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Aren't you one oif those always saying that morality is relative? I also agree that anyone selling such an item is doing something immoral. My question is how can you make any determination about moral reprehensibility when you think that there is no foundation for moral judgments?
No I said morality is not the sole province of religion. Which it is not.
And, again, go deal with this in the religion forum and stop hijacking threads.
One has to be bereft of all human decency to not find this offensive.
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Yep. Aren't these the same people who laughed when likenesses of people like George Bush and Sarah Palin were used in hangings and various other kinds of disgusting injury and death? They called it freedom of expression or some equally silly thing. Art. Whatever nonsense it was.
Ah, I can't speak for anyone else, but I can assure you that I was not one of them, and I despised George Bush, but I wouldn't even endorse impeachment arguments much less hold such images or even applaud them.
Aren't these the same people who laughed when likenesses of people like George Bush and Sarah Palin were used in hangings and various other kinds of disgusting injury and death? They called it freedom of expression or some equally silly thing. Art. Whatever nonsense it was.
Palin & Bush are alive! Trayvon isn't! Big difference to mock the death of a teenager.
Aren't these the same people who laughed when likenesses of people like George Bush and Sarah Palin were used in hangings and various other kinds of disgusting injury and death? They called it freedom of expression or some equally silly thing. Art. Whatever nonsense it was.
It is freedom of expression, the same way this person has the RIGHT to sell these nasty things. That does not make either or those expressions MORAL.
I do think your comparison is an apt on though and hugely reflective of the differences between the left and the right. One is doing nasty things in the name of freedom of expression and the other in the name of making a buck off a tragedy. I suppose they are the same if you ignore motivation.
Aren't these the same people who laughed when likenesses of people like George Bush and Sarah Palin were used in hangings and various other kinds of disgusting injury and death? They called it freedom of expression or some equally silly thing. Art. Whatever nonsense it was.
No they are not the same people. Palin was the butt of many well deserved jokes and that was about it and Bush killed tens of thousands for no apparent reason. This is about an unarmed man being gunned down and some lunatics celebrating and cashing in.
Palin & Bush are alive! Trayvon isn't! Big difference to mock the death of a teenager.
Good point.
There is a distinction between choosing to mock the death of a teenager vs. defacing photos or images of adults, who CHOOSE to be part of the political process.
One has to be bereft of all human decency to not find this offensive.
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I am aghast at the fact that so far not one conservative has said this is wrong. I tend to think most people are at least somewhat fair minded regardless of political leanings and that there are a handful of nuts on both sides.. But so far all of the conservative have only said the equivalent of "two wrongs".
It is freedom of expression, the same way this person has the RIGHT to sell these nasty things. That does not make either or those expressions MORAL.
I do think your comparison is an apt on though and hugely reflective of the differences between the left and the right. One is doing nasty things in the name of freedom of expression and the other in the name of making a buck off a tragedy. I suppose they are the same if you ignore motivation.
My reply was to agree with the "feigned outrage".
I agree with your last statement. Unfortunately, the left thinks they're the moral ones when they're doing the exact same things. Different targets doesn't make one moral and the other not. Pitiful.
Pitiful like this:
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Palin & Bush are alive! Trayvon isn't! Big difference to mock the death of a teenager.
I'm surprised Miami didn't puke up the 'public figure' routine.
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I am aghast at the fact that so far not one conservative has said this is wrong.
Aghast? That's funny. Calm down, Have a nice cup of hot tea.
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