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Started by MarcusA, May 04, 2023, 12:00:38 AM

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No one

Lies aren't necessarily bad. Like, when grandma tells you you're handsome.

MarcusA

Quote from: No one on May 06, 2023, 03:19:13 AMLies aren't necessarily bad. Like, when grandma tells you you're handsome.

But I am handsome. haha
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MarcusA

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billy rubin

so that was bad?

what constitutes good and bad?


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

No one

Everything I like is good.
Everything I don't like, is bad.

If I don't like it, and you do, you are the one who is wrong.
And being wrong is bad.

MarcusA

Quote from: billy rubin on May 06, 2023, 03:12:30 PMso that was bad?

what constitutes good and bad?

If you like crap, you like crap.
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billy rubin

what is your measure, marcus?

no intent to pursue.

just curious about your opinion.


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

MarcusA

I like crap as much as the next bloke but I know that it is crap.
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MarcusA

"All men are created equal." Crap.
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Asmodean

Quote from: MarcusA on May 06, 2023, 03:15:41 AMWhy is a lie bad? You figure it out.
It is a matter of perspective. A lie that serves someone is good for them.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Tank

A lie used to prevent damage is acceptable. A lie to deceive is not acceptable.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

billy rubin

yet all lies decieve.

every lie is an assertion that someone elae does not deserve to be treated equally with respect to knowledge of the truth.

fhe jew in the closet is the clearest example of the dilemma that i know of.


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Asmodean

...But then, one may argue that everyone does not, in fact, deserve to be treated equally with respect to knowledge of every truth.

To put it this way, do I somehow deserve equality to yourself in the knowledge of the truth about how often you have sex with your wife?

I think the only "natural equality" should be that under the law. For the rest - competition is in itself a form of discrimination (That of "cans" from "cannots" or "the best" from "the rest")
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

billy rubin

youre not distinguishing "right to know" from "right to be told the truth."

there is a difference. i can quite happily answer your question by saying i will not tell you.

that is very different from deception. lies always disrespect and devalue the person lied to. they say clearly "i am better able to process and more deserving of factual knowledge than you."

in some traditions this is explicit. espionage is one. disinformation in wartime is another.

what i am talking about are the physicians who wont tell me that i am dying, because they know better than me what knowledge i should hold.

as another example, i have never lied to my children. ever. about anything. if they have ever had a question thst merited an answer, they got the truth, in as much detail as their age allowed them to process.

when i explained human reproduction the responses were hilarious.


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Tank

Quote from: billy rubin on May 09, 2023, 12:56:48 PMyet all lies decieve.

every lie is an assertion that someone elae does not deserve to be treated equally with respect to knowledge of the truth.

fhe jew in the closet is the clearest example of the dilemma that i know of.

Quite so. But if my wife asks me some questions I value my life too much to give a 100% honest answer on occasion.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.