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What are you arguing? You can learn from both "current events" or "history". Which one you label it is irrelevant to learning.
I'm just saying the dividing line is relative, aka. is the line one millenia ago? one century ago? one month ago? one day ago? one second ago?
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Mucus: I think Omega was talking about morality in the Bible-thumping perspective, in which case it is supposedly not relative but I don't know anyone who acts like that in reality. Er, that is, the reality of corporeal life, since reality is also relative.
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"Great, Einstein raised doubt whether or not most of our basic measurements of time and space are relative and you're trying to say a human abstraction like morality is absolute?"
Abstract concepts created by humanity (assuming you don't believe in God) are certainly absolute. Look at mathematics. We defined it, so we make the rules. Pure science is a completely different animal, as we're analyzing something that already exists, and trying to deduce the existing rules. Just because we don't all agree on an absolute moral standard doesn't mean one doesn't exist.
"How the f*** can you be so egocentric (culture-centric?) to even start to believe that North America is the only "civilization" in the world."
I don't believe I ever said that we were.
"And you're trying to say your standard of morality is the only applicable one in the whole world? Can you be any more arrogant?"
Oh, yes, my belief that I'm right is such a terrible thing. Can't think that anyone's wrong, can we?
*sarcasm dripping off the walls*
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<interruption>If I may make a quick correction to post a ways back, I'd like to point out that Canada didn't ever, to my knowlege, use force against its Native peoples. Of course, it could be said that the one-sided imposed land treaties and their consequences were equally abusive as far as human rights were concerned, but the mounties did successfully prevent Cowboys 'n Injuns style violence north of the 49th Parallel. The Metis were of course, a different story.</interruption> We now return to your regularly-scheduled discussion.
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