[Wikipedia-l] Re: windshield police (Was: Wikipedia moderators and moral authority)

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Tue Nov 12 21:22:40 UTC 2002


Jonathan Walther wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 09:54:11PM -0800, Throbbing Monster Cock wrote:
>
>>> If this is your true position then their is no
>>> reason to try and reason with you because your
>>> frame of reference is totally unreasonable.
>>
>> My "true position" is that there are no absolute
>> morals, and that all frames of reference are equal.
>
> That's the morality of a sociopath, and not conducive to cohesive
> communities.

Although I can agree that it is not conducive to cohesive communities, I 
disagree that it is necessarily sociopathic.  It can be idealistic or 
naïve, or a reflection of despair in the manner of Ivan Karamazov.

Eclecticology




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