Don't be so ridiculous. Of course that isn't the only sensible interpretation. That's not a sensible interpretation at all, in that it results in absu...
I don't think that you understand my position, despite my having explained it more than a few times. I wouldn't call myself a natalist. I'm a relativi...
Please don't make false claims about me or my posts. I'm willing to bet that others can understand my point, and thereby understand that it's not unin...
It isn't in my case, because I acknowledge the suffering in the world, but I point out the joy to counterbalance the scales that you've tipped too far...
The key word I used was "effectively", i.e. given the inevitable effect, or "by-product", of such a contention, you may as well further contend that t...
So do I, but that wasn't my point. My point was that you also effectively contend that there is a duty not to cause joy and all other positive experie...
I agree that lesser evils can be transformed into something better, or that they can do some good. After all, it was Tony Blair's government that intr...
Iceland's prime minister has resigned. According to the BBC report, he says he sold his shares to his wife, and denies any wrongdoing. Acting within t...
...and joy and anything at all. You should mention that too. You keep leaving it out for some reason, but doing so doesn't convey the full ramificatio...
The first "if" is a very big "if". Thus far, you've shown that you have a talent for misunderstanding or twisting what I post. The above quote is yet ...
No, it wouldn't be concrete in contrast. It would be concrete in addition. One way to bring about suffering is to purposefully avoid joyous activities...
They have silly vegetable-related names, they look silly (big, muscular, colourful aliens), and they make silly noises (lengthy, increasingly loud and...
No, I haven't seen it, but my personal opinion is irrelevant. I was making a general point. I still find (or at least did at one point) the Superman f...
There already are plenty of examples of a more down-to-earth heroism to be found in film, TV, literature, and other artistic media. It would be boring...
I have looked at the politics of the X-Men franchise. I too know very little about Harry Potter, but apparently, based on an article I read, there's a...
I think that this part is perhaps the part which can most easily be shown to be a hasty generalisation. Do I even need to provide counterexamples? I b...
No it doesn't, and even if it did, that isn't totalitarianism, that is merely one aspect of totalitarianism, and not one that is unique to it. I'm pro...
I could ask you the same thing about suffering. Yes, it happens as a result of living life, and it is hard to completely avoid. People experience joy ...
No, joy is also inevitable, commonplace, and comes just as a result of living. You'd have to go out of your way to completely avoid it, and even that ...
I acknowledge that it will eventually be a problem for any sufficiently intelligent life forms who live long enough to experience its detrimental effe...
And I think that that's not true. I think that there are at least occasional moments of joy in life - and I mean life in general. I don't deny the tim...
Not any of any significant length of time without having experienced any joy. If that's what you meant, then your guarantee counts for nothing. If, on...
But my reply emphasised the possibility that maintaining evil, whether the lesser or the greater, could actually be a greater evil than doing somethin...
Where would he go? What would he do? My solution would cut out the alternative of the grass being greener on the other side. The grass would be just a...
I don't think that that's relevant. It is indeed a threat to the idea of humankind existing indefinitely, but I don't find that at all threatening in ...
No, both are so likely that they're practically guaranteed. Even in some of the most dire circumstances, there can be, and have been, times of joy. It...
Have you? That's the first time that you've quoted that comment, from what I've seen, so I'm not sure where you have supposedly done so; and I'm not g...
We shouldn't pander to major business owners just because they threaten to throw their toys out of the pram. I agree that it's a problem, but one diff...
Yes, it's also forcing them to experience joy and many other things. But if this forcing is problematic, it's not problematic enough to warrant the pu...
Because "producing something worthwhile" and "being worthwhile" don't mean the same thing, and producing something worthwhile isn't necessarily worthw...
Your charge of equivocation is incorrect, since I did not switch between senses in a misleading way. There is only one main sense in which I used the ...
Yes, there is a difference, but both boil down to whether life is worth living. And yes, as I've acknowledged, there is a risk, as well as a possible ...
Here is the full argument: P1. If life is worthwhile, then life is good enough to live. P2. If life is good enough to live, then life cannot be so lac...
No, I will say "yes" because I understand and agree with those statements that you pointlessly stated. What are you accusing me of not getting? And no...
Yes... It was just an example of a certain sort of statement. Talk about overreaction. Just use your imagination to replace it with a statement repres...
Ok. I'm still in agreement with Wosret and darthbarracuda on that one, though. After birth, a person will be affected by things. That much we can agre...
Of course I do. I never denied it. I clearly acknowledged it. I merely objected to it's lack of relevance. That's not true. I speak on behalf of the n...
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