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Oh, I enjoy arguing. See, I'm in the unenviable position of thinking that what I believe is true, and that's it's good to believe what's true, so I tend to convince people I'm right.
So you're position is that morality is merely a matter of social conditioning? Okay, but what's your argument? What makes you think that's the case? We tend to believe that morality is something more than just a personal preference -- is this also social conditioning? And if it's all social conditioning, how did it get started?
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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