(July 23, 2013 at 2:43 am)plaincents822 Wrote: If I'm a sadomasochist and enjoy being tortured, do I get to torture others?
Not really, no
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The Golden Rule in itself does not take this into account, so I have always thought it to be 'do to others according to their preferences and not your own'.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura