I've dealt with a lot of bad guys trying to come into the country against its wishes. I've arrested a lot of bad guys. I've interviewed a lot of bad guys.SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:51 pmJD, without getting political and too philosophical, would you say one of the core reasons for the rise in such violent crimes is the mass-spreading of the belief in "moral relativism", the idea that "what makes me feel good is right for me, regardless of how you feel or think", and variations of that? It seems to me to be so hypocritical. On one hand, people teach that moral relativism, and try to act it out, and then on the other hand, people become outraged when their person and property is violated or when they perceive an injustice is done. It seems that society would be alot more stable if people all agreed that there is a universal right and a universal wrong standard, and people sought to abide by that, and to seek to treat their fellow people as they want to be treated, with respect and love and care. But alas, that is not the situation, is it my friend?
History is full of horrific evils, vile attacks and assaults, and other things, too. Noone can say "Well there were the good old days when none of that happened." Either it was suppressed from being acted out in the open, and/or it was happening behind closed doors.
I once spoke on the internet to a man who seemed to be quite educated, and, chillingly to me, he told me he does not believe there is such a thing as universal standards of right and wrong, of morality. He actually said everything is relative and subjective. He told me there is no difference between a person eating a pizza and a person eating a human being. I asked him if he was serious and he said yes. Then I asked him "Is it wrong to steal and kill?" and he said "no, there is no right or wrong. Its a figment of your imagination." Finally i asked him "okay, what if someone went up to your prized car, and took a sledge hammer, and began to smash in the windows and the hood and the headlights, just for their own personal sense of pleasure? Is that wrong?" He said "Nope. But I would go and pummel them into the ground!" Do you think that attitude is more prevalent than we think or not?
The truth is, there is no objective morality. There are cultural norms and action defensible by those who adhere to the cultural norm. That's it. Demographics are the future. Not because of the demographics in itself, but because of the cultures those demographics emulate. If someone is willing to fully reject their jacked up culture, then they should be given the chance to assimilate. If not, they should be kicked right back to the culture that spawned them.
No, in a definitive sense, there's no difference between eating a pizza and eating a human. Cultures differentiate between these actions. We either accept a culture that accepts the morality of eating a human or we accept the culture that would rather summarily execute those who eat humans. There really is no middle ground. And at some point you have to take a stand and explain to yourself why you stand on one side or the other.
I stand with the idea that total individual freedom should be allowed until it infringes on the physical freedoms of another.