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I think your argument is circular. Just a couple of decades ago, the Chinese government was euthanizing babies born in violation of the one-child policy. I thin
by rayiner 2y ago
I think your argument is circular. Just a couple of decades ago, the Chinese government was euthanizing babies born in violation of the one-child policy. I think Americans look back on that policy with a degree of horror that outstrips how the Chinese view that history—a difference I think is traceable to the influence of evangelical Christianity in the U.S. versus more collectivist cultures in China. Individual human life, and individual freedoms, have always just been worth less in Asia than in the west.
- pc86 2y agoHow does the fact that some Asians cultures don't value human life make my argument circular? My argument is that they are wrong.
- lazide 2y agoBecause you say you are right. That’s the circular part. They think you are wrong, because they say they are right.
- rayiner 2y agoIt’s circular because the reasoning goes like this: “rights are universal” because I’m right and asians are wrong; I’m right and asians are wrong because rights are universal.