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Yes, I see the difference between different flavors of stupidity. But I percieve human stupidity as a fifth elemental force. And disasters caused by it as sort
by scotty79 3y ago
Yes, I see the difference between different flavors of stupidity.
But I percieve human stupidity as a fifth elemental force. And disasters caused by it as sort of natural disasters.
And while I can see the obvious difference between flames consuming someone's house and a peacefully burning candle, I am aware of the connection between them and I can make up a scenario of how one can potentially lead to the other.
- remarkEon 3y ago>I can make up a scenario Thanks, I'm aware that, in situations related to school curricula, most people need to make up absurd strawmen in order to argue that something is happening that isn't (e.g. removing pornography from the school library inevitably leads to book burnings in the parking lot after the high school football game). In your example you'd be the one in favor of banning candles because you fundamentally don't trust people to handle things themselves in a reasonable way, according to their own interests and preferences.
- scotty79 3y agoI don't need to make up any scenarios of slippery slope. Book banning is by itself wrong in any shape or form. It's a manifestation of the same flavor of stupidity that makes people succumb to authocratic and theocratic ideas.