[MD] Another parallel

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Craig, previously] 
> But is it MORE MORAL for a bad idea to kill a good society than it is 
> for a good society to kill a bad idea? 



  [dmb} 
> the suggestion that it's OKAY for a society to kill ideas defies 
> the MOQ's moral hierarchy. 
Careless change from “MORE MORAL” to “OKAY”   

  [dmb] > the suggestion that it's okay for a society to kill ideas defies the 
> MOQ's moral hierarchy. Qualifying the hypothetical society with 
> "good" and qualifying the ideas as "bad" doesn't alter that 
> principle. 


David mb, I find many of your arguments interesting.   But when you make an 
assertion without support, it is very frequently wrong.   I don’t think 
you have a good grasp of the data. 
[dmb] 
> bad ideas are [not] going to be killed by social values. 
And here’s the perfect example.   Follow the news. 
Cuba , Red China, the Taliban, etc. are notorious for killing good ideas, 
often along with those who hold them. 
. 


[dmb] 
> Craig's question strikes me as the verbal equivalent of a card trick. 
”Flattery will get you nowhere.” 
Craig