DingoJones

Well in your first post you excluded insects. I was including them in my measure of individual lives.

I understand, Im familiar with vegan arguments.

I was referring to the amount of lives lost/suffering. Insects and rodents are more enumerate than farm animals. Insects and rodents can co-exist with...

He is not saying they were rights, he is saying they existed. The question is are they “rights”? If we are talking about rights not granted by other m...

I was comparing the suffering experienced by farm animals to the suffering of animals in the wild. Thats not a dichotomy, its a comparison. Not breedi...

Well it seems strange to save an animal from suffering by ensuring it will suffer. Frying pan or fire? And thats besides the fact that most animals ca...

No. By that definition I can’t see how drugs are “bad”. If I said drugs are bad I would also be saying medicine that has a physiological effect is bad...

I think of ethics as a social contract for the most part, so with animals their are obvious limits to what kind of social contract you can make with t...

You cant have looked very hard. It was the first headline that came up from the BBC when I just did it. Benkei made a good point, that the actual arti...

Well I dont have as cavalier an attitude about headlines that mislead like that as you do. I think its important not to do that, especially concerning...

Im talking about a specific type of Trump critic, the ones that lie or distort what Trump says or does because its easy and no one will call them on i...

No, I said I dont think an example would make it any more clear. I think it would muddy the waters in fact, as ive also already explained. Ill give yo...

Dont see how an example would be any more clear. I think you want an example so you can argue about the example instead of what im actually talking ab...

We’ve has that discussion already. Led nowhere. Already explained. You must have missed it. (Not that I believe this is an honest question.)

Ok, understood. Its always more clear to explain what point youre making with quotations rather than just posting the quotes, especially considering y...

Lol, well I wouldn't say youre out of your element Donny. I used pronouns rather than names so I can see how it could be read that way.

Well no one could sensibly say Trump doesn't throw out childish insults, but I was specifically talking about something else and don’t see the relevan...

I think you’ve misunderstood that statement. I meant that TDS has people relegating Trump to the person no longer worthy of respect or fairness, that ...

What is it that you are referencing? What is “Trump Mania”, and why do you think I have a touch of it (at least)?

As long as there is new knowledge there will be new thoughts, so only by knowing all things would we start to run out of new thoughts. If its even pos...

Its about ethical choices sure, but not all choices are ethical unless you have some differing idea about ethics, hence asking you to define morality....

I dont follow how there being an alternative makes domething moral. How would you define morality?

Well it depends on where exactly the choice is being made I guess. I had in mind things beyond ones sphere of control, things like hunger or adversity...

Ya, it was the first thing I ran out of. How is what matters a moral choice? Some things that matter aren’t even a choice at all.

Well he isnt pointing out your flawed grammar, rather your flawed logic. It is contradictory for you to say nothing matters, then claim one thing (con...

Ill defend him on certain things, the truth is more important to me than hating Trump. If you mean in general..ya I think Nos is the only one.

Defend Trump on what?

Im not familiar enough with the cases to talk about legal exoneration but it does seem hypocritical to treat the cases differently in this context. If...

I dont see why it should be treated any differently than any other criminal accusation. I recognise there are differences in crimes and unique damages...

That consideration would apply to both sides, many dems are ignoring Bidens sexual misconduct and focusing on Trumps. Biden being the creep/sexual mis...

Ah. I see, youre a moron. No, you have no thesis and made no argument. You made two references, failed to connect them and then stated a conclusion wi...

You don’t believe in what? Who do you think is a smart aleck, me? Im being sincere, I want to hear your argument. What is it?

Your opinion about Banno is noted. How about that argument you have yet to make? Why should I accept Panpsychism is true?

Banno is right, you aren’t making an argument. Lets hear it.

Sure, Ive also heard people say things like Trump doesnt lie, that he’s a good christian etc, or even just case by case you can tell with some people ...

Not in particular. Shouldnt be necessary unless someone wants to claim such a thing doesn't exist. It would be a spectrum of course, with varying degr...

What do you call pro trump people who have a similar “derangement”, who just aren't thinking clearly on the topic?

I see lol Something in the name perhaps. I wouldnt classify that as TDS actually, since I would say TDS only applies to OTHERWISE rational people. In ...

Im not sure what you mean by that. Im going to go have a look now though :wink:

Thats not what I did. I used a term that certain people have a different way of using, and when it was pointed out to me I acknowledged it and explain...

Oh I understand now. You were defending others, not yourself. My mistake.

I dont think it is a lighthearted thing, its rather serious. Its part of whats causing this political divide where people are going crazy (on both sid...

Wow, thanks for coming out. Thats not even what Im doing in the portion you quoted. Im explaining what I meant when I used it, as is evident by the re...

Ok. Ive seen the term used elsewhere to mean what I described. Ive heard it directed at the media and various personalities, in youtube videos etc. I ...

My question did apply to you, it was directed at you and Monitor. Doesnt matter now.

Yes, I honestly didnt know that any significant number of people claimed it was some kind if medical term. Is the description I gave not what people g...

I cant disagree with any of that. He likes fucking with you guys.

Well thats not a very charitable way of putting it. You’ve never observed that sometimes people have particular blind spots? I would call the phenomen...

You don’t understand what an Ad Hom is. You can address someones argument AND mock them. An Ad Hom is when you mock (or attack) the person rather than...

I didnt realise that It was being posited as an actual medical condition. In my experience it was a term of mockery, illustrating a phenomenon where o...