barefootbum.blogspot.com/search/label/Meta-Ethical%20Subjective%20Relativism" REL="nofollow">my own</A>. However, I think your terminology is confused, and your label of "values-free living" an outright misnomer.<BR/><BR/>This confusion is not entirely your own fault; the terminological confusion in the philosophical canon staggers the mind.<BR/><BR/>Just as a note, please don't spam the comments with a lot of links. One or two links to your own board or inline links to amplify your points are fine, but the list at the end of your comment is a bit much.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-57726043447646157292007-06-24T08:31:00.000-06:002007-06-24T08:31:00.000-06:00all values are relative, and absolute values do no...all values are relative, and <A HREF="http://metaphysics-srs.blogspot.com/2007/01/your-waste-my-banquet.html" REL="nofollow">absolute values do not exist.</A> Take murder for instance. Most cultures today would condemn murdering children as "bad" or "wrong", but in many ancient cultures including the Carthaginian and Aztec cultures child sacrifice was regularly practised on a large scale. In the Aztec culture, thousands of children were ritually drowned to appease the god <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlaloc" REL="nofollow">Tlaloc.</A> There are many examples of how values differ from one culture to the next.<BR/><BR/>But that was then, and this is now. Things have changed, for the "better" (whatever that means), haven't they? Today, all right-thinking people agree on what is right and wrong, don't they? Well, actually, no. Female genital mutilation, for instance, is still practised widely in a number of modern cultures. Even today, there is nothing absolute about the value of protecting children from harm... <BR/><BR/>(post concludes at <A HREF="http://metaphysics-srs.blogspot.com/2007/02/towards-purpose-driven-values-free.html" REL="nofollow">towards values free living</A><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://gatewaytothemultiverse.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">portal to the multiverse</A><BR/><A HREF="http://wickedandsick.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">wicked and sick</A><BR/><A HREF="http://thoughtoftheday-srs.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">manic memes</A><BR/><A HREF="http://patheticpoetry-srs.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">pathetic poetry</A><BR/><A HREF="http://metaphysics-srs.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">mumbo jumbo</A> <BR/><A HREF="http://magic-stories.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">very short stories</A>masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-27593080226783078912007-06-22T18:49:00.000-06:002007-06-22T18:49:00.000-06:00This is exactly what I mean by PC Multiculturalism...This is exactly what I mean by PC Multiculturalism gone mad. Its cretinous proponents resemble W.S. Gilbert's "idiot who praises,in enthusiastic tone, every century but this and every country but his own."<BR/><BR/>Thank goodness this absurdity is now somewhat on the wane in the UK, thanks to the excesses of our vocal Muslims.anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-17969926711390928882007-06-22T17:32:00.000-06:002007-06-22T17:32:00.000-06:00She's probably a fine person, but I bristle at bei...She's probably a fine person, but I bristle at being called a neo-con and a supporter of torture.<BR/><BR/>She did accurately capture my feelings about Islamic culture, although the remedies I advocate fall just a hair short of torture and invasion.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-51570161103613674762007-06-22T16:17:00.000-06:002007-06-22T16:17:00.000-06:00I think liberalism has lost sight of a very import...I think liberalism has lost sight of a very important lesson, one I learned as a special education teacher: Fairness isn't about equal results or equal treatment; it's about people getting what they <I>need</I>. And, frankly, no one needs to have their bullshit intolerances glossed over because it's part of their belief system.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-10931692623780323812007-06-22T15:05:00.000-06:002007-06-22T15:05:00.000-06:00Maiden is not a bad person, she means well. She's...Maiden is not a bad person, she means well. She's calling attention to an important issue.<BR/><BR/>And, she's helping people find your blog!<BR/><BR/>You're very right, though, about how liberalism has changed. It started out about principles, and now is just about power and money. It has <I>become</I> the system that it sought to destroy....Yankee Doodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359740268842861707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-79291605748467536742007-06-22T14:36:00.000-06:002007-06-22T14:36:00.000-06:00I don't think it's proper for her to have so selec...I don't think it's proper for her to have so selectively quoted you without a bit more context. She could have at least used a whole sentence.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com