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(free) >   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Relative Morality          literarydiscussions.myfreeforum.org Forum Index -> Dialogues View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Sitaram Site Admin Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 1079 Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:41 am    Post subject: Relative Morality aiden_dream : voicesofafricaunited: hello ladybug aiden_dream : how are you? voicesofafricaunited: whats new pussycat... ouoooouoo (that was a song many years ago) aiden_dream : oh I am just born aiden_dream : yesterday voicesofafricaunited: i cannot reproduce the exact ou ou thing they said voicesofafricaunited: hey... you are in this weird alien culture.... of mystery and intrigue... voicesofafricaunited: so i must be careful to explain such oddities to you voicesofafricaunited: ha ha aiden_dream : what do you mean? voicesofafricaunited: peering out at me, as you do, with dark piercing eyes from behind all those black silken veils... voicesofafricaunited: just clowing around voicesofafricaunited: waiting for my coffee water to boil aiden_dream : ah voicesofafricaunited: you are ladybug, so i must bug you voicesofafricaunited: that is a rule (law) aiden_dream : haha voicesofafricaunited: so, how is school aiden_dream : I am buggs bonny as well voicesofafricaunited: how are all your cadavers and sick people voicesofafricaunited: ha ha voicesofafricaunited: can you get decent cadavers in med school.. aiden_dream : I dont know..it was my birthday yesterday voicesofafricaunited: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ou ouuu ouu ou ouuu aiden_dream : voicesofafricaunited: i modified the pussycat song just for you aiden_dream : haha voicesofafricaunited: i bought a marvelous Oxford World Atlas for only $20 USD, in a used book store... it would probably be $80 or more list price aiden_dream : wow voicesofafricaunited: not thick but HUGHE... LIKE 20INCHES BY 20 INCHS (guessing aiden_dream : lovely! voicesofafricaunited: a page for EACH COUNTRY.... with nice map... AND a page of facts, stats, demographics.. aiden_dream : wow voicesofafricaunited: i looked up Rwanda africa... and it talked of hutu tutsi genocide..... so it is fairly modern aiden_dream : hutu tutsi? voicesofafricaunited: two tribes... aiden_dream : ah voicesofafricaunited: the hutu for centuries served under their tutsi masters aiden_dream : hshs aiden_dream : voicesofafricaunited: but.... it was the hutus, a few years ago, who committed genocide... murdering thousands of tutsi aiden_dream : ah voicesofafricaunited: oh... say... the guinness world record for human migration,.... was 10 million people moving/fleeing... when Pakistan gained independence aroung 1948 voicesofafricaunited: sikhs, muslims, hindus, christians,.... 10 million travelled to change local... with much bloodshed voicesofafricaunited: that was not in atlas... but i was so impressed by that unusual fact aiden_dream : yes interesting voicesofafricaunited: you have heard of guiness book of records voicesofafricaunited: guinness is a famous beer brewery,... with taverns... aiden_dream : I havent heard voicesofafricaunited: and in the taverns , the drinkers would always get into arguments about the biggest this, and the longest that, and the oldest so and so... voicesofafricaunited: you know how beer drinkers are in pubs... voicesofafricaunited: anyway.... guinness brewery began to collect such facts, to settle disputes in pubs (taverns) aiden_dream : ah haha voicesofafricaunited: this is a true story... aiden_dream : aiden_dream : interesting really aiden_dream : you there? voicesofafricaunited: yes voicesofafricaunited: pouring coffee water aiden_dream : voicesofafricaunited: here is a TRUE story voicesofafricaunited: a young woman (30 something) in my office is from Colombia S. Amer. voicesofafricaunited: she because very serious religious Jehovah's Witness voicesofafricaunited: so... we talk some time... voicesofafricaunited: about religion or things aiden_dream : voicesofafricaunited: and one day i said to her,..." You know , there is actually one circumstance where it would be our solemn religious duty to have sex and try to have a child!" ... she was so shocked... "What is that?! she asked voicesofafricaunited: i said, "suppose a calamited killed every human on the face of the earth EXCEPT FOR YOU AND ME.... voicesofafricaunited: well.. the very first commandment of Genesis in bible is "be fruitful and multiply" voicesofafricaunited: so... it would be our duty to preserve the human race, like adam and eve..... and if we did not do our duty... then human race would become extinct voicesofafricaunited: she had to agree that, in such an unusual circumstance... it would indeed be our religious obligation to have sex.... voicesofafricaunited: is it not strange..... how one may find "what if" scenarios as this to demonstrate that morality is indeed relative and not absolute aiden_dream : aiden_dream : of course its relative voicesofafricaunited: there are various fundamentalist groups in every religioun, even hindu/buddhist who denounce relative morality... and preach absolute... like THE TEN COMMANDMENTS etched in stone tablets aiden_dream : they are stupid aiden_dream : it cant be absolute aiden_dream : sorry sitaram would you excuse me?a friend of mine wants to talk with me!~ aiden_dream : I havent seen him for a looooooooooooooooooong time aiden_dream : but please dont forget to continue this talk later its really interesting subject~!!! voicesofafricaunited: wife call aiden_dream : aiden_dream : hope she is fine aiden_dream : read my messages abow voicesofafricaunited: back... voicesofafricaunited: ok... queen now requests breakfast aiden_dream : voicesofafricaunited: humble slave must scramble egg and make toast aiden_dream : aiden_dream : bye byeeeeeeee for now voicesofafricaunited: bye bug aiden_dream : Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         literarydiscussions.myfreeforum.org Forum Index -> Dialogues All times are GMT - 5 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Showcase----------------You must CONTACT SITARAM directly to JOIN this message boardVoices of Africa UnitedHOW TO JOIN THIS FORUM. 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