Re: Peterson's Death Sentence

From: Rich The Philosophizer (rtp_at_example.net)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:03:53 GMT

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:24:22 +0000, Kevin Aylward wrote:
> John Fields wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 09:49:35 GMT, "Kevin Aylward"

>>>> Because without that life you would have nothing. No carrot, no
>>>> baseball bat, nothing.
>>>
>>> So, we should respect *all* electrons and protons then? Without them
>>> we would also have nothing. So your argument fails.

>> Hardly.

Why not?

>> So far, the discussion has largely been about the respect for
>> biological life, the distinction between a living and a non-living
>> aggregation of chemicals, and the necessity for life to be a precursor
>> to sentience.
>> My argument has been that that which is biologically alive should be
>> respected because of the life it cradles, not because of the particles
>> of which it is composed. A single electron, _by itself_ being
>> biologically inactive, doesn't meet that criterion, so the argument
>> remains viable.
>
> Define biological active.

Kevin, please say why, just because something's not "bioligically active"
it doesn't deserve just as much respect as, say, you?

>> Truthfully, Kevin, I don't see why you have such a problem with
>> "respect". It's as though you think that there's a limited ampout of
>> respect in the universe and if it's afforded to anything/anyone other
>> than yourself your supply of it will be diminished.
>
> We can't "respect" *every* entity.

Why not? What's this "Can't" ***? You _CAN_, Kevin, you just _won't_,
because of your dogma that you call "science."

>That is, consider every entities
> "views". This is trivially obvious.

You're a fool. It may _seem_ "trivially obvious" to you, but that's simply
because of your own self-imposed judgement. It's because of your infinite
arrogance, in claiming that you know all of the answers to all of the
quesitons that there ever were.

You don't.

And you adamantly refuse to learn anything outside your own little box.

> So, yes , there is a limited amount
> of respect.

Yes, in the land of Aylward, there is limited respect. Have you ever
considered your own role in why, for example, _you_ get so little "respect"?

Thanks,
Rich

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