Timeline for Are we ethically bound to call out other people's statements as wrong?
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| Jul 18, 2017 at 16:58 | comment | added | Lee Whitney III | I've benefited from the wisdom and diverse perspectives here. Thank you for having allowed me to participate. | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 16:55 | comment | added | Lee Whitney III | [the goal of many of BSE policies is to "minimize controversy"]. A fine goal it is. But maybe that's the crux of it. I'd like to think here we just differ on what's important enough to call out as wrong. I sincerely hope minimizing controversy is not a factor when deciding to act, even against things that are believed to be dangerously wrong. | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 16:51 | comment | added | Lee Whitney III | "Think of the children" does not apply unless potential for harm is not real, or that the remedy is worse i.e. trying to prevent child abuse by abandoning the bill of rights. I'm sorry you believe it does apply here, I simply do not share that belief. | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 16:50 | comment | added | Lee Whitney III | It's suggested one possibility for my post is "worthless and counterproductive behaviour". I'm not sure how to respond to that, but let me just say it's not a straw man argument. I won't go into why because I sense even if you came to believe that, it would not change your opinion on the larger issue. If a feminist says he's offended, then it proves the point that feminists are easily offended? Clearly not, it could be that person is rarely offended. It would only show fallacious reasoning. | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 16:48 | comment | added | Lee Whitney III | Ex3: Thích Quảng Đức - Its analogous because it an example of how Buddhists can speak and act against the speech and actions of others without violating principles. I chose him to illustrate the point because he's a hero of mine, not to diminish him to the level of this site. | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 16:47 | comment | added | Lee Whitney III | Ex1: Little girls going to hell? Not at all. People discouraged from BSE, when new to Buddhism, could conflate the two and not practice when it might have greatly benefited their lives. Not uncommon for people to change directions after a first bad taste. Ex2: Letting a comment denying the holocaust stand means someone approves of it? Not close actually, more like evil succeeds when good men do nothing. | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 16:46 | comment | added | Lee Whitney III | I will apologize up front also for extended comments below. Understanding someone's position and agreeing with it are very different. I will not try to further convince anyone to agree, but clarification of intent is important. Three points were described as exaggerations, which would be fine but possibly my intent was not clear. On the three exaggerations: | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 13:14 | history | answered | ChrisWMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |