RE: Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wr...
February 19, 2015 at 8:59 pm
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2015 at 9:00 pm by emilynghiem.)
(February 19, 2015 at 1:38 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: I really wish I had never looked in on this thread. I'm really, actually, crying right now. The idea that this subject is even debatable is making my chest deflate. I don't think I'll be back to check in.
Hi rexbeccarox
I want to cry just reading your msg.
I thought I was the only one who felt that way when I read things on the news on this.
If it's any comfort to you, it is tremendous help to talk things out, right down to the bolts, as to what kind of psychology goes into yes no decisions in people's logic. It helps to learn to think like a complete sociopath if you are going to learn to deal with and manage that kind of person. If we keep setting up our laws and correctional/deterrence systems based on empaths, then we are missing the very criminal elements they are designed for, consequently they fail.
I'm sorry to read this hurts you that much, but please know you touched my heart. I have friends who went through rape, and I didn't say or do the right things and felt stupid that I don't know until they tell me.
The best way is to prevent it. And to do that, we have to understand what makes people tick, what makes them see their will as important, and not the other person as an equal human. Thanks for tolerating this discussion.
The same mindset that allows killers to detach and do their job without thinking, is the same objective mind of the monks and saints who do what is called for and put their own feelings aside. So the same discipline to think objectively can still be used for good. This is a good exercise to let go of our emotions and understand the flat binary logic. And I trust that people here will use that for good.
Love and hugs, Emily
