tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8392216799036905101..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The pointlessness of pointing-out the obviousBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-56659530590430771132014-06-26T16:23:22.527+01:002014-06-26T16:23:22.527+01:00@WP - I don't believe that Men are equal (i.e....@WP - I don't believe that Men are equal (i.e. the same) in any significant way at all! Never have been and certainly never will be. <br /><br />http://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=equalityBruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-43915701597016007032014-06-26T15:39:11.209+01:002014-06-26T15:39:11.209+01:00Imnobody's "all men are created equal&quo...Imnobody's "all men are created equal" example is a great opportunity to engage in the conversation.<br /><br />The sad fact is that most folks misunderstand what is actually being said - or deliberately bend its meaning into something that they desperately *want* to believe. <br /><br />In this case I would repeat the phrase, emphasizing the word *created*. We are all *created* with equal rights and potential. Sadly, most will squander or waste the opportunity for greatness, or it will be denied them through circumstance.Wizard Pranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462742209943572359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-30286670702946258422014-06-25T21:44:00.594+01:002014-06-25T21:44:00.594+01:00@B "is natural law obvious?" - Yes, I th...@B "is natural law obvious?" - Yes, I think so - although I am not sure what you personally and exactly mean by natural law - I may be misunderstanding. I believe that there is a morality built-into every one of us (by God) if that is what you mean - although this is incomplete; and also mixed with survival/ reproduction-type instincts. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-26125885391533822802014-06-25T21:36:08.945+01:002014-06-25T21:36:08.945+01:00Bruce,in your opinion,is natural law obvious?Bruce,in your opinion,is natural law obvious?Boethiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-37632716854766575042014-06-25T17:22:08.903+01:002014-06-25T17:22:08.903+01:00In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is n...In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is not king, but a reviled outcast!JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-50643028502193563892014-06-25T07:04:36.317+01:002014-06-25T07:04:36.317+01:00Great post. I have been aware of that for some yea...Great post. I have been aware of that for some years now and it seems to me the weirdest thing of modernity.<br /><br />This is the end-game of modernity: replacing reality with a virtual world of lies. Living in the Matrix. <br /><br />The Enlightenment defined the rules of the Matrix and we are only seeing its logical development. Political correctness was the logical evolution of the Enlightenment.<br /><br />An early example of this is as follows:<br /><br />"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and so on and so forth"<br /><br />Really? All men are equal? Is this self-evident? Is it self-evident that pigs fly?<br /><br />Of course, it is self-evident that no man is equal to another man.<br /><br />But if you say that, you are evil. You have to agree with the lies of the Matrix lest you are an awful person.<br /><br />And this is how common sense disappeared from modern life...<br /><br />After two centuries of fighting common sense, "all men are equal" implied "the members of a given collective are entitled to do absurd things even if it is against logic" Imnobodynoreply@blogger.com