Chum wrote-
Quote:I am against many freedoms:
- the freedom to murder
- the freedom to steal
- the freedom to torture
Oh, these shining platitudes; gems of empirical wisdom.
We are all against those Chum. I think.
Are you against the freedom of women to choose when to have sex, and who with, with no pressure of any sort exerted. That's an empirical question. A survey this week here claims that married women view sex as just another household chore and are itching to get on line so they can meet handsome electricians and get the house rewired for nothing.
What do you think? It was in The Sunday Times.
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Quote: and naturally enough, the freedom to indoctrinate others without the benefit of empiricism, as such this style of indoctrination includes both religious and political beliefs and often encompasses the above three.
I consider that to be an attempt at indoctrination. A careless young reader might think that your touching display of virtue in your little list renders your assertion that religious people "often", and we must note this usage in the hands of a strict empiricist, incite their charges to murder, steal and torture, a valid one. You having carefully built up your credit and integrity beforehand.
It looks as if you have been indoctrinated to believe that you don't indoctrinate people when you get the chance. And here we are with as crude a morsel of indoctrination as ever blew in on the wind.
Your post is in the style of "Can't we talk about Octavia's new hairstyle?"
Was Foxy indoctrinating her students when she walked in as I described above, forgetting my presumption on the garter-belt which I chose out of gallantry not wishing to mention panty-hose in polite company as the item is not very Christian.
The girls to associate a successful authority figure with those items which she had chosen to adorn her person and thus dress that way themselves when they get older. Foxy having been indoctrinated herself in a similar way. Taking the gamut of femininity as a whole, down the ages, it is only a very small number who wear such apparel so there has to be an empirical explanation for that. A cause.
The number is increasing though which is a good thing I think because if barbarians get their hands on WMD all hell will break loose. Barbarians being non-Christians in this context.
The boys to associate a successful authority figure got up in that fashion with knuckling under and getting their noses to the grindstone rather than hanging out in the pool-hall and discos with the cheap sluts as some young men do thus proving that the former reaction is not necessarily right and natural. And especially not from an evolutionary point of view.
Give that the benefit of your empiricism because talking about empiricism doesn't convince viewers on a science thread that you are an empiricist. We need a bit more evidence.
