zeke5123a
7mo ago
That sucks for them but you can’t let a small minority dictate to the vast majority
zeke5123a
7mo ago
They did? That’s disappointing. It’s been a long time since I took the LSAT.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
The real question is can you kidnap someone from some “shit hole” and put them in terrible conditions that on the margins help build society. Then do their descendants 160 years later get to claim some amount due? Isn’t the appropriate calculation for the descendant are there better off in your society or the “shit hole” from whence their forefather was stolen?
That is, I think the forefather had a clear claim to restitution. I think the current generation has actually benefited from slavery.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
It is well past time to end the tax exempt status for these universities. If anything, I want to see a higher tax rate…
zeke5123a
7mo ago
King Cotton is not a very convincing story. Phillip Magness (sp?) did great work discrediting it and the 1619 project.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
What about inducing young men to be regimented, putting the team in front of self, and creating situations to bond?
Seems to me the problem is local sports have devalued competition.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
Yeah! I meet them all the time.
I would suggest the other poster is implicitly acknowledging that sometimes what their dog likes is superior to any harm caused to a human.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
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I’m a very easy person to be around. I just don’t like being barked at and jumped on.
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I find the mindset of dog lovers to be “dogs are better than people.” They freely make statements like that. I’ve asked a few and they routinely say they’d save their dogs over humans if given the choice. But if that isn’t unnatural enough it frequently is that they love their dogs so much but rather that they often are somewhat misanthropic.
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My view is that dogs (and other animals) should not be harmed or mishandled. At the same time, I don’t believe they are capable of eudaimonia. So I don’t care about trying to make them happier but I do believe in trying to relieve their pain.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
Well if we are laying cards on the table perhaps I am neurotic but I find your stated preference (and that of other dog lovers) to be anti human (and in some situations narcissistic). I think we elevate love of dog to be unnatural.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
I think for many of them being a mom could be achieved but-for a lot of individual choices that probably are misplaced
zeke5123a
7mo ago
Do you think you can compare utils between dogs and humans?
That is, while I’m against harming dogs (or animals) wantonly, I don’t really value animal flourishing per se. I certainly don’t value animals well-being if it comes at the cost of humans (even if it is a minor nuisance).
From my experience, the dog obsessed are the ones with weird personality traits (eg my sister in law had her husband take her out to a fancy Mother’s Day dinner when she got her first dog).
zeke5123a
7mo ago
To be clear, my post wasn’t intended to capture things like seeing eye dogs.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
Also our society should largely cater towards kids because without kids society collapses. Without dogs…
zeke5123a
7mo ago
Would you say the same with a lion? Obviously pit bulls are different than lions but at a certain point the animal is inherently unsafe
zeke5123a
7mo ago
So do you believe outside of places like grocery stores and medical places there should be no places that cultural are off limits to dogs?
zeke5123a
7mo ago
I don’t (obviously) think it’s uptight neuroticism. I don’t like barking, I don’t like dog hairs getting everywhere, and I don’t like the smell. Those all seem like reasonable non neurotic reasons to dislike dogs.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
You seem really to like dogs. That’s nice. Bully for you. I’m serious. But people also may not like dogs. And it’s wild that dog people don’t seem to understand the negative feelings externalities.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
NJ but in nyc frequently. Dogs in grocery stores tend to be pocket pooches.
zeke5123a
7mo ago
But why is Home Depot okay? It’s a place of business. Where is the dividing line?
Pretty sure it says you have to make reasonable accommodations.
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