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Nuclear Unicorn

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16. "To return like for like, especially evil for evil."

Reply to TshaiRedhair (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 03:24 PM

Nov 2014

This seems to support my contention.

Retaliation is a deliberate act. A non-deliberate act following an earlier act would be a consequence.

But to return evil for evil would require an awareness of evil and an ability to choose from a variety of options, one that was evil.

All these things bespeak consciousness, particularly one aligned towards morality.

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Mother Earth has been abused [View all] TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 OP

to much CO2 means we will have happy plants! bottled oxygen for sale! Sunlei Nov 2014 #1

I don't see that "Mother Earth" has been abused, but rather, ladjf Nov 2014 #2

Nature does not retaliate seveneyes Nov 2014 #3

Are you making some kind of actual point my good man/woman? TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #5

"Retaliation" requires moral consciousness. nt Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #4

You are just plain real wrong my good man/woman. TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #6

Retaliation implies will Bonx Nov 2014 #12

"To return like for like, especially evil for evil." Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #16

"bespeaks"? lol TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #18

Do you have an actual point of rebuttal? nt Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #19

Do you somehow know for a fact that our planet has no moral consciousness? Zorra Nov 2014 #10

Yes. Bonx Nov 2014 #13

Great! Zorra Nov 2014 #14

Perhaps you should address the OP, consider the response to my earlier post. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #17

"Your people are driven by a terrible sense of deficiency... Zorra Nov 2014 #7

Beautiful TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #8

Thank you for your quote, and your OP. Zorra Nov 2014 #9

What do you suggest? /nt topological Nov 2014 #11

Stop all fracking immediately, for starters. nt Zorra Nov 2014 #15