RE: My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees
December 6, 2016 at 2:03 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2016 at 2:05 pm by henryp.)
(December 6, 2016 at 1:29 pm)Orochi Wrote: Wow you have written a small novel yet have said pretty much nothing at all so i'll sum up
1. Miss using evolution and determinism just as many other dubious individuals have done throughout history and trying to pass it off as some objective critique of human nature. (and failing to do so) Then trying to falsely accuse me of hypocrisy for calling you out on it.(your cheese burger analogy is nonsense learn how to make analogy )
What's the difference between you thinking it's fine to kill cows, when PETA folks think it's a horrific immoral act, and Assad thinking it's okay to kill humans, when you think it's a horrific immoral act?
Because people are people, and cows are cows of course! Those stupid PETA people just don't understand the rules we should all live by, like you've figured out!
What's fun about that, is that white folks probably used to say that about black people a couple hundred years ago. White people are white, and Black people are black! Isn't it obvious!
(you don't need to answer. you and I can stop talking about this stuff now.)
A fun thing to do, is try to predict what you believe that is going to be considered an atrocity in 100 years (unless you think we are at the pinnacle of morality). My money is on animals. I think they've got the table set pretty nicely with pets. The line is already getting pretty blurry on that front. It's not unreasonable in the future that people who eat hamburgers will be viewed the same way racists are today, and you would be a monster for not thinking my cheeseburger analogy was rock solid. And someone like me will be defending you, and someone like you will be "NO! HE WAS AN AWFUL MONSTER!"
As for evolution/determinism, that shit is going to hit the fan real soon. It is coming, and it's going to be hilarious. My guess is neuroscientists are going to get burned at the stake, as all the "Do you even science, Bro" people turn against science super hard now that it's saying something they don't like. I just don't think it is a truth that can be accepted by the populace. But it's floating around out there. That Westworld show skated along the edges dipping the ideas toe into mainstream popular culture. But in the end, they framed it as computers becoming human. Not the more interesting notion, that humans are just fancy computers.
As an observer of humanity, it's very exciting stuff. As a person capable of empathy, you should be very happy for me.
