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The mere expression of an idea does not cause anything to happen. If an act does occur, it's because one or more people decided to made that act happen. The w
by PommeDeTerre 13y ago
The mere expression of an idea does not cause anything to happen.
If an act does occur, it's because one or more people decided to made that act happen.
The words in a book, or the sounds in a recording, or a JPEG image on Facebook have no inherent power to control people. Nor do the person or persons who created such works.
If somebody performs a specific act after viewing such material, it is that person who is responsible for any harm that may occur.
- cabalamat 13y ago> The mere expression of an idea does not cause anything to happen. I asked someone to pass me the salt, and they passed me the salt. I can only assume you believe there was no causal connection between those two events. The truth is that everything people deliberately do is caused by what they think, and what they think is very strongly affected by the symbolic communication they have with others. That is, after all, the whole point of language: to alter someone else's mind-state.