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  1. Politesse

    Do liberals really believe the “golden rule”

    Who ever promised to treat others as they would want to be treated? That sounds like a diasastrous policy that would allow the selfish and self-interested to flourish at the expense of the good; they would want to be treated with deference and submission, and would be under no obligation to...
  2. Politesse

    Islam

    The OP was asking about the criticisms made by "many public atheists and prominent new conservative types". I cannot speak for your credentials, but such merchants of hate and intolerance have never impressed me with their knowledge and understanding of Islam, or any other religious tradition...
  3. Politesse

    Islam

    Well, I think it is patently absurd and counter-logical to suggest that one of the world's major ideological constructs is "without redeeming features" - how could it even exist? And in any case, suggesting that one knows this without knowing anything specific about its contents, would be absurd...
  4. Politesse

    Islam

    You could say this about any sufficiently large grouping of people; look at the version of their philosophy you find most personally abhorrent and paint, paint away with that broad brush. I don't support the Crusades, so I'm not a Christian or a Muslim. Soviet Gulags are scary, so I'm not an...
  5. Politesse

    An unjust tax that should never have been levied!!

    As I said, I think it would be okay to consider it wages, as long as the customers are required to pay them and fairly informed of the amount in advance, rather than it suddenly being treated as an optional gift right when it comes time to actually pay the worker. And this isn't about what's...
  6. Politesse

    An unjust tax that should never have been levied!!

    It's not decent to treat it like an optional gift sometimes, and a part of someone's income at other times, just to screw the worker. If tips are a gift, they shouldn't be taxed like regular income. There are rules about how to tax gifts in the US; the tax only applies to gifts rather larger...
  7. Politesse

    An unjust tax that should never have been levied!!

    I do not have much respect for the mental or moral capacity of people who think that just because they did something, everyone else should also have to do it. I've had to do plenty of things that I would not wish on others.
  8. Politesse

    Slavery, when America was Great

    Not true, there was a long period during which slavery was expressly outlawed by the Roman Empire and many of its successor states, before rearing its ugly head again in the 15th century.
  9. Politesse

    Luke Skywalker or Stormtropper?

    The first hint is "Do you Have you never met a member of the military? There's a reason for the expression "swears like a sailor".
  10. Politesse

    The glass is...

    The glass has largely contextual meaning, and is therefore an unsafe domain for easy generalizations.
  11. Politesse

    Private Wealth and American Science

    A balance is good, I think. But we do need government funding. Private entities too seldom employ qualified scientists to evaluate proposals, leading to weird imbalances between the research that is needed and research that is popular; they also tend to attempt much more involvement in the...
  12. Politesse

    Islam

    The perceived threat of Islam is a political tool that foreign terrorists and domestic kleptocrats find very useful for creating fear and thus serving their own ends. Of course they are. Religion is not a matter of degree. I do not think their interpretation of their faith is a good or healthy...
  13. Politesse

    President Trump To NASA: I Want You Back On The Moon, Then Mars Next

    Well, it's only a space thread if there is, at some point, a space mission. Just about every sitting president says something perky about space missions, but very few are willing to commit themselves to supporting NASA in the execution of same.
  14. Politesse

    Slavery, when America was Great

    "Our" families were strong? When it was legal to sell someone's children without their consent? Our country had a direction, shortly before it entered a civil war over disagreements about the direction it should go? This is dog-whistle politics, only. He knows that he is a racist, and is not...
  15. Politesse

    Keeping Silent

    I bury it inside dull lectures on functionalism. ;)
  16. Politesse

    What are the 10 Commandments?

    There's this general thing about inappropriate mixtures. No mixed fabrics. No mixed seeds. No drowning things in the symbol of new life. I would presume this was a custom of neighboring kingdoms, which the priests found distasteful. Boiling a kid in mother's milk sounds like something an...
  17. Politesse

    Does a Soldier in War Break the 6th Commandment?

    Do you take this same approach to all the commandments? That, for instance, it is sometimes okay to worship other gods, to commit adultery, to covet an ox, et cetera?
  18. Politesse

    Does a Soldier in War Break the 6th Commandment?

    Yes. I don't believe in the concept of a "just war". Jesus calls peacemakers blessed, not the sons of violence, and so do I. It may be that war is sometimes necessary, as it is an ugly and sinful world, and your enemies will not necessarily to ask whether you wish to wage war before invading...
  19. Politesse

    On Working With Gods & Making Requests Of Them

    Luckily, if you wish to have a conversation from which non-Heathens are excluded, RF has been kind enough to create a specific forum for the purpose. It is located at Heathenry DIR.
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