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@David

You won’t get any argument from me that the hate-laws in the UK and to a lesser extent in France are applied too broadly in some extraordinary cases. The Count Dankula one for example is a pretty difficult case to explain either way. However, hate-speech, extreme harassment, intimidation and threats exploded during the Brexit debate and…[Read more]

Since @David Boots asked me to comment in the other thread, I’ll offer this to help continue the conversation and then bow out:

I think the fundamental problem with setting an absolute “follow the law” ethic is that it absolves people of the individual obligation to use their own brains, to think for themselves, to be rational or com…[Read more]

@David Boots – it’s unearned favour, which implies that everyone gets it regardless of anything else.  It’s not there to save people from car crashes or cave collapses – it’s not a superpower.  But it is a force for growth, regeneration, and redemption.

Naoki Higashida, in “Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight”, says:

“A worthwhile existen…[Read more]

@David Boots – I don’t know, but I think the Iranian revolution seems to have started the process, followed by a lot of $$$ muscle provided by hardline Saudi Arabia.

@David – “Does it need to be shared then?”

– I don’t know what you mean.  I think that strictly speaking, morality refers to our relationship with others, or our relationship with the larger group.

“the ‘foundations’ do not measure freedom or equality”

– these foundations are catch-all terms for large groups of related values.  I think that…[Read more]