Re: How do you calm down the hot-heads?

From: Robbie Lindauer (robblin@thetip.org)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 18:16:30 MDT

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    >> If you think it's sophistry, try to rewrite human morality without
    >> bravery and say genuinely to yourself that you want to want THAT.

    > ### I'd perfectly satisfied with a world without a single brave
    > person, if
    > bravery means willing to die for a cause. Hot-heads are a nuisance.
    > Competent performance of contracts is all I would ask for.

    Then you have a world full of cowards.

    I hope you can see why this is unrealistic. In a world full of
    cowards, evil brave people take advantage.

    Only the honorable, genuinely brave people provide a reasonable defense
    against the evil brave.

    To see why it's important, remember the American "Give me Liberty or
    Give me death".

    If you'd like a world in which 90% of the people are imprisoned and
    enslaved by 10%, then encourage people to be cowards.

    If you'd like a world in which people come together to jointly improve
    their world, promote bravery and goodness.

    Best,

    Robbie Lindauer

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