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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (24287)8/24/2001 12:48:01 PM
From: MulhollandDrive  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
>>I find the PM/OP distinction simplistic to the point of absurdity. You are not talking about conflicts between people who had principles and morals and people who did not have them. You are talking about conflicts among people who had different sets of principles and morals. I see nothing to be gained by viewing the age-old process of conflict, change and growth as a conflict between white hats and black hats. It's just not that simple. <<

I agree with that.

But I actually think the "argument" was a little more nuanced than as you framed it.

It appeared to be more an argument based on moral relativism or absolutism. With PM representing the absolutists and OP representing the relativists. Forays were made into the realm of religion. (Which of course is not necessarily irrelevant, but OP vs. PM distilled to the core of the underlying concept can be argued quite well without injecting religion, therefore imo, it is something of a red herring)

And as you point out. It is simplistic. Another Hobson's choice.

So the division is not clear cut. It is in the extreme. Although, in fact, there are true absolutists and true relativists.

Both ends of the spectrum, imo, represent the opposite sides of the bell curve in society.

So, that being said, I think most individuals believe ( at least in theory ) that they are absolutists, however I believe they are in practice "relatively absolute" .
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