John The Great
Banned
- Joined
- Sep 17, 2005
- Messages
- 45
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- HSC
- 2006
Are you blind, deaf, dumb and intellectually incapable. it would appear that you are with your claim 'without cause'. Have you not read what i wrote? Have you not read Mein Kampf? Philosophy? theology? books to war? Any credible books in the area? There was cause! His actions were justified! You know nothing of the area, so educate yourself, or never comment on it again! The Jews simply represented the destruction of incredible culture, and in particular German culture along with Christianity. He was defending this culture. He was nationalistic. Once again the words of St. Augustine must be remembered here. Thus that ISN'T morally wrong under 'ANY' credible normative ethical theory. It isnt wrong under christian doctrine. It isnt wrong under traditional western ethics, as expounded by the great Greek philosophers. It is interesting however that you term them normative. What exactly qualifies as normative, and then who judges what normative is?MoonlightSonata said:He killed millions of Jews without cause. That is morally wrong under any credible normative ethical theory.
And to say "Nietzsche would have been proud" or St Augustine said "violence transcends ethics when required to defend ones faith" does not support your argument (fallacy of appealling to authority). Utter rubbish. If you're a philosopher, as you seem to suggest, you should know better.
By the way, i didn't quote St. Augustine, if you even know who he is, so don't attribute it to me. I mentioned his works, but i did not quote in the segment you mention. You are obviously ignorant if you believe quoting and mentioning the works of greatly influential and distinguished men does not support an argument. Your idea that it seemingly degrades an argument to mention these great men's works is ridiculous. It substantiates thought, with that of incredibly credible men's thoughts which have been widely acknowledged as brilliant. It's Absurdity to believe that the only 'correct' arguments are those that dont mention distinguished people and their thoughts. It is those arguments that are generally rubbish and have no success at all, due to lack of credibility and intellectual thought. Have you ever written a history or an english essay?All you are trying to achieve here is clandestinely covering the fact that you have no credible thought to attribute your beliefs to, hence their pathetic nature, and that you are afraid of the rationality and intellectual thought that supports Hitler and the Nazi's. Yes, your comment is utter rubbish. As you are lacking intelligence, you would have no idea what a philosopher would or wouldnt know. In fact that statement is truly ridiculous in itself, as you imply that all philosophers conform to a homogeneous line of thought.