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To reiterate, even if murder is universally considered as being wrong, other issues such as property, copyright, profit and a lot of other things are treated ex
by Raphael_Amiard 15y ago
To reiterate, even if murder is universally considered as being wrong, other issues such as property, copyright, profit and a lot of other things are treated extremely differently in different cultures.
So it's as easy to find something we all mostly agree on (murder) than something we all mostly disagree on (property).
Also taking the murder example is quite dishonest. Linus wasn't talking about murder issues. He was talking about intellectual property issues. Do you claim there is objective right and wrong in this domain ? Do you claim to know what it is ?
EDIT : Didn't see your edit, so correction about the "dishonest argument" part :)
- zurn 15y agoHe's a US citizen now so it's called targeted killing when it's not wrong :)
- riffraff 15y agoFWIW, even killing people is/was considered acceptable: if the victims have property X where X varies between having the wrong race, being the firs born girl, being physically impaired, being sentenced to death, being a sacrificial offer and plenty more.