Comments | lizix: another dilemma [long entry, sorry. but interesting]

lizix

another dilemma [long entry, sorry. but interesting]

Mar 13, 2004 10:26

i was over at michael's and i started reading one of his magazines, discover [a science magazine, that dork :) ]. anyway, there was this fabulous article about whether or not morality was "wired into our brains." it posed a lot of interesting moral quandaries, and suggested that we have an inherent sense of right and wrong that enables us to make ( Read more... )

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heathbar March 13 2004, 09:44:42 UTC

ugh, answering those questions makes me feel like a terrible person ( ... )

lizix March 13 2004, 14:16:19 UTC

it sucks being a girl. there's more social pressure to look pretty and buy all this crap. and i fall for it, too.

and it's true that there are people here who are just as bad off as those around the world. i think it was "to kill a mockinbird" where the author points out the irony that some women were concerned about the mrunas in africa, but ignored the black people who were suffering in america. people are suffering everywhere, and it's always underreported. it's just that the conditions in other countries are usually life-threatening and severe, whereas being in america already gives you some sort of hope and advantage.

you should read some ayn rand cynicalcatholic March 13 2004, 10:54:05 UTC

usually i would say yes to all of the questions ( ... )

smuponies09 March 13 2004, 13:12:48 UTC

i think i look at it a little backward. its not my fault that my parents have provided for me or that i have worked fairly hard to get to where i am today. of course we should all do our part to help others, but only to the extent that it allows us to still live a comfortable life ( ... )

lizix March 13 2004, 14:06:13 UTC

i think you and marcos may have misinterpreted my post. i agree that money isn't always a bad thing. but my argument isn't against being successful or well-educated. it's against wasteful spending. rich doesn't equal how much money you make, but how much you keep for yourself ( ... )

smuponies09 March 13 2004, 15:08:24 UTC

point taken. i understand what you said and i still pretty much stand by what i said. sure, we dont NEED everything we have and would we be better people if we got rid of it? I dont know, I think some might FEEL better, but is that worth anything? perhaps, then again, perhaps not ( ... )

anonymous March 14 2004, 16:16:28 UTC

1. The question didn't mention me being in the basement, so no.

2. Get the hell off the trolley. Are the workers blind and deaf?

3. These workers must be idiots...can't they see a trolley coming? It's a fricken trolley! And if 1 large man can stop a trolley, it must not be very powerful...I'm sure 5 of them could stop it.

4. Swim.

This post was made in jest. I thought the original post could use a little lightening up.

lizix March 15 2004, 16:34:17 UTC

you're a horrible person.

just kidding!

but if i knew who you were, i'd kick you anyway, you monster. and what would your answer be to my other questions?

hey emvyelle March 16 2004, 21:31:43 UTC

this is michelle-who-got-you-an-article-about-africa-instead-of-haiti ( ... )

lizix March 19 2004, 16:02:48 UTC

hi michelle! thanks so much for getting that article for me. i <3 you!

you don't have to pick an extreme at all; i think it's very possible have both. but i know [at least for me] that it's hard to limit material wants. and that's why i pose that question: to point out that there are indirect consequences to things that don't ordinarily seem to be bad.