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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greg or e who wrote (27208)	9/18/2009 1:23:34 AM
From: average joe	Respond to of 28931

"the lady doth protest too much" Correct quote: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." - William Shakespeare (Hamlet) This quote comes from Hamlet, Act 3, scene 2, line 254 (line accuracy may differ in varying versions of the play). In this case, "protest" means more of "proclaim" than "argue against". Gertrude says it when Hamlet asks her if she's enjoying the play, in which the Player King and Player Queen act out what Hamlet believes was the murder of his father. On one level, she's critiquing the play by saying the Player Queen has too much to say. On another level, knowing what Hamlet is doing, she's critiquing her son by telling him very subtly that he's got it wrong - at least as matters pertain to her. However, she might not for certain have made the connection with her story yet. It is early in the play and what has happened so far really isn't very much like her story at all. She could simply be making an observation on human behaviour in general. Someone who is telling the truth is usually doing so rather plainly and shortly. Someone who is assuring too much is usually lying either to herself or to the audience. Therefore Gertrude implies that she predicts the Player Queen will break her word. Hamlet seems to interpret her statement in this way since in the next line Hamlet says: "O, but she'll keep her word".

To: Greg or e who wrote (27208)	9/18/2009 3:16:43 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

"I have never seen anyone express moral outrage at someone else who picked Chocolate over vanilla" You don't need to use the word "moral". It is just confusing you and preventing you from understanding. I would certainly be more than outraged if someone I loved chose arsenic over chocolate. I would be devastated. Such value differences as chocolate or vanilla are relatively unimportant--at least to me. Please note: I would not be "morally" devastated. I would simply be devastated. Does this help, at all. Another example: Some Muslims believe that murdering certain types of people is "good" and is worthy in the eyes of "Allah". Their "good" is different than your "good"--even though they may be far more devout than you or vice versa. Moral judgments are relative but they are much MORE subjective and relative when deprived of reason. Reason, common sense, and self interest can overcome most of the vast gulf that polarizes the relative morality of the superstitious and (let me be frank) the gullible.