On Jul 24, 2009, at 8:52 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Jul 24, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
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>> You seem to hold the odd idea (as does Doug) that the only grounds
>> for passion are moral. A Christian hangover I guess. I hate the DP
>> and
>> want to destroy it. It is a major source of immense human misery -
>> but
>> it is a mere superstition to think that those feelings require a
>> moralistic basis.
>
> So they're just, what, scientific? Why care about the misery of
> others?
Not out of moralism, heavens no. Just out of moral superiority.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos