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For example.
We've already had one extended debate about this one. Reminds me of the Thought Police section of this recent post.
That may have been inspired by this blog post:
I know this is irrelevant, but I skimmed the article looking for context and couldn't work out which light entertainer they were referring to -- do you happen to know?
Jeremy Clarkson: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2011/dec/01/jeremy-clarkson-strikers-shot-video
Your and ciphergoth's links hardly inspire confidence that such thoughts would be met with calm and fair-minded criticism.
Do you have a link? What was said?
See here for instance.
Thank you.
Very alarming. I'd say that the only good Schelling point here is to treat all people who fit the current definition of "capable of human thought" and aren't wilfully destructive towards others as EXACTLY equal in "moral significance". Then again, I've always been a staunch egalitarian on this point.
So far as human decision-making in a society run by humans goes, I completely agree.
This is what I always assume that such comments are referring to, so I voted you up (which seems reasonable for survey-like questions where no criterion of correctness is likely).