A sign of the times

[Jim]

Hi,

It's a shame he didn't kill himself and improve the human gene pool.

Lenny your death wish comment is not representative of us here at the lurker lounge. We have a good debate on all subjects but we do Not wish harm to others.

Sorry, Jim, but I disagree. You might not agree with Lenny's statement, but yours is not the only, or possibly even majority, opinion on this at the Lounge. Many of us find the Darwins Awards humorous. Some of us (me included) routinely make comments about 'retroactive birth control', 'natural selection', and 'chlorine in the gene pool'.

Besides, Lenny did not wish him harm. The kid did the harm to himself. Lenny just wished he'd finished the job -- a wish which I half humorously, half seriously, agree with.

Heinlein wrote "Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity." Unfortunately, Heinlein used the wrong tense. At one time this was true, but no longer. When it was true, it helped us evolve intelligence. We then got smart enough to protect the stupid and stupid enough to do it. Since then, I strongly suspect, we've been evolving stupidity.

So, let me join Lenny. We could use more of that chlorine in that pool.

Jim, feel free to express your opinions. Feel free to disagree with that of others. But, by damn, do not try to force your PC stance on what, until now, has been a politically open forum.

--Pete

Hi,

Sorry Pete, but I disagree with your interpretation of my statement. Who the heck made you Judge & Jury here at LL? All I see in many of your replies is a bitter person.

Death of a child or any person by stupidy is not half humorous. ~ Jim Horvath

How does your statement differ from mine, "Many of us find" are you speaking for me Pete? We both use the word "US". Who gave you the right to speak for me, or as you said and I quote "by damn, do not try to force your PC stance on what, until now, has been a politically open forum."

FORCE? what force, where do you see force in my statement?

Let me show you what Force is:

(Yesterday 09:10 PM)Concillian Wrote: . . . you have to admit that wishing someone dead because of a decision made at 13 is at least a little extremist.

No, I don't. Best to nip the problem before it spreads.

Kidding aside, it has only been in the last few years (comparatively speaking) that a person of 13 years is considered a child. In many religions and many cultures, it is about then that a child becomes an adult (usually tied to puberty). Only recently has this changed. Now, because of the way we treat them, adolescents continue to act as children. I would expect a child of seven to know better than to set himself on fire, much less one of 13.

--Pete

How do you NIP someones opinion, ooops sorry Problem, I don't want to put words in your mouth Pete but it sounds like you want to stop an opinion before others agree with it...now that is force?

In Arizona it's 14 year old, have you forgotten your political opinion on: The sexual abuse and exploitation of minors as “child brides” within the FDLS.

Jim, feel free to express your opinions. Feel free to disagree with that of others. But, by damn, do not try to force your PC stance on what, until now, has been a politically open forum.

Thanks for your permission to express my opinions Pete. However I was expressing my opinion, But, by damn you shot it down in your usual caustic rhetoric. Read it again although that point is moot since I made a correction to my original post and changed "Us to I" & "We to 'Me", hmmm sounds a bit like the Ayn Rand novel Anthem.

Pete, LQQK what I found in the dictionary:

in-house phi·los·o·pher:......>

–noun
1. a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
2. a person who is deeply versed in philosophy.
3. a person who establishes the central ideas of some movement, cult, etc.
4. a person who regulates his or her life, actions, judgments, utterances, etc., by the light of philosophy or reason.