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"Thou shalt not kill" is also an absolute bedrock principle which is, of course, impossible to literally always follow. But it's still a very important guidepo
by bpodgursky 6y ago
"Thou shalt not kill" is also an absolute bedrock principle which is, of course, impossible to literally always follow.
But it's still a very important guidepost around which to orient your principles.
"Freedom of most OK speech is absolute" is a useless principle. Which is why we should not frame the freedom of speech as such.
- goldcd 6y agoYou sir, are not familiar with the old testament.
- bpodgursky 6y agoI... am? This is actually my entire point. It's a principle broken on many occasions, but nobody walks around saying "Oh, we shouldn't even TALK about not killing — that's IGNORANT — because there are so many exceptions where it's okay to kill people." You can still guide around important principles, even if reality imposes exceptions!
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