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To: thulldud
The opposite of being "hard" in this sense would be "relative": the hogwash notion that something might be "true for you" but not "true for me."

Relativism is okay if it's about science. It's only when we venture into morality or ethics that there are absolutes. See how it works?

SW

18 posted on 05/15/2006 7:05:47 AM PDT by Snidely Whiplash
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To: Snidely Whiplash
Relativism is okay if it's about science. It's only when we venture into morality or ethics that there are absolutes. See how it works?

No, I don't.

I would be interested to see a specimen of a consistent relativist, though. I don't think they can exist in real life, but DNA's "Man in the Shack" is a fictional approximation.

25 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:17 AM PDT by thulldud ("Muslim Community Leaders Warn of Backlash from Tomorrow's Terrorist Attack")
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