Questions Only V: Where's The Beef?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 2:22 am

Do anti-vaxers avoid dentists, doctors, and optometrists? Don't they know that without modern medicine half of them would have died before the age of three?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:08 pm

Haven't you ever read stories about kids who have died because their parents withhold medical treatment?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:15 pm

Do those parents end up going to prison?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:20 pm

Don't parents have the right to make medical decisions for their children, in the absence of a court order to the contrary?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:24 pm

Aren't there child neglect laws on the books?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 11:30 pm

Do you think it would ever be possible to find a satisfactory balance between parental rights, religious freedom, and governmental responsibility?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:59 am

Isn't "satisfactory" in the eye of the beholder? When it comes to laws and politics, won't there always be one group or another who will be unhappy?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:04 pm

If we make everybody equally unsatisfied, is that a satisfactory substitute for everybody being equally satisfied?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:27 pm

Because everyone's a victim these days, spreading the victimhood around evenly is probably all we can aspire to. Is that depressing?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:21 pm

Definitely depressing, but the real question is: How dangerous is it?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:35 pm

Can I cajole you to read Yuval Noah Harari's short chapter called Post-Truth in his 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:45 pm

Is it going to cheer me up?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:51 pm

Does hearing the truth usually help or hurt one's mood?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:19 pm

Given the rather narrow range of good outcomes in a hostile universe, aren't the odds against the truth being good?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 1:57 am

Would you call yourself a pessimist?

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