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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (7731)	3/6/2001 7:38:11 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Only because your friend can beat me up (in your mind). Not at all. I never said or even suggested this. This may be your conception; it isn't mine. in a room full of people, all with strong friends, mine accommodates more people with many different friends. It provides some flexibility. Not as I understand it. You may consult others, but you said you were the ultimate arbiter. Period. If the friends disagree with you, too bad. You decide, end of discussion. Doesn't seem much fair to me, if fairness matters. But is fairness an issue in the process of deciding what is right and wrong? Is it fair for a parent to decide for a child what is right and wrong for them to do? Does the CHILD think it's fair? Fairness of process doesn't impress me as being the most important thing in making a decision on what is morally right and wrong. It's important in many situations, but IMO not necessarily so in this one. Yours accommodates your friend and you. Oh yeah, and we have the problem that your friend doesn't speak to us. Again, you're investing YOUR issues into what I said I never said any such thing. My "friend" as you term God will gladly speak to you if you want to speak to him/her/it. That avenue of communication is completely open to you if you choose to use it. If I try to call you on the phone, ring your number repeatedly, and every time you refuse to pick it up, whose fault is it that we didn't communicate? Not mine. You could also lie and say your friend said something He didn't. Of course. As you could lie about what your conscience or whatever you listen to says to you. Or you could lie about your conclusion of right and wrong; you could make the ultimate decision in your own mind that it is right for you to give me $100,000 dollars because I need it more than you do, but you could tell me that you have decided it's right for me to give you $200,000 (as if I had it!) Sure. Anybody can lie about anything. So neither one of us is any more protected than the other.