nigelswift
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Re: rules
Sep 05, 2012, 14:38
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No I don't think the Social Contract can be broken using external excuses, its all a matter of conscience like you said. Either you're fully committed to it or you break it when it suits you.
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nigelswift
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Re: piffle
Sep 05, 2012, 14:41
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Well youre very welcome to say I've self-appointed myself as a person who is not exempt from the rule.
Nowt inaccurate about that at all.
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Mustard
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Re: rules
Sep 05, 2012, 14:43
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nigelswift wrote: No I don't think the Social Contract can be broken using external excuses, its all a matter of conscience like you said. Either you're fully committed to it or you break it when it suits you.
That's a subjective position though, which would depend entirely upon your interpretation of the social contract. I don't interpret it as requiring a dogmatic adherence to every single rule on every single occasion, therefore I am not breaking the social contract. Unless you can find somewhere where the social contract is etched in stone, then it's simply a matter of individual philosophy.
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Mustard
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Re: piffle
Sep 05, 2012, 14:44
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nigelswift wrote: Well youre very welcome to say I've self-appointed myself as a person who is not exempt from the rule.
Nowt inaccurate about that at all.
Now you're a self-appointed arbiter of what I can say you're self-appointed in. ;)
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nigelswift
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Re: rules
Sep 05, 2012, 14:50
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"I don't interpret it as requiring a dogmatic adherence to every single rule on every single occasion, therefore I am not breaking the social contract."
OK. Its too sunny, I'm off to the Common.
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Mustard
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Re: rules
Sep 05, 2012, 14:51
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nigelswift wrote: OK. Its too sunny, I'm off to the Common.
At last! Something we can agree on :)
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goffik
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Re: rules
Sep 05, 2012, 15:49
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Like the bloke who was carving swastikas into dolmens? He thought what he was doing was fine, didn't he? It's all about interpretation, isn't it? ;)
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Mustard
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Re: rules
Sep 05, 2012, 15:54
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goffik wrote: Like the bloke who was carving swastikas into dolmens? He thought what he was doing was fine, didn't he? It's all about interpretation, isn't it? ;)
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Or those pesky women who fought for the right to vote? They should have stuck to the rules like everyone else instead of thinking they were special ;)
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goffik
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Re: rules
Sep 05, 2012, 16:00
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Mustard wrote: Or those pesky women who fought for the right to vote? They should have stuck to the rules like everyone else instead of thinking they were special ;)
Great comparison. That's exactly the same thing. Erm... :D
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Mustard
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Re: rules
Sep 05, 2012, 16:01
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goffik wrote: Mustard wrote: Or those pesky women who fought for the right to vote? They should have stuck to the rules like everyone else instead of thinking they were special ;)
Great comparison. That's exactly the same thing. Erm... :D
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Whereas your comparison to deliberate vandalism was strictly like-for-like? ;)
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