The_Barnacle wrote on Jan 1
st, 2021 at 10:35am:
Bias_2012 wrote on Dec 28
th, 2020 at 5:01pm:
What would you say to the children of the elderly couple who died at the hands of Raghe Abdi last week? Any reassuring comment in your condolences would only be philosophical, don't you think? I doubt you'd say "Visit their graves once a year to ease your pain" or "We must make sacrifices for Australia and your parents were just in the wrong place at the wrong time" - No, I don't think you'd say those frivolous and callous statements
But what is just as frivolous and callous is "Thoughts and prayers, best wishes", with no intention of explaining why their parents had to die
This is a classic example of tribalism.
Blame a whole culture for the actions of a few criminals but of course don't apply the same standards to your own "tribe"
This isn't philosophy, this is pure bigotry
There are numerous other forums for Bias to post his bigotry, the philosophy forum isn't one of them
I asked Ayn Marx what he would say to the children of the murdered elderly couple and as yet, there's been no reply
I'll ask you now, what would you say to the elderly couple's children to console them?, keeping in mind there might also be grandchildren and possibly great-grandchildren
Ayn Marx previously posted the dictionary definition of "Philosophy", you do remember that don't you?
It seems that Ayn can't understand a simple easy to understand statement in that definition, "
a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour
." and yet he posted it.
The guiding principle for muslim attackers is to attack people with knives and vehicles because of societal differencences, is it not? They attack for no other reason than to show their disdain for the way the rest of us live our lives, true or not?
Such a belligerent philosophy is in conflict with the general philosophy that us Aussies have of "Live and let live", and it's a shame and a disappointment that you and Ayn Marx can't seem to separate the two in your minds, because they are certainly separate philosophies acting within the broader community. Only a twisted and maligned sense of "multiculturalism" could rationalize bringing them together
Again, what would you say to the elderly couple? ... and what was the reason they had to die? what are your philosophical thought on that?