[lbo-talk] Blue Dogs cashing in

[ravi]

On Jul 25, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:
> Every time you advocate something politically you are by definition  
> saying it ought to be changed.  Denying morality is essentially  
> denying that there's any ought involved, which seems to me both bone- 
> headed and needlessly arrogant. It essentially asserts that your  
> morality is objectively true.

This is perhaps one of the five best passages I have read on this list  
in the last 8 or so years.

I hope to write something substantial shortly (and ruin it!), but it  
has been a pleasure to read this thread, thus far,

	--ravi

--
Anyone who takes an effort to intellectually challenge the status quo  
and established habits is infinitely more venerable than hacks  
defending that status quo and established habits, regardless of the  
truth function of their propositions. -- W.Sokolowski