Posted by so on May 25, 2005, at 12:45:34
In reply to Re: The difference between eating meat and rape, posted by broken on May 25, 2005, at 12:26:10
> Wow...
> I dont know really how to respond to his conversation, except to say, in my opinion, it certainly goes far and beyond the civillity guidelines.
hmm .. interesting observation. Tell me more about your opinion if you would like.
> I respect the views that people have either pro or against hunting. I respect the different views on the morallity of the subject. I have mine, and I dont try to force them on others, and expect the same in return.
Yeh, me to. I might even advance the other side of this debate if I noticed it were being presented here as a farce instead of as an interesting human perspective.
> One final word.. I am born and raised in the southern part of the United States, our geographic location is one of the defining parts of our "morals". Those morals do not find rape acceptable.Broken --- I remember the night they drove old Dixie down. What happened between Atlanta and the Gulf coast was not acceptable by many peoples' standards, and might have wounded your family and mine for decades to follow.
>Who defines what is morally acceptable, or unacceptable, is a debate for another board.
I would be inclined to say in as much as those morals become the basis for law, they fit the definition of this board. I would refer back to your certainty about the proximity of the manner of discussion in relation to the guidelines as a more potentially productive subject about which to investigate inconsistency.
> I think the discussion was a valid and interesting one starting out.
I noticed it turning --- uh, north --- even at the outset, with the statement "what a farce". Perhaps I am still a bit sensitive for my earlier adminonishment at this board for disclosing what I perceive as farsical human activities.
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> So.. and forgive me if I am misunderstanding, but there is a comparison between hunting and rape?
>The explanation offered in this thread for why the comparison is okay under the present rules was that the actual activities or motives weren't compared, but instead the structure of the logic. Apparently one needs more logical discernment than I have developed to appreciate fine nuance in what is tolerable at this site.
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