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Of all the weird random records in the world this is one of the weirder ones
by aardvarkr 4y ago
Of all the weird random records in the world this is one of the weirder ones
- judge2020 4y agoNot as weird as "largest cake with an image of someone falling off a horse" [0] 0: https://slate.com/culture/2019/08/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-turkmenistan-guinness-world-records.html https://slate.com/culture/2019/08/john-oliver-last-week-toni...
- lostlogin 4y agoWow, that’s one hell of a stance from The Guinness Book of Records.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI respect it. An open door to anyone who wants to make records for the sake of fun and glory. Closed door if your stated purpose is to belittle people or make controversy.
- throwaway346434 4y agoYeah. Nah. https://www.iphronline.org/turkmenistan-continued-repression-under-new-president.html https://www.iphronline.org/turkmenistan-continued-repression... Human rights track record bad? No problem! We're all having fun right? Participate in TV show that mocks things? Ooh, no, we're the gate keeper of moral choices now.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI doubt we will be able to come to a mutual understanding, but the thought and morality held by many is as follows: I will work with a bad person to do a good thing. I will not work with a good person to do a bad thing. My participation is based on the morality of the thing that I am doing, not the other person's past or context . To put it technically, the focus is on the first order action and effect. This is in contrast to an increasingly popular moral assessment based on speculative second and third order effects.
- kortex 4y agoIt's fine if one wants to avoid working with a good person to do a bad thing. But if you make that choice, then it's often seen as highly hypocritical to work with a bad person in any capacity. Badness is an absorbing value if you will.
- lostlogin 4y agoHow do you apply this to things like international trade with countries committing atrocities? Obviously it’s complicated as the those who suffer with sanctions can easily be the most disadvantaged. However opening up trade with North Korea, Iran, Russia etc doesn’t seem a good way of handling the situation.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI think we absolutely should work with North Korea Iran and Russia to do positive works. I would have no problem if the US collaborated on building hospitals with Russia at the same time we are also in conflict with them elsewhere. Support the good that you want to see in the world and others. Don't support the bad
- judge2020 4y agoIf they were raising money to save puppies I'd side with you. But this is an attempt to obscure human rights atrocities, or at least using the money they gain from them to say "we hold a world record!".
- s1artibartfast 4y agoThat's basically my point in a nutshell. There are interested in highlighting fun and novel records, and fundamentally not interested highlighting atrocities and making political statements
- lostlogin 4y agoBut they are making a political statement. Business above ethics.
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- NaturalPhallacy 4y agoIt costs like $30,000, but if you have that you can have just about any record you can make up.