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right, but the thing is that everybody has a different set of ideas about what's right and wrong. just because one person thinks lying is wrong doesn't mean it actually is. as said before, it all depends on the situation. in your example with the homeless person, then yeah it would be right, in my point of view at least. but the way i see it, making ethical "rules" and punishing other people for not following them (as long as their actions aren't harming you) is just like what the government does. better to just avoid the whole quagmire or sorting through what's right and wrong in a million different scenarios and just let people do what they want in an anarchist environment where nobody supresses anyone else, and the smartest and most skilled at whatever, thrive and survive. i see any form of control, including ethics, as detrimental to freedom. sure, it does some good. but the potential problems of a controlling system like that outweigh it.

I think Buenaventura Durruti is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fascists and doesnt afraid of ruins.
The quickest way to kill a revolution is to wait for it.
11-19-2006 07:54 AM
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Honesty - Happy Camper - 11-18-2006, 09:55 AM
RE: Honesty - James Comey - 01-20-2014, 04:48 AM
Honesty - Money morkel - 06-26-2015, 04:05 PM
RE: Honesty - James Comey - 04-14-2017, 07:13 AM
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[] - Freak - 11-18-2006, 11:11 AM
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[] - Guest - 11-18-2006, 01:37 PM
[] - SoulRiser - 11-19-2006, 02:00 AM
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