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Old 11-10-2011, 12:51 PM   #26
BigV
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hq, you and I have a number of points on which we disagree, and they seem to revolve (mostly) around vocabulary. This is one of those times. In a recent post regarding Paterno's firing, you described your thoughts about child sexual abuse. And then you added the caveat that it was not a moral distinction.

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I disagree. Just as in this post above, your thoughts about it might be your own, but those thoughts *are* your expression of your morals. The feelings you expressed about child sexual abuse are widely shared among practically everyone in our society. That they exist "inside the head of individual you" doesn't make them less moral.

It is only greedy reductionism when you collapse the numerous posts and thoughts seen in this thread as "I think and choose". That is *not* the be all and end all of morality. I seriously doubt you believe that, and I'm even more certain that the other posters here believe that.
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