matthew wrote:Let these Islamicist assholes throw themselves at us; we'll either kill them or round them up and punish them.

Matthew: Stop begging for my attention. Everything I had to say to you in this thread has been said. I don't argue foreign policy with racist genocide groupies.

One last free English lesson: 'not incommensurable' is a double negative. Translated, it means 'commensurable'. Commensurable means 'having a common measure'. You probably meant to say that justice and retaliation have a common measure, but I'm hesitant to guess.

And stop trying to invent new meanings for phrases like 'tit for tat' and 'moral center'.

matthew wrote:

kerble wrote:what do you mean by: 'moral center'?


thanks,


Faiz

What do you think I mean?

I mean a moral foundation based on 2000 years of Judaeo-Christian faith. Most people who are far to the left are not Christian, and oft times are emphatically anti-Christian.

great. morality isn't limited to those with faith. It's a ridiculous claim. it is completely possible to behave in a moral manner without the use of religion. to know the difference between right and wrong isn't only the domain of christians. Plenty of christians act as though they don't know the difference between the two, which illustrates my point.



Faiz

Matthew:

a. Thou shalt not kill.

b. Thou shalt not listen to John Lennon's Imagine.

c. Thou shalt not wear a rubber.

Which one of these statements would you say most describes your definition of morals?

kerble wrote:

matthew wrote:

kerble wrote:what do you mean by: 'moral center'?


thanks,


Faiz

What do you think I mean?

I mean a moral foundation based on 2000 years of Judaeo-Christian faith. Most people who are far to the left are not Christian, and oft times are emphatically anti-Christian.

great. morality isn't limited to those with faith. It's a ridiculous claim. it is completely possible to behave in a moral manner without the use of religion. to know the difference between right and wrong isn't only the domain of christians. Plenty of christians act as though they don't know the difference between the two, which illustrates my point.



Faiz

I did not say that people who are not Christian cannot act in a moral manner because there is a such thing as natural moral law. I never made such a claim. However if one is an absolute atheist, from where does the natural moral law originate since according to an atheist there is no God?

matthew wrote:I did not say that people who are not Christian cannot act in a moral manner because there is a such thing as natural law. However if one is an absolute atheist, from where does morality originate?

being taught that being a dick to other people is wrong.

it's a fairly simple concept, one that can be understood and applied without using guilt or fear of damnation. It's possible to reinforce this in other humans. people do it all the time. Morality existed before religion did. Abraham didn't invent that shit.

clocker bob wrote:

matthew wrote:Let these Islamicist assholes throw themselves at us; we'll either kill them or round them up and punish them.

Matthew: Stop begging for my attention. Everything I had to say to you in this thread has been said. I don't argue foreign policy with racist genocide groupies.

One last free English lesson: 'not incommensurable' is a double negative. Translated, it means 'commensurable'. Commensurable means 'having a common measure'. You probably meant to say that justice and retaliation have a common measure, but I'm hesitant to guess.

And stop trying to invent new meanings for phrases like 'tit for tat' and 'moral center'.

Ah yes, the typical technique of the loser: focus upon minor, irrelevant and non-existant grammatical errors. Then the "DEMONIZATION"...it almost had a ring to it like that old Propagandhi song "racist-sexist-homophobe".....Why don't you just respond?

I said "not incommensurable" because many people think that justice and retribution ARE incommensurable, so therefore I said that they are in fact NOT so. I think that is pretty clear. There's no double negative there...

Why don't you just respond to me like a man? Men deal direct. Be a man and deal.

matthew wrote:Why don't you just respond to me like a man? Men deal direct. Be a man and deal.

This is a laughable thing to say on the internet.

Remember when you said you wouldn't return til November? "Be a man" and keep your word.

matthew wrote:I believe in right and wrong....

No you don't.

Earwicker wrote:

matthew wrote:I believe in right and wrong....

No you don't.

I believe that you are wrong, sir.

matthew wrote:Why don't you just respond to me like a man? Men deal direct. Be a man and deal.

You are mentally defective. As I have said, I do not discuss foreign policy with racist genocide groupies. I think that's direct enough. This is your last explanation- how stupid do you want to make yourself look by continuing to not understand them? Beg someone else for attention, troll.