carlsonjok
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| Quote (huwp @ June 05 2008,09:53) | | Quote (Louis @ June 05 2008,03:45) | 1) If we tolerate X in others (turn a blind eye etc) then X will proliferate and everything will be destroyed.
2) If it weren't for (religious*) moral proposition Y everyone would be doing immoral act X. |
But there again, as Macaulay wrote:
"The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators" |
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....and that might lead to dancing. 
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It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it. We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)
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