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Re: So, we need a topic...Lets try this? *PIC*

Posted By: Archer »–)› (AST002-2.msns.sm.ptd.net)
Date: 6/5/2003 at 9:27 p.m.

In Response To: Re: So, we need a topic...Lets try this? (Phil)

: What happens if a sadist [presumably a bad thing]
: tortures [presumably a bad thing] a machoist?

: Being a sadist is not, in and of itself, a bad thing.
: It's simply a thing. Much like being angry is neither
: good nor bad. (Is anger at an injustice a bad thing?)
: It's what one does with anger, or what one does as a
: sadist, that is either good or bad.

: Torture, whether inflicted by a sadist or anyone else, is
: always a bad thing, as torture by its definition is
: dependent on anguish, agony, and suffering. Not merely
: pain. If a masochist is enjoying him or herself then
: it's not really torture, though it may resemble it.

Huh... good thoughts...

Still, look at drugs; I hope we can agree at least some drugs are bad. A drug addict does not realize that the drugs are bad (usually), and yet still wishes to take them. He doesn't know what's good for himself, essentially (same with suicide), which is why we have laws and programs to prevent and counteract such things.

But, by that token as far as being addicted to pleasurable things goes, one might say the same of sex, or eating. But eating is a very natural thing, whereas drug addition is not.

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