roachboy,
Would you agree that there is a time for reflecting on philosphical questions such as what knowing is, the boundaries and rules of one's mind in the gathering of information and the understanding of atrocity...as well as a time for selfless action based on simple moral impulse?
I am interested in the questions you put forth on this thread, and I realize that you are at least partly musing on a theme (not commenting directly on the OP), but what is your own moral impulse when it comes to the need to act and act quickly on the behalf of others? And what place do your (our) own interests have in modulating that impulse? Just out of curiosity.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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