VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris attacks

Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by rmc on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @08:23AM (#10580827)

Try suggesting that Americans give up their guns, and you'll hear a lot about culture. Suggest that some places in USA don't fly a CSA flag and you'll hear about culture. Tell some christians that they need to teach their kids that's it's OK to be gay, and you'll hear a lot about religion and freedom of religion.

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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by lusis_eu on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @11:06AM (#10581938)

The veil of ignorance [1] is a very nice step in the quest for a universal human morality. It abstracts away culture and makes biases and prejudices painfully clear, whatever the cultural background to reveal universal human values.

Try to imagine being a black islamic lesbian undocumented immigrant in a small bible belt town. You have little knowledge of the English language. An immunology disorder makes it dangerous for you to get a vaccination. Your hobby is collecting fossils. Your neighbors would have to throw quite a bit of their culture out of the window if they really want to treat you with the respect you deserve as a human. Good people will make the effort, and rightly so.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_ofA very strong reason for moving moral positions for may... _ignorance

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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by nickik on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @10:21AM (#10581552)

Its exactly what he said, those people should not get a pass either.

However I would also argue that for all of those their are non cultural/religion arguments that can be applied.

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