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Amen.
by maxk42 13y ago
Amen.
- pekk 13y agoAn appropriate response, since the politics of this have taken on such a dogmatic, black-and-white quality. In the same thread: calls for McCarthy-like blacklisting of programmers based on ideology. Never any nuance in these discussions: either say 'Amen' or Burn in Hell.
- patcon 13y agoI wish he'd just said "I agree", so that you didn't find yourself a soapbox so high up in the comments...
- etiam 13y ago"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in time of great moral crisis." — Dante Alighieri
- porkpiehat 13y agoI get that as a quote this is relevant, but if I don't know who Alighieri is or what he did, this seems like an unsupported moral assertion. Obviously it struck you as memorable. But would you really claim that the person who does nothing is _worse_ than the one who actually perpetrated crime?
- brohee 13y agoAvoiding ridicule is just a Wikipedia entry away...
- mcguire 13y agoOff-topic, but.... Wait, what? I recently read Mark Musa's translation of the Commedia, and that doesn't make any sense at all. The hottest places in hell are reserved for various forms of fraud, IIRC. The only link I can find about the quote with more information is: http://whatwillmatter.com/2011/11/observation-the-hottest-places-in-hell-are-reserved-for-those-who-in-time-of-moral-crisis-preserve-their-neutrality-attributed-to-dante/ http://whatwillmatter.com/2011/11/observation-the-hottest-pl... "In the Inferno, Dante and his guide Virgil, on their way to Hell, pass by a group of dead souls outside the entrance to Hell. These individuals, when alive, remained neutral at a time of great moral decision. Virgil explains to Dante that these souls cannot enter either Heaven or Hell because they did not choose one side or another." As I recall, those are the only souls whom Dante doesn't identify and have a little chat with.