Ah-ha! You were inspired by That One Thing we have floating around, right?
In all seriousness, however, have you considered the psychological effect that getting a powerful shock while investigating all this crap might have on me? While it,s a bit of a stretch, I can see myself getting so bitter and disappointed in the memeplex of “Normal enjoyable life” and “Contributing to society” that I devote my life to supporting the push for FAI, on a “Kill or cure” logic.
Potential prosecution of LGBT people is a valid casus belli and/or excuse for depriving a state of self-determination.
I agree wholeheartedly (except that I think that the basic “Might makes right” principle is more ethical in practice than any kind of human international law, so a made-up and clearly bullshit casus belli is equal in my eyes to the most just and humanitarian one: it’s the practical effects that matters). This is hardly a “forbidden” opinion in any way, though: e.g. the late Christopher Hitchens would’ve likely supported it.
In general, this thread seems to have a justification in digging mostly for policies we perceive as brutal, anti-liberal and anti-humanist: they’re the ones that sound the most evil and appaling to us, therefore, exiling an idea to that cluster would be a viable form of censorship (even if we should find this censorship wise and proper).
Let’s go maximum ouroboros, shall we?
On a less depressingly metapolitical note, I’ll at least indulge you with one of my slightly controversial opinions:
Potential prosecution of LGBT people is a valid casus belli and/or excuse for depriving a state of self-determination.
Ah-ha! You were inspired by That One Thing we have floating around, right?
In all seriousness, however, have you considered the psychological effect that getting a powerful shock while investigating all this crap might have on me? While it,s a bit of a stretch, I can see myself getting so bitter and disappointed in the memeplex of “Normal enjoyable life” and “Contributing to society” that I devote my life to supporting the push for FAI, on a “Kill or cure” logic.
I agree wholeheartedly (except that I think that the basic “Might makes right” principle is more ethical in practice than any kind of human international law, so a made-up and clearly bullshit casus belli is equal in my eyes to the most just and humanitarian one: it’s the practical effects that matters). This is hardly a “forbidden” opinion in any way, though: e.g. the late Christopher Hitchens would’ve likely supported it.
In general, this thread seems to have a justification in digging mostly for policies we perceive as brutal, anti-liberal and anti-humanist: they’re the ones that sound the most evil and appaling to us, therefore, exiling an idea to that cluster would be a viable form of censorship (even if we should find this censorship wise and proper).