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Re: So, we need a topic...Lets try this?
Posted By: Phil (static-64-65-138-250.mspcovdsl.eschelon.com)
Date: 5/29/2003 at 1:02 p.m.
In Response To: Re: So, we need a topic...Lets try this? (Seraph)
Not really. Sadists -enjoy- inflicting pain. I would say that can be -generally- considered a bad thing.
Well, you're working under the assumption that pain is always a bad thing. Clearly this is not the case. While most people would consider pain to be a bad thing for themselves, there is a section of the population who would disagree (the aforementioned masochists). In addition, a little pain keeps me from badly burning my hand when I touch a hot stove. This pain, though it may hurt, is not, strictly speaking, a bad thing. Pain is an ambiguous concept and may not be seen by all people as you see it.
That's the thing that bothers me about people who like being very open-minded on this...Some things, by being what they -are-, may be bad, period.
I agree that there are some things that can be defined simply as either good or bad. However, I choose to see all things as multi-dimensionally as I am able to, and to see as few things as possible as either black or white. For example, murder is bad. I cannot think of a definition in which this is not true. Killing, a related idea, on the other hand is an ambiguous concept that can be viewed in a number of ways. Hopefully this open-minded view isn't so reasonable as to be beyond understanding.
-Phil.
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