07-24-2011, 01:14 PM
(07-23-2011, 07:32 PM)Oceania Wrote:(07-14-2011, 12:48 AM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: I added to the last part of my reply , if you didn't notice.
(07-14-2011, 12:31 AM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: It had nothing to do with being vegan.
Do you know for a fact that is true? So the newspapers, courts, doctors, etc. are all lying? Misinformed, maybe?
Gosh, I don't know we don't seem to be getting anywhere on this particular point. I feel like you know what I am talking about, but for some reason we are not connecting on this.
veganism + zealotry = harm
NOT
veganism = harm
Veganism is still part of the equation. YES... you could of course substitute any number of other things in there because the zealotry part of the equation carries much more weight.
guns + zealotry = harm
religion + zealotry = harm
But this is not true for all things. potatoes + zealotry DO NOT = harm because potatoes do not carry the same potential for harm within them.
Zealotry = An ethical dogma based on an absolutist interpretation of a philosophical principle on conduct.
Therefore, using the Law of One in an attempt to derive a clear-cut approach to ethical decision making = recipe for disaster... just like unity100 is cautioning against in his/her posts.
Bring4th_Monica Wrote:Those people were obviously insane.
YES! YES! YES! So what can we do to help prevent against an otherwise reasonable idea, like veganism, from being twisted in the mind of an insane person, or zealot? Any ideas?
potatos = harm
potatos = vodka
potatos = potato bazooka bullet
potatos = makes you fat anyone???
potatos = eat only potatos and turn into an irishman, oh wait that's a good one.
potatos + zealotry = cult of potatos being worshipped at the expense of human life
potatos + nutjobs = giant Tom Cruise statues carved out of mashed potatos filling up the world and drowning the children
seriously. anything can be used for good or bad, veganism is a neutral thing like anything else when people are SANE and have common sense.
quite efficient explanation.