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Ah, The Right Thing To Do™

I was expecting an invocation of a god or the State™ whims, but an appeal to some kind of morality not mentioned in relation to works just as well.

/sarc

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In this case you could make the argument that it's the right thing to do because it's (I'm assuming) what you would want done to yourself.

Yes, i'd gladly bend over and lubricate my own orifices for sacrifice to the State™ to tort its own laws in the hopes that in the future it will set a precedent for future generations to cope with more of the same :D

/sarc

Your sarcasm is duly noted, sir.

You know, whatever works. If we agree it's a moral thing to do, the origin of the morality is less important. Philosophy can be debated... in a different thread.

Morality is such a loaded word, which is why I didn't use it. But yes, another day, another thread.

"whatever works."

Well if the State™ has to circumvent it's own laws to achieve some ends (which i doubt are really ends since incidents like this will continue to happen), one could argue that grounds for morality are null and void.

After all, that's what Terrorists™ do.

Just FYI - the little ™ thing doesn't help your arguments be heard. Just the opposite. See also, people who write "Micro$oft".

I recognize that, but i also recognize that people who are devout in their beliefs have little reason to think otherwise (it is a belief after all), so in the end i do it anyway for my own laughs :P

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