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Does their continued presence diminish your faith in humanity, or your faith that life is worth living? If not, how so? I've witnessed a situation lik...

Surely you wish that some people would not procreate?

I speak several languages and so I can compare. Something that can be a problem in one language isn't necessarily so in another (such as expressing on...

Well, I hope you don't learn the hard way how risky it can be to speak your mind.

Indeed. But can you be on good neighborly terms with someone who believes you should not exist?

For being targeted for racism, in this case.

Heaven help you!

For that kind of criticism, some metaphysical/transcendental edifice is necessary, or a big enough ego.

This is the new thread, scroll up, join in. Talk about projection!

Then how can you say I misunderstood Buddhism??

That means risking their revenge. How do you justify taking such a risk?

Of course. I still think that normally, the community will, in effect, side with the racist and expel the target of racism (as long as the target is i...

No. You said that I misunderstood Buddhism. It's on you to make your case.

Agreed, said maxim requires a further qualification.

What do you mean -- what does it say about the world that so many great minds have been preoccupied with suffering? Well, for comparison, in Buddhism,...

What pairs of terms did they use, in their languages, respectively?

Maybe this is an English language thing, to juxtapose joy and happiness this way.

But how does this address the antinatalist scenario, given that you posted the story in reply to the OP question?

But who is who in this willingness to suffer minor inconvenience for the benefit of others? And in what way? Are you saying that the antinatalist shou...

Have you taken the Secondary Bodhisattva Vows?

And yet: "this makes me happy", "that makes me unhappy". Without some formalized distinction, "joy" and "happiness" are interchangeable in many contex...

There isn't one without the other. Maybe they are fools, but maybe they know the truth. Maybe the teachings in the Pali Canon were never meant to be t...

So you exclude the possibility that the two can overlap? If you do, on what grounds?

Oh. So one should set one's hopes on becoming a legend?

How is any of this an "anti-dote for suffering"??

What does that look like, not tolerating racist comments, speech or jokes? Can you give an example?

So you're saying that morality causes suffering?

So much for "suffering an inconvenience for the sake of others".

What good serves unity -- if not survival?

Where exactly is the dividing line?

Yes. Humanist morality is becoming something that fewer and fewer can afford. Increasing awareness, connection, and collaboration -- to what end? For ...

Indeed. This is one of the reasons why I think that the strongest position that the antinatalists can take is something like this: "I do not want to c...

It's a simple question. How has expressing your particular antinatalist stance worked out for you? Are you happier now? Do people respect you more? .....

1. But is this already evidence of racism being innate?* 2. How do they even conduct such studies, given that experiments with infants can quickly bec...

I want to see what you consider "suffering an inconvenience for the sake of others". Not at all. I want to put your humanist notions to the test, seei...

It's what people do, every day, and it seems worth it to them. Just blame the victim, just blame the one who is worse off.

I'm not sure we understand eachother. I'm saying that if you're black in a white neighborhood and a white supremacist moves in and tells you that you ...

But do you now understand why "so many otherwise intelligent, even scientifically & historically literate, people still fail to understand that Darwin...

Which doesn't yet mean that healthy people benefit from volunteering etc. The mentally unwell person needs to do a number of things in order to feel a...

And how has that been working out for you?

Sure, what you say holds for natural hazards. But not for the dangers posed by other humans. We're not in the wilderness.

That's easy. People try to derive lessons from facts, or from what are purported to be facts, for the purpose of their own benefit and advantage. Touc...

A negligible price to pay. The chances seem to be that this new neighbor will inspire the community to expel the minority.

If you end up in a wheelchair after being run over by a pot smoking driver, we can then have a discussion about the relevance of "significant enough" ...

Really, what antidote is that?

I suspect they'd all go crazy from having to operate with too many variables. Their universe would look like one of those circular, self-referential M...

Of course, Buddhists will typically say that I have distanced myself from Buddhism "for the wrong reasons" or that my "reasons for having problems wit...

I'd love for you to be in my shoes, to have a neighbor like I do. I really do. I want to see how you'd handle that.

There are not just a few people who believe that they suffer more than enough for "the community" because they put up with some particular person bein...

*sigh* Now where did that come from ...