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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
That's the problem with *self*. It is a fairly limited concept. It has it's time and place, but it is largely over rated.
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Can't agree with you there..."self" plays a huge role in the conceptual framework of any self-aware being--for obvious reasons.
Trying to sell the idea that self-interest is bad is the memetic tool of collectivists, who wish to gain control over your personal power and direct it to thier own ends.
"Never again" is the fervent slogan adopted by the Jews in support of their own self-defense in memory of what happened when they neglected it. Criticism of it for not including others strikes me as "holding out for a more principled stand". I just think they have a very focused primary goal, and for good reason.
Oh, by the way...check the other thread on the original topic for a post from UT pointing out that the original story about Iranian law now appears to be questionable.