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Very underrated comment. Right and wrong are largely a function of culture, not universal law.
by beardedwizard 2y ago
Very underrated comment. Right and wrong are largely a function of culture, not universal law.
- gopher_space 2y ago> Right and wrong are largely a function of culture, not universal law. Sure, but then you're handwaving away questions about why cultures align along similar axioms.
- hnthrowaway6543 2y ago[flagged]
- gedpeck 2y agoaccording to gedpeck, nearly everyone in Africa and Asia, and every single practicing Muslim, is a horrible person... I said no such thing.
- hnthrowaway6543 2y ago[flagged]
- gedpeck 2y agoCare to point out where I said this or implied this? I’m opposed to gay marriage. EDIT: I’m not really opposed to gay marriage. But I never said anything about my views on gay marriage or anything inconsistent with the view that gay marriage is wrong. EDIT: I don’t consider people who oppose gay marriage to be bad people. I consider people who support and vote for a known felon, rapist, theif, and bribe taker to be terrible.
- mantas 2y agoDo they? Different cultures have widely different axioms. E.g. compare Islam and Christianity. Not to begin with cultures far away geographically from each other.
- sbarre 2y agoI dunno man.. When someone advocates for treating another person as "not human" or wants to deny them basic human rights, that's universally wrong in my book.
- yread 2y agodehumanization of the other side is one of the most used tools of war propaganda of all sides. Just look at people in the west joking about orcs
- gedpeck 2y agoBut if someone acts inhuman then it’s justified. Russia’s war crimes are well documented and they started the war. When you are the baddies then expect to be called so.
- yread 2y agoWait are we still in the thread discussing that it's childish to call one side baddies?
- gedpeck 2y agoIt’s not childish to call bad people bad.
- foxglacier 2y agoYou're still in the goodies-vs-baddies mindset. Western media pushes people into that way of thinking but it's the Marvel level view and is wrong. Also, look at all the people who think Russia is the baddies for starting that war, but Israel is the baddies despite not starting its war. That's an arbitrary standard people invented to justify their simply goodie-baddie view. If you apply a different standard to every war, then it's not really a standard, is it?
- gedpeck 2y ago