--- El C <el.ceeh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Everyone has ideals, only the most narrow-minded,
agenda-driven of
minds consider the basis for these to be limited
to... shal we say,
situational isolationism.
Above rhetoric translated: "Everyone has an agenda,
and [epithet] [epithet] view agendas to be limited to
situational ethics in isolated cases."
I didnt say one agenda was limited to one particular
modality -- I said switching selectively between a
principled modality and a selectively principled
modality is, by definition, situational ethics.
Particularly when a couple of us are clear about other
cases of "hate lists" -- all of which were handled
through normal process --when there finally was one
instituted. Again, the issue is whether the process
works or not.
The issue isn't with the ideals (abstract or
otherwise), but rather,
to whenever there is a risk for these to serve
merely as a pretext for
a highly a *selective* approach, one wherein these
ideals are
juxtaposed, transposed, and superimposed to any
concrete case in an
un-balanced, inaccurate, and un-objective way.
Above rhetoric translated: "Due process carries the
risk of having bad results, and thus there ought to be
limits on it." Ben Franklin might say something about
"deserving of neither."
Rationality goes hand in hand with relationality.
Unfortunately,
empathy often isn't enough to bring a sympathy which
is balanced, be
it for those absorbed in abstract ideals, petty
proceduralism, or
both. The forest *and* the tress, in other words.
Either one, in
itself, is obviously insufficient and
self-defeating.
Above rhetoric translated, transliterated:
"Rationality has the unfortunate problem of being
applied in a manner which may be disagreeable to me.
Feely-feelings sometimes lead to bias, [epithet],
[eptithet], etc. In a balanced approach can lead to
imbalance."
I like your confusing style, but I have to take it in
the context of your less rational appeals. The above
translations simple reflect my "petty" abstraction of
terms for terms. Mutatis mutandis.
SV
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