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Stop messing 'round with your tricks... entyti Send a noteboard - 16/12/2022 09:52:00 PM

You just might pick up my magic sticks


So back to Twitter since you invoked it Yes you with your speech summoned a magic spell.

What does it say about me that I believe this to be true?

Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion. – Aleister Crowley


Two quick things before Twitter. What do you mean by moral relativist, and why do you think I am or am not one?

First, it was a poorly developed quip, and one meant as a light ribbing. No offense or attack intended.

What I mean by moral relativist is believing there are no absolute (derived from God/nature/the universe) rights or wrongs . Rather, it is something determined by an individual's decisions relative to environment/culture (culturally derived)

As to why I think you are one... oh I dunno. Perhaps it is the terroir of your rhetorric, the way you approach discussions, the way you attack arguments. A thing you said on the abortion topic on this forum comes to mind:

this has not always been the case, depends on the time and place. The world is messy, it was never Eternal. The logic of the church has changed several times, and even when the Church is against abortion in all cases it uses different underlying logics to justify this decision in different times and places.

A great point, but one that... implies... an idea that there are no absolutes. Perhaps you feel as I do, that we live in a world of relative morality that is bounded by absolute moral asymptotes: to be reached towards even if never fulfilled.


Back to Twitter, here is my reciprocal gift to you for the pleasure you gave me yesterday. (A CS Lewis quote I actually like and I find pleasant.)

This is a podcast by Richard Seymour author of the Twittering Machine. He is a lefty but not the style of left that most people are familiar with (and he does talk about excesses of the left.)

https://soundcloud.com/novaramedia/downstream-twitters-toxic-downfall-w-richard-seymour
YouTube if you prefer video https://soundcloud.com/novaramedia/downstream-twitters-toxic-downfall-w-richard-seymour


We never really finished our talk about ethics and Twitter for it look like it was not happening months ago, but then it happened.

Some of my thoughts is tied up with things Richard brought up. You can ask me some questions as well, just as long as I find the trade or perhaps just acknowledgement is good and full of bounty / grace


I will listen to this later and give an appropriately pedantic response. Have a good weekend!

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