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To: tpaine; Aquinasfan; E Rocc
Hardly an ethical way to make a rebuttal, is it?

Certainly not an immoral method.

Erocc does not share the concept of morality which was prevalent in this country in 1954.

He's part of the problem PJB discusses.

329 posted on 05/19/2004 12:03:58 PM PDT by ninenot (Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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To: ninenot

The claim by "cultural conservatives" that morals are somehow universal is beyond being just plain wrong,...

Some moral values are consistent among cultures, such as not committing murder, theft, assault, or fraud. They can better be described as "ethics".


"Moral" considerations involving eating, drinking, smoking, entertainment, attire, consensual sex, etc. vary from culture to culture.

In a free nation, it's best for government to butt out of those.
-Eric

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Aquinasfan wrote:
This looks like a contradiction to me.
All you've done is called "morals," "ethics." In reality, there is no difference.

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You ignored his explanation of his view on ethics vs morals.
-- Hardly an ethical way to make a rebuttal, is it?
258 tpaine

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Certainly not an immoral method.

Erocc does not share the concept of morality which was prevalent in this country in 1954.

He's part of the problem PJB discusses.
329 9not

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I was 18 in '54, and considered the prevailing 'morality' highly hypocritical.

Many of the "moral laws" involving drinking, smoking, entertainment, attire, consensual sex, etc, were roundly ignored by most anyone that had a choice.

You're remembering a moral america that never existed.




494 posted on 05/19/2004 3:03:02 PM PDT by tpaine ("The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being." -- Solzhenitsyn)
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