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>So I guess MLK should have just accepted the current state of affairs, and Anne Frank should have just turned herself in? Comparing the civil rights movement
by EpicEng 13y ago
>So I guess MLK should have just accepted the current state of affairs, and Anne Frank should have just turned herself in?
Comparing the civil rights movement to taxi regulations is ridiculous. If that's the best you can do it should tell you a lot about the strength of your argument.
>"Arbitrary" doesn't just mean "random". It also means "based on whim". There is no contradiction.
It means: "based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system." If there is a reason it is not arbitrary.
- wyager 13y ago>Comparing the civil rights movement to taxi regulations is ridiculous. In the context of this argument, they're logically isomorphic. The fact that the civil rights movement has more emotional significance is irrelevant. You said "you don't get to break the law because you disagree with it". That's clearly bullshit if you believe that what MLK or any other law-breaking activist did was right. >It means: "based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system." If there is a reason it is not arbitrary. Emphasis mine. Your definition matched what I said exactly.
- EpicEng 13y ago>In the context of this argument, they're logically isomorphic. The fact that the civil rights movement has more emotional significance is irrelevant. No, they're not, and the significance of the civil rights movement is not "emotional." Drastic measures are required when people are being systematically oppressed and abused. Not so much when you want to start a taxi company. >Emphasis mine. Your definition matched what I said exactly. Right, except for you conveniently ignoring that last bit.