I'm sincere regardless of whether you believe me. The cause of the attack on Gaza was the Hamas invastion that preceded it. The cause of your shooting...
Comment #1 says something about Jews. In particular you said that they are a murderous people. Comment #2 says something about everybody. You did not ...
It's immoral to sacrifice children in the advancement of a political objective, which is what makes Hamas immoral in their doing that. Israel is also ...
Of course it does. Israel doesn't want its citizens raped again, so they are dismantling their enemy's ability to do that. I'm just not agreeing that ...
I'm not interested in these meta-meta discussions that lead us to the place that none of us have a view from no where, so we all are biased and there ...
Are you making the argument that Jews are in fact a murderous people from time immemorial? Is it something in the Jewish blood or culture do you suppo...
I'd say the opposite and argue that usually the world is more complicated than black and white, particularly in situations involving war where there a...
It's not a renouncement of morality when you have to resolve a moral dilemma in a real world situation. A dilemma arises not when you have to choose b...
You can arrive at your own interpretation, but I was offering one that those who are committed to using those words as a guide to living actually use ...
In an entirely unpredicted way: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/479511/jewish/What-Does-Eye-for-an-Eye-Really-Mean.htm These biblical i...
No it doesn't. Your literalist, four corners reading isn't consistent with how those who actually use that document for moral guidance interpret that ...
You've misread if you've read a moral subjectivity into what I've said. Morality is contextual, not subjective. All matters must be considered, includ...
You don't turn to the least objective to ask what is most objective. That is, a judge who has an interest in the outcome of the case cannot sit on tha...
I didn't. Rape, murder, and torture isn't necessary for the protection of one's society. I do impose a duty on a society to defend aggressively in ord...
I don't think that follows. What I'm indicating is that you have priorities of rules, with self preservation over the unethical at the top. That is, i...
But this is what I'm challenging, which is that you can have an ethical ethics system if it gives advantage to those you consider unethical. Ethics is...
You have 2 competing rules: 1. You have the right to defend yourself. 2. You are forbidden to kill the innocent. Your question is what happens when th...
Should I have sent a photograph of myself, in all my gentle perfections, from my stunning blue eyes, to my sculpted musculature, to my prominent chin ...
My dining experience for your delight: I arrived at Fogo de Chao for my 6:30 reservation, only to be seated at 7:30. When finally sat, the seater said...
You, a gentleman of humble means, trusting of those surrounding you for assistance, only to find yourself relieved of your fortunes for a measly bowl ...
I was sitting at a bar eating a sandwich today, and next to me was a young Asian man (which makes this story relevant to your chopsticks question). He...
I wasn't familiar with him, but I see he has a five or perhaps even a six head, which is much larger than the standard forehead./uploads/resized/files...
"Oh ma-mama, mama-mo-ma-mum Take a look now at what your boy has done He's walking around like he's number one He went downtown and he got him a gun S...
You're the same age as my son. Spoken like an invincible youth. "Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer. The future's uncertain and the ...
Thank you for sharing your culinary roller coaster ride with us. I feel I was strapped in the seat next to you, arms held high, waiting to take on the...
I'm creating a limited edition photo album called "Hanover's Shoes." It will follow my feet wherever they take me, leaving my followers vicariously fo...
Your discerning of the foodnut was helpful. See if you can locate the secretly placed fooditem in this pic. /uploads/resized/files/do/zpwkounhhyqlxbvj...
My shoe at the airport. The photo is not in black and white. These are the true colors, or lack thereof. If the world were as environmentally friendly...
Palestinians report 4 babies died in the hospital. Assuming that valid information, I assume it occurred as the result of power outages or other event...
They were disarming Hamas who attempted to use a hospital as a safety zone where the IDF said was a Hamas operational center. Hamas had no justificati...
Imbedded in that response is that the appropriate Israeli response to the 3,000 missles launched in 4 hours on 10/7, the paratrooper invasion of rapis...
Hamas uses the civilians as shields and then stopped them from fleeing south to avoid the IDF. You can't assure the safety of the civilians without fi...
You have to respond because your country is being attacked. It's my position that the Israeli response is necessary to protect Israeli interests. If y...
Explain how that works. Hamas attacks and you pick up the phone and call their leadership and you discuss how they ought stop raping concert goers? Ar...
Sort of. If we were back in the 60s debating America's involvement in Vietnam, with you the uninvested non-American and me the invested, blindly patri...
This is just you regretting entering this fray and wanting to bow out. Not that I blame you. I took some time before entering it as well and not sure ...
You're fighting a war, not having an internal debate, paralyzed to respond as you wring your hands over the dictates of righteousness. Your passion fo...
And this is a kind statement, sincerely, but it does injustice to my position, as if to suggest I'm emotionally traumatized to an extent, and so a cer...
They aren't killing in retaliation, as if this is the Palestinians moral dessert, and so we measure their punishment against their crime. They are pro...
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