tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212905.post111004908100111861..comments2023-08-25T09:48:48.612-04:00Comments on Medieval Marsupial Meanderings: Food and ThoughtAFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14850847392158378828noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212905.post-1110127190384233402005-03-06T11:39:00.000-05:002005-03-06T11:39:00.000-05:00Eek! Jinx, tried to reply you here but it got a bi...Eek! Jinx, tried to reply you here but it got a bit long and windy, so it's on my blog instead.<br /><br />And also, my reply digresses from Andrew's original question somewhat :)eg9https://www.blogger.com/profile/12766843818153858542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212905.post-1110123127286223552005-03-06T10:32:00.000-05:002005-03-06T10:32:00.000-05:00Very interesting... I admit I based things upon a ...Very interesting... I admit I based things upon a rather doctrinated belief. But the core of the matter, rather than the example, remains about whether thought should be within the pervue of judgement? <br /><br />Let's say, cruel and unusual punishment, torture, etc of that terrorist... or let's say instead of a terrorist, a controversial religious extremist who in your/my opinion the world could do without. <br /><br />Whatever really, that might toe the line of morality in actual action - would, should this also cross that line when but in thought?AFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850847392158378828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212905.post-1110091317013733522005-03-06T01:41:00.000-05:002005-03-06T01:41:00.000-05:00Agree with Teng on the terrorist point. After all,...Agree with Teng on the terrorist point. After all, in one of his previous lives didnt Buddha kill one man so that that man would not commit the sin of killing 999 others? So, by killing that guy, Buddha saved 999 lives AND prevented the wanna-be-killer from going to hell. Ok, so I am being religious here, shoot me. <br /><br />However, MUST disagree with eg9 on his flippant reply. Sorry, dear, but flippant or not, the comment on terrorist isnt such a bad thing is like asking to be stucked on the dart-board and shot at! ^.^ The comment on clearing a little space or two on Earth through terrorism is totally inane. Think of all the innocent lives, the goodness and greatness they would have brought to earth and its population. Sad, really, that such thoughts could even cross your intelligent mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212905.post-1110088602524400812005-03-06T00:56:00.000-05:002005-03-06T00:56:00.000-05:00(In all flippancy...)
But then the human populati...(In all flippancy...)<br /><br />But then the human population IS threatening to explode beyond the sustainable limits of the planet's resources... <br /><br />And we're getting too smart for epidemics to really wipe out sufficient numbers of the population...<br /><br />What with our artificial population growth curve being completely unstoppable... perhaps the terrorist thing isn't so bad after all.eg9https://www.blogger.com/profile/12766843818153858542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212905.post-1110074735557099622005-03-05T21:05:00.000-05:002005-03-05T21:05:00.000-05:00Astonishingly appropriate alliteration appears ama...Astonishingly appropriate alliteration appears amazing. Ausgezeichnet! (I know it's cheating. Excellent in German)<br /><br />I challenge your argument on the "murder is wrong" point. As we've mentioned before, the law is not ethics. If we approach it from a utilitarian point of view, what is useful is better. The terrorist is going to cause a great deal of destruction and therefore it is perfectly ethical to kill him to prevent the mayhem he would otherwise cause. Go ahead truckie, roll over George W.~tengman.k.~https://www.blogger.com/profile/01777705210064801855noreply@blogger.com