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Intentional non-defensive killing - Do you always oppose it?
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You are polluting and using resources that are destroying the planet! Off to the gas chambers with you!Slavedevice wrote: ↑April 20th, 2022, 12:51 pm But, I don’t have any children. I am PRO Earth. It’s scientifically true that more than 1 or 2 kids will cause pain and suffering sometime in the future
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Re: Intentional non-defensive killing - Do you always oppose it?
I reject "always" because "always" implies a non-contextual "intentional non-defensive killing" but context is all that counts when it comes to killing.Intentional non-defensive killing - Do you always oppose it?
So we have the following possibilities:
intentional killing + defense
non-intentional killing + defense
non-intentional killing + non-defense
intentional killing + non-defense
Then we have the question "defense? what is it that is defended?" Physical integrity of one's body or physical integrity of other's bodies? One's own psychological integrity or the psychological integrity of others? One's own philosophical or moral values or the philosophical or moral values of others?
As a result I'd like to offer that 'non-intentional killing + non-defense' is an accident and 'intentional killing + non-defense' is a psychiatric perversion. But any killing in the context of defense is acceptable.
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Forget Catholics (see above), you should be targeting Mormons and the fundamentalist Christians who don't believe in birth control. Naturally you must support abortion rights. Though the west has mostly a stable to negative birth rate. Some Asian and most African countries have the highest birth rates. Of course you must be a huge supporter of education of young women and girls since that has been responsible for the greatest drop in reproduction.Slavedevice wrote: ↑April 20th, 2022, 7:13 am I think people who DO NOT believe in BIRTH CONTROL should be killed. The number one way to prevent catastrophic climate changes (which is and will cause suffering of innocent people) is to REDUCE the number of HUMANS!! If you clear your mind and see it this way - people (Catholic) that have many kids are enemies of the earth. If you think of earth as a sinking ship - the only fair way to save it is to throw out the ones contributing to the problem.
Of course most would use convincing folks to limit their family sizes over murder as their technique, but you seem to be wedded to the murder idea.
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Re: Intentional non-defensive killing - Do you always oppose it?
The 18-paragraph Original Post (OP) contains a very thorough explanation of what I mean by defense and defensive. Are you sure you read the whole Original Post (OP), or were you just responding to the one-sentence title of it?stevie wrote: ↑April 20th, 2022, 2:45 pm
Then we have the question "defense? what is it that is defended?" Physical integrity of one's body or physical integrity of other's bodies? One's own psychological integrity or the psychological integrity of others? One's own philosophical or moral values or the philosophical or moral values of others?
Generally speaking, I agree.
I essentially made the same point as a crucial part of my argument in my 2008 topic, Does Society Need Prisons?
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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Re: Intentional non-defensive killing - Do you always oppose it?
All six categories are "murder", if we define "murder" as intentional non-consensual non-defensive killing, which I do.
If you define the word "murder" differently, then it is best we avoid the word all-together in this forum topic so as to avoid confusion and avoid accidental fallacies of equivocation.
I'm not sure what makes it seem that way, but I don't believe it is the case.
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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