Quote:2) When the tangent started, the tangent wasn't about what we should do. The tangent was about how I described what people do. I said the reason arguments about refugees never go anywhere, is because people disagree on human life being valuable. If you don't believe human life is valuable, then you can just kill the people in Aleppo, and that's fine.
Human life has inherent value. It is valuable regardless of anyone's opinion on it. And taking away innocent human life is an objectively immoral thing to do. It isn't "just fine" so long as the person who does the killing doesn't care.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
