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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...
April 07, 2016 at 17:36
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...
April 07, 2016 at 17:26
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...
April 07, 2016 at 17:11
Ha! You still can't get your head around that point, I see.
April 07, 2016 at 11:28
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...
April 07, 2016 at 11:23
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...
April 07, 2016 at 10:50
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...
April 06, 2016 at 12:58
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...
April 06, 2016 at 12:36
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...
April 06, 2016 at 11:46
...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...
April 06, 2016 at 10:11
Then you're not trying hard enough. That's not my problem. I already told you that I am unwilling to spoon-feed you.
April 05, 2016 at 21:59
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 ...
April 05, 2016 at 21:49
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...
April 05, 2016 at 20:55
That's tongue-in-cheek, right?
April 05, 2016 at 20:21
They have silly vegetable-related names, they look silly (big, muscular, colourful aliens), and they make silly noises (lengthy, increasingly loud and...
April 05, 2016 at 16:26
I find the whole Dragon Ball franchise pretty ridiculous. Just not to my taste. Naruto's where it's at.
April 05, 2016 at 16:05
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...
April 05, 2016 at 15:43
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...
April 05, 2016 at 15:37
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...
April 05, 2016 at 15:13
:D
April 05, 2016 at 14:29
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...
April 05, 2016 at 11:16
And David Cameron's father, too. Big surprise. "We're all in this together" - the bloody nerve...
April 05, 2016 at 10:29
And Pierre Bezukhov and the corpse of Harry Potter lived happily ever after.
April 05, 2016 at 09:44
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...
April 05, 2016 at 09:39
Tired of the anti-natalism discussion for the time being. Don't know whether I can be bothered enough to keep on replying.
April 04, 2016 at 21:09
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 ...
April 04, 2016 at 21:01
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 ...
April 04, 2016 at 20:56
When it comes to death, I recommend the Stoics and Epicureans.
April 04, 2016 at 20:35
I acknowledge that it will eventually be a problem for any sufficiently intelligent life forms who live long enough to experience its detrimental effe...
April 04, 2016 at 20:20
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...
April 04, 2016 at 19:58
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...
April 04, 2016 at 19:40
Watching The Emperor's New Clothes. Good stuff. This is pure brilliance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbLGG5UGEKw
April 04, 2016 at 17:02
But my reply emphasised the possibility that maintaining evil, whether the lesser or the greater, could actually be a greater evil than doing somethin...
April 04, 2016 at 13:45
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...
April 04, 2016 at 13:10
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 ...
April 04, 2016 at 11:51
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...
April 04, 2016 at 11:08
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...
April 04, 2016 at 10:50
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...
April 03, 2016 at 19:43
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...
April 03, 2016 at 13:29
Because "producing something worthwhile" and "being worthwhile" don't mean the same thing, and producing something worthwhile isn't necessarily worthw...
April 03, 2016 at 02:54
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 ...
April 03, 2016 at 02:01
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 ...
April 03, 2016 at 00:41
And I would agree. Also, creating a false dilemma can be added to the list: live a shitty life or don't live at all.
April 02, 2016 at 22:11
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...
April 02, 2016 at 21:31
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...
April 02, 2016 at 15:35
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...
April 02, 2016 at 11:13
I was agreeing with you. I just meant that I wouldn't want to be lumped into a group of which I don't belong, and of which I actually disagree.
April 02, 2016 at 11:05
Exactly. I don't want to be tarred with the same brush.
April 02, 2016 at 03:04
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...
April 01, 2016 at 20:26
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...
April 01, 2016 at 16:47