Thursday roundup
from crux № 11 — Ultimate truth
❝❝I've seen the arguments in enough other contexts to distrust anyone who claims rationality prevents any opposing view. Even more so when they dismiss any other possibility unheard because they have the Ultimate Truth That Must Not Be Questioned.❞❞Read More...
— NeoWayland
NeoNotes — Subjective morality
For length reasons, this entry appears on it's own page.
“The law should be limited to punishing direct, measurable harm.”
Read More...NeoNotes — Pre-victimhood
❝❝The man has not even been sworn in yet. Nobody knows what he's going to do. Some this this same stuff was going around about both Bush the Elder and Bush League, it didn't happen.
Personally I'm a little tired of being lectured about which Tragic Victim Group I'm supposed to genuflect before to show my compassion this week. The second someone escalates their victimhood over all others because of a label is the second I lose interest. Might-be-victims are even less interesting.
You have rights because you are human. Not because you are gay or transgender. Not because you are pagan or Navajo. And not because you are a man or a woman. Because you are human.
I won't defend rights because of labels. I won't fight for privilege that comes at the expense of others. I won't acknowledge group rights. I won't accept responsibility for things I didn't do or say.
I won't feed the victimhood anymore. But I WILL take a stand for human rights. Talk to me when someone has been denied their human rights and we'll see what we can do then. If that's not enough, I can't help you.
Until then, it hasn't happened and I'm not going to worry about it.❞ class="ghoster">❞
NeoNotes are the selected comments that I made on other boards, in email, or in response to articles where I could not respond directly.
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