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You must live in a utopia where there are no evil-doers.
by jumby 13y ago
You must live in a utopia where there are no evil-doers.
- angersock 13y agoI don't need to live in a utopia to see that doing the right thing despite being afraid and aware of existential threats is something worth doing.
- jumby 13y agoWould your opinion change if a nuclear bomb was detonated in Houston, TX?
- waqf 13y agoA nuclear bomb has not been detonated in Houston, TX. But nice straw man.
- angersock 13y agoNope. In fact, the thing that would bring the best rest to my soul would be the expectation of my fellow citizens to pick up the next day where they left off. You win by showing your opponent that whatever they do it does not matter. That's true strength. You know how many rigs, refineries, and lives we've lost building our energy sector? How many times Galveston has gotten back after getting wiped off the map by hurricanes? We're strong, we're stubborn, and we rebuild and recover from any disaster without giving into fear. That's the legacy I want to leave.
- jlgreco 13y agoIs that the sort of scenario that keeps you up late at night? That isn't normal. Normal people do not spend their time worrying that Texas is going to get nuked. You should probably talk with somebody about that.
- gnaritas 13y agoNo. If your morals change because you're scared, they aren't morals are they! Laws should stem from values, not your worst fears. We shouldn't trade freedom for security, and especially not phony security.
- adventured 13y agoThe great big threatening evil doers? You're more likely to die by lightning strike than terrorism. You mean the police right? They kill drastically more innocent civilians every year in America than terrorists do. And that has been true on average for decades. You mean automobiles? Drunk driving? Diabetes and heart disease from high fructose corn syrup and smoking? Yeah, it's the evil doers that we should be giving up all of our liberties to fight. Because they're a big bad threat - somewhere between the number of people that drown by putting their heads in buckets of water, and the number of people that die every year from 60" televisions crushing them.
- eli_gottlieb 13y agoAnd then let's not forget the number of people dying of treatable diseases they can't pay to survive!
- emiliobumachar 13y agoOr in a dystopia where sometimes evildoers are inside -gasp- the government itself.