> [Krimel] > I hate to be the one to bring you up to speed on this but the Russians > did > get the bomb.
Right, after we got it, thanks to your science friends. They saved us to fight foreign totalitarianism another day. I for one am much obliged. > It's all there in the scenario that you failed to address. > This wasn't about us or the Russians it was about Pirsig's claim the > cannibals in New Guinea should be judged the morally superior culture. I > take it you agree with that. If you understood Pirsig's moral hierarchy you would know that any surviving humans would be considered morally superior to animals and plants. I agree. But dreaming up weird scenarios is of little help in understanding real world experience. > [Platt] > Yes, killing those species of germs that might have killed us all was > certainly a moral disaster. > > [Krimel] > I seriously doubt if we have the capacity to render a species of > microbes > extinct. Guess you never heard of smallpox. > I was talking about something along the lines of this: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_animals_(USA) > But it isn't just this list. It's any species that we have driven to > extinction anywhere on the planet. Isn't the culture that kills them > morally > inferior according the definition YOU dredged out of Lila? No. > Or are you > saying > you think Pirsig is wrong? No. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
