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> "Ron" > wrote
> > "Dutch" > wrote:

>
> [..]
>
> > > >> > Hmm. So it is subjectively wrong (ie. relative to time and

> location) or
> > > >> > absolutely wrong (universal through time and space) to be an

> accomplice
> > > >> > or accessory.
> > > >>
> > > >> It depends on the nature of the act to which you are an accomplice

> and
> > > >> the
> > > >> nature of the complicity. Every case requires a moral and/or legal
> > > >> evaluation.
> > > >
> > > > Buying pot for glaucoma treatment and buying pot for selling to
> > > > teenagers is the SAME act. Please describe the differences in the
> > > > *actions* to warrant different moral or legal responses.
> > >
> > > One relieves the symptoms of a disease, the other condemns young people

> to a
> > > life of menial jobs and unfulfilled potential.

> >
> > My question was, what is different about the actions?

>
> I answered it.
> >
> > > Two actions may be identical in physical form

> >
> > Thank you, so they are identical actions that are treated and regarded
> > differently despite your claims that they are not the same actions.

>
> The same actions in different circumstances.
>
> > > but completely dissimiliar
> > > when the entire circumstances are assessed morally. You must know this

> or
> > > else you are sociopathic.

> >
> > The circumstances are the the same.

>
> No they aren't. The presence of the disease of glaucoma is a different
> circumstance.
>
> > The reasoning or thinking is what is
> > being assessed and having label of morality applied.

>
> No, there is an actual physically different set of circumstances in this
> instance.
>
> > What you are calling moral, is merely a question of what is popular and
> > socially acceptable. I grew out of that phase by the 8th grade. If being
> > an assertive adults constitutes being a sociopath then, so be it.

>
> You have a complex about *not* being thought of as a child, resulting in the
> adoption of childish notions. Ironic..
>
> > I imagine then that your willingness to agree with what is popular or
> > common is an avoidance to be labeled as a sociopath. Keeping you in line
> > is a breeze.

>
> Your self-professed "free thinking" is a pose. You are a prisoner of your
> abject fear of being viewed as "normal" or "conventional" or "a child" of
> being manipulated or controlled. You have lost all objectivity as a result.
> You are just as "in line" as I am, except that I understand why.


roflmao, okay...

I hope you weren't expecting payment for your armchair analysis.
 
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