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I disagree with this idea of Universal "Bads."
Rape:
Rape is basic instint excercised by animals to reproduce.
Rape is justified by tradition/medicine. There's an instance in some primitive African Cultures where men are encouraged to be sexual with children, even babies, because they're ignorant to HIV and have a belief that children are born pure and undiseased and are therefor without risk. (A Kenyan friend informed me of this)
Murder:
Murder is justified though war. There are some "hippies" and "liberals" who of course oppose war, but the state, the law and the general mass populus support the soldier. A soldier must kill or be killed. It's a state of survival.
Murder is justified through criminal punishment. Some individuals and people are murdered in the jusitice system as punishment for their "heinous" acts.
Murder is justified through relief. In some contries people support Euthenasia, killing someone as a form of relieving them of their pain and suffering.
Murder is justified through the right to excercise free choice. Though it's debatable if feti are actually "alive." It is not debatable that some people are deeply against it because it is murder and yet freedom of choice and abortion is supported in several countries.
Murder is justified through necessity. Food. (not people but still murder)
Theft:
Theft is justified by naturalizing colonialization (as well as the post colonial effect) and corporations. We take from the land that is not initially our own and we make a profit off of materials that don't necessarily belong to anyone. For instance, England... has no land but has several buisness's mining and corporations overseas that were established since the Enlightenment period where they expanded their buisness borders to exploit the materials and people of other lands. The people are no longer ... as... exploited, but the land they claimed, the mining fields, the oil fields, the logging stations, the fertile land that they aquired during this period are still theirs despite the fact that they are on land outside of England. If England ever gave back these resources to the according country then England would be quite poor considering they have little - no land of their own to exploit.
Theft is justified through necesity. A person stealing food to survive. A Kidnapped soul stealing a knife to escape. A cop stealing ... (appropriating) a vehicle to take chase of an individual. A cop stealing alcohol, drugs, money from convicted criminals & underage individuals because they've been given the right to steal these items as a response to justice.
Theft is justified by the state. The governemnt it selfs steals information on you. Corporations steal information about you. Taxes.
Lieing
Lieing is justified by the Media. Censorship, they choose what facts and information about a specific tragedy you see, not only that but they choose how you see it. Which in as sense condones all media as liars because you will never be shown an incident as it originally happens or happened. You will see altered tidbits, highlights, pictures accompanied by quotes, news captions and reports.
Lieing is justified by Corporations and The Government, to keep the general populs regulated. Corporations use surreal images and subconcious messages that are lies dressed as life in order to encourage us to consume their product. The Government keeps information from us or only gives us pieces of information concerning several topics in order to maintain civil peace, civil obedience or simply to keep us ignorant.
Lieing is justified by tradtion, folklore, stories and cultures. Lies about Santa Clause which are of course not harmful... but still lies. The Tooth Fairy, The Easter Bunny, Ghosts, Ghouls, Witchs. (Some of you may argue that these are real.) Harmful fun.
Lies are justified by entertainment. Movies, Plays, Poetry, Novels, Paintings, Games. None of it's real, so they must all be lies. Lies used to entertain us. It's all actors lieing or rather, acting, in a fake scenary and forging accounts. Some of these may represent real occurance or real people but the words aren't reality, they're script and the people aren't the real people, they're phonies.
Lies are justified by Religion. Alright, this one is debatable. But if there are so many different religions... then all but the "right" one must be lieing. And if this is not the case, then all of them are lieing. The use of stories, metaphors, allegories. Concepts of characters. Of great powers and great events. This may just be entertainment applied to a following in order to give the religion more appeal and to empassion the sluggish follower who is emotionally stumped.
My point is, that any action can be justified. The only matter is who is justifying it and why. We're regulated. We're kept in state where concepts are naturalized and given exceptions. Essentially we are told what is Good and what is Bad as a way to achieve these goals of regulation.
But if I say killing a random man on the street is justified. It's what is right. Then who is to tell me it is wrong? These people who do all of the above anyways? By acting on that, by saying that it's right I'm stepping out of their boundries they have pre-established for me. I'm thinking for myself. Otherwise I'm following a guideline of concepts and rules disguised as Universal.
However, it's always been that people who think and move outside of the norm never go without punishment.
Early Christians, Heretics, Feminists, Black People, The Nazis, Criminals, Environmental Activists, Peace Keepers, Womans Rights Activists, (Activists in General), Mutaneers, Slaves, Poachers, IRA, KKK, Early Colonists, Prodestants, First Nations. The list is endless.
In th end, there are no rights and there are no wrongs they're are only indivudal actions a person can take to better their own lives which may include following socially acceptable norms.
Last edited by Chemical; 10-26-2005 at 10:11 PM.
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