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Sometimes I wonder if there is any place for monks in modern Western society. We already know certain parts of society need specific protections from other par
by wallace_f 8y ago
Sometimes I wonder if there is any place for monks in modern Western society.
We already know certain parts of society need specific protections from other parts of society: professors, journalists, judicial-administrators, etc.
Is it a legitimate extension of that concern that certain parts may, at least in part, need protection from other parts of society?
I mean... leading scientists from schools like Harvard have knowingly lied to the population about the dangers of things like lead, sugar, etc.
- mirimir 8y agoSure, but "protections"? As they say, money doesn't talk, it swears.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> We already know certain parts of society need specific protections from other parts of society [...] > Is it a legitimate extension of that concern that certain parts may, at least in part, need protection from other parts of society? That's not an extension, it's just a restatement, and not even in different words.
- wallace_f 8y agoYea what I mean is in some sense it seems obviously logical. But I admit the use of the word other does change from one sentence to the other.