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WCDT Strips 3186 to 3190 (28th March to 1st April 2016)
Fen:
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 31 Mar 2016, 23:56 ---
We don't need to do anything. We are under no obligation to do anything. We are animals. What makes life worth living is a decision made by the person living it. It is not my, or anyone else's, place to tell someone else how to find satisfaction and fulfillment in life as long as they are not harming others to do so.
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But the comfortable middle-class lifestyle *is* harming others. Sure, if you live like an animal - independent, in a place where you have no direct negative impact on anything beyond your immediate circumstance - then feel free to do so. But the average life in a civilised city is dependent on the sacrifice of others; you can derive happiness and satisfaction in it, sure, but it doesn't make it less irresponsible and shallow. Life demands resources, and those resources are quickly depleting; making those resources count is our duty as people with access to education, power, and information.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Fen on 01 Apr 2016, 01:30 ---
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 31 Mar 2016, 23:56 ---
We don't need to do anything. We are under no obligation to do anything. We are animals. What makes life worth living is a decision made by the person living it. It is not my, or anyone else's, place to tell someone else how to find satisfaction and fulfillment in life as long as they are not harming others to do so.
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But the comfortable middle-class lifestyle *is* harming others. Sure, if you live like an animal - independent, in a place where you have no direct negative impact on anything beyond your immediate circumstance - then feel free to do so. But the average life in a civilised city is dependent on the sacrifice of others; you can derive happiness and satisfaction in it, sure, but it doesn't make it less irresponsible and shallow. Life demands resources, and those resources are quickly depleting; making those resources count is our duty as people with access to education, power, and information.
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All of which can be achieved without actively making any larger social change. If you make a point of sourcing everything you use ethically, there's no reason why anyone should progress any further.
Also, in a free world, someone should be allowed to just not give a shit about anyone but themselves if they aren't causing any direct harm, otherwise you're getting into dictatorship territory.
J:
FEN!
the thing is that whatever position a person takes on any issue like this is going to be based on values that are inherently subjective and arbitrary. even people who believe in some sort of divine mandate have absolutely nothing to back up their claims about correct way to live.
responsibility, obligation, morality; they are all nothing more and nothing less than Whatever The Hell We Say They Are
Case:
--- Quote from: gopher on 29 Mar 2016, 04:13 ---While eonjoyin Hanners discomfort something struck me: ...
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Uhmmmmh, srsly? That sounds like an achievement ...
Akima:
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 31 Mar 2016, 12:32 ---Isn't Hanners about two generations too young to be familiar with that? Or is it still a phrase sometimes used in that part of the world?
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I admit that I'm somewhat older than Hanners, but I've certainly heard of "duck and cover", despite growing up in China and Australia. I think it's a pretty well known meme in popular culture.
An friend of mine told me about certain beers made in Belgium where micro-organisms and cobwebs up the rafters of old buildings where it is brewed are held to improve the flavour. Perhaps spider-droppings in the beans are the secret of CoD's great coffee...
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