Hello ,
David writes scoldingly,
"The debate on the bombing of Japan was equally daft. One doesn't even
need the MOQ to see that the indiscriminate destruction of an entire
civilian population is immoral..... Its kind of ironic that this forum
is dedicated to the discussion of a deeply moral philosophy should attract
people who can justify such mass murder."
Uuumm....David, if we don't look deeply into how people justify
such things, then how can we really get at the values that keep making
such things happen? Mere denunciation is not enough. We need
ruthless evaluation of all the lower and higher levels to get at the
big picture.
One reason the 90's saw so much emotional, galvanized discussion is
that people from all points of view were getting "mad" when they
should've been giving credit to those those elements in their
opponents' point of view that contribute to a full understanding.
For me, the value of the MOQ is that it forces people to do just that.
You're a bright guy David. Don't allow that brightness to be obscured
by spots of arrogance born of restlessness. What better place then
this for those who see justification in mass murder? Good questions
are better then "scoldings". Save the disciplinary actions for Sergeant
at Arms.
Also, before I dissolve back into the silence, Clark quoted me as such:
" Bill suggested that we could have surrendered to the Japanese but I don't
think I can go that far with the MOQ." That you would isolate that
part of the notion I was putting forth Ken, tells me that I didn't
qualify what I was saying good enough. I think the MOQ *would* go far
enough to say that we should surrender our violent nature of solving
problems in favor of calmer, more thoughtful means. Gandhi and King
proved you could "surrender" in such a way and still just win, win
win.
Best regards,
elg14 mailto:elg14@earthlink.net
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