Charlie Coleman wrote: > At 09:23 PM 2/20/2008 -0300, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> Wow. You want slavery back, don't you? >>> Where did you get that stupid idea? Having any person subject to >> another is an abomination. >> >> That is why job stands for Jackass Of the Boss! >>> What I want is for people to be given a sense of opportunity and a path >> to it... >> not empty promises that something will be taken from someone else and >> given to them. > ... >> That's a nice thought.... in an unlimited world. Sadly the world's >> resources are finite, so if someone gets more than he needs he is >> certainly taking it from someone else. > > Yep, the world has finite resources. So, as an atheist you think there is > no basis for moral behavior other than what we make for ourselves. Wouldn't > that mean that whomever is the strongest should immediately wipe out all > the lesser peoples?
Well, maybe I am a better person than you are. The moral behavior I make for myself wouldn't say that. Would you REALLY do that if you had no external constraints( by external I mean religion, law, peer pressure, etc)? > It would seem justified since finite resources mean > limited ability to support population. Why are you so against the US > invading other countries, you should be grateful we're thinning out > populations. I mean heck, you should be starting wars too. Maybe your > country will get wiped out but the upside is more resources for the > victors. Doesn't that make our species stronger in the end? So why don't > you believe that war is a good thing? > There is a saying : "El ladrón cree que todos son de su condición" Which roughly and without rhyme would mean that the thief believes every one else is of his condition. Sound a bell? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
