(May 6, 2013 at 2:10 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Not everything can be measured. Which is more of a dog Lassie or Pluto? Does love have a mass? How do you measure the difference between one's ability and one' desire? Who is more evil, a shoplifter or a rapist? Are you so dense that you cannot recognize the difference between descriptions about quantity and those about quality?
Lassie and Pluto are equally fictional portrayals of dogs. Love has an intensity. The difference between ability and desire is measured in success and failure. A rapist is more evil than a shoplifter.
I'm not saying your point is wrong, but your examples don't support it very well.