unapologetic

jakelafort wrote:
I wait patiently for somebody, anybody, to concede/admit…you are correct…i was mistaken… Am i just waiting for Godot?

Sorry, but Wiktionary says that Your Majesty is a pronoun.  Is Wiktionary wrong?

I recognise that it’s invalid for a “commoner” (e.g., Unseen) to refer to themselves as His Royal Highness or His Majesty, becaus…[Read more]

Autumn wrote:
The same applies to ‘majesty’.

I think that “majesty” is not a noun*, it’s an adjective, or state of being, as in, his majestic self.  If His Majesty is a pronoun, it is to substitute for the concept of Prince Charles, which it does.  It’s also his title and form of address.

These make it similar to the pronouns trans people would…[Read more]

Prince Charles is referred to as His Majesty, instead of “he”, which is a pronoun.

We all know that Unseen was trying to wind you up, and play silly arses.  But I’m not.

His Majesty is fit for purpose as a pronoun.

I mean psychologically, not physically, trans people identify as members of the opposite sex.  That’s right, isn’t it?  I’m just asking questions.  I’m here to learn.

Autumn wrote:
it’s a noun used as a title:

You’re right, Unseen isn’t actually a member of the Royal Family, unless he wants to self-identify as one, which nobody else would accept, because it would be ludicrous, it would normally be grounds for a psychiatric diagnosis.

If a trans person wants to self-identify as a person of the opposite sex, t…[Read more]

According to Wiktionary, Your Majesty is a pronoun.

From Google:

pronoun
a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this ).

If Unseen wants to call himself His Majesty, I don’t…[Read more]

Belle Rose wrote:
If one or the other identifies as the opposite gender they are TRANS men or women.

Sounds reasonable to me.

PopeBeanie wrote:
If beneficial to the species, then enhanced survival that ensues is what makes that genetic difference more permanent.

The crucial condition for genetic change is if something is beneficial to the individual.  If the individual reproduces more than others because it possesses a specific trait, then that trait will become more…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
You must really love the drug dealer who wants to kill you or the Nazi next door. Not to make things better but to demonstrate your submission to the lord.

Yup, that’s why religious thinking is effed sideways.

I have noticed it is common for people not raised in the tradition to misinterpret the religion. It’s not about “…

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jakelafort wrote:
Placate a bully? Love the drug dealer who wants to take over your house and threatens to stab you if you say no? You’ve begun to use his drugs because that is irrational and destructive. Reciprocity works with people who are kind and rational and have no agenda. Giving license to someone who is trying to exploit you makes no s…

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You’re saying that a Jew-murdering Nazi is not extreme?

jakelafort wrote:
I can give you example after example in which neighbors will turn in neighbors or murder neighbors and it is the rule as opposed to the exception.

You may well be able to provide case after case, but that doesn’t make it the rule.  It’s still the exception.

Now, Jesus was…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Simon, i agree a cliche is not necessarily bad but it is not necessary as moral advice if it is THAT well known.

Good advice is good advice, wherever it comes from.  The basics need to be stated, just as in mathematics.

jakelafort wrote:
The love your neighbor as yourself is good advice to encourage exploitative behavior. Let…

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_Robert_ wrote:
OK, say your neighbor is a Nazi involved in murdering Jews, you gonna love them?

That’s an extreme case, and the person is either going to be executed or given life imprisonment.  But even Anders Breivik (the Norwegian mass shooter) is given his human rights in prison.  That’s the same formula as “love your neighbour as y…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Simon what happened to your lessons on morality borne of evolution?

This is what I’ve been up to.

jakelafort wrote:
Love your neighbor as yourself? How cliche and how lacking in nuance! Doesn’t it depend on your neighbor?

It may be a cliché, but 1) it’s not lacking in nuance; 2) it doesn’t matter that something is a cl…[Read more]