Unpopular opinions you hold - Page 14

TheMercenary · 03-29-2007, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Action - driving while drunk
Result - Head on collision and death of innocent people
Conclusion - The driver is fully responsible because he made a decision that was illegal and immoral knowing that his ability was impaired

Action - Driving your kids to the swimming pool
Result - Hit by a drunk driver and killed along with your children
Conclusion - the mother took an action she believed was healthy and responsible. Her children would be alive if she hadn't signed them up for swimming lessons but she is not responsible for their deaths, despite the fact that her action led to it.

Goes both ways eh?

Kingswood · 03-29-2007, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Action - driving while drunk

Illegal

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Action - Driving your kids to the swimming pool

Legal

That's the difference.

elSicomoro · 03-29-2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

unless you have a crystal ball

As a matter of fact, I do have a crystal ball...it doesn't tell me anything, but it sure is pretty.

Undertoad · 03-29-2007, 11:23 AM

(btw, we are on target for a cane toad iotd tomorrow)

03-29-2007, 04:57 PM

Yayyyyy... Pie absolved me!
I can pull the trigger and that is all I'm responsible for!
That bad ol' bullet killed em'.

Pie · 03-29-2007, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Yayyyyy... Pie absolved me!
I can pull the trigger and that is all I'm responsible for!
That bad ol' bullet killed em'.

No, your action was unethical -- if you believe suicide is unethical.

Happy Monkey · 03-29-2007, 08:13 PM

It seems to be a bit of a tautology. It's true, but it says nothing outside of its own validity.

Pie · 03-29-2007, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

It seems to be a bit of a tautology. It's true, but it says nothing outside of its own validity.

I think you were responding to me?
It does absolve you from guilt over things that were unforeseeable. I have to keep reminding my mother of this from time to time -- you did the best with the information you had -- at the time. You can't beat yourself up forever for things that you didn't know, things that you couldn't have known.

If your actions are good, honorable, ethical, moral, worthwhile... you have lived up to your highest possibility. Doesn't matter if your life sucked, if you made a billion dollars, if you were loved, if you died in a ditch. What you do is all that matters.

elSicomoro · 03-30-2007, 08:55 AM

I haven't heard much out of Ron Paul recently, but isn't he running for President?

Griff · 03-30-2007, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by sycamore

I haven't heard much out of Ron Paul recently, but isn't he running for President?

Don't mock my silly belief system lube boy.

elSicomoro · 03-30-2007, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Don't mock my silly belief system lube boy.

I'm not mocking you, drunkard. Depending on the candidates, I might be inclined to vote for someone like Paul.

Sheldonrs · 03-30-2007, 09:21 AM

Uh-oh. Sycamore has the lube and Griff is drunk. Does anyone else see where this is going? lol!!!

elSicomoro · 03-30-2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Uh-oh. Sycamore has the lube and Griff is drunk. Does anyone else see where this is going? lol!!!

Ya know, Griff's wife goes by the name "Pete" here on the Cellar...

Flint · 03-30-2007, 09:22 AM

I simultaneously think that Jesus was great, but Christianity is ...not.

Spexxvet · 03-30-2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I simultaneously think that Jesus was great, but Christianity is ...not.

Same here.

03-29-2007, 08:13 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It seems to be a bit of a tautology. It's true, but it says nothing outside of its own validity. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-30-2007, 09:21 AM	#12
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Uh-oh. Sycamore has the lube and Griff is drunk. Does anyone else see where this is going? lol!!! __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-30-2007, 09:22 AM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I *simultaneously* think that Jesus was great, but Christianity is ...not. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-29-2007, 11:23 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	(btw, we are on target for a cane toad iotd tomorrow)

03-29-2007, 04:57 PM	#5
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Yayyyyy... Pie absolved me! I can pull the trigger and that is all I'm responsible for! That bad ol' bullet killed em'.

03-30-2007, 08:55 AM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I haven't heard much out of Ron Paul recently, but isn't he running for President?

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