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

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12521)	4/27/2001 3:39:56 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If it were as you say, you would be right. I just doubt that Christopher quite meant that, even if he expressed himself poorly.......

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12521)	4/27/2001 4:21:20 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Christopher's point seems to be that if an action is justified in the context of that person's belief system, then the rest of us must respect that action. No. I never said that. I said the action had to be EXAMINED in the context of the person's belief system. Egad. Your posture would say that I would respect lynchings by the KKK. Absurd. What I think is wrong is looking at an action ONLY through our own belief systems and not understanding and respecting (which does NOT mean approving of or agreeing with) the belief system of the other. I think that before we judge, we have to understand the belief system from which the action arises. After we have done that, we may still disagree, condemn, or even, if we are in authority (parent, government, etc.) punish. But where an action is based on principle or belief, to punish without seeking understanding -- that I object to.