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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:10 AM Original message |
Philosophical question.....why should we concern ourselves with issues |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. might be because -- ''no man is an island unto himself''. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Injustice toward any person concerns me directly, since I like to think of myself as a person |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Empathy? nt |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. Some thoughts |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. There are many persons who "live as an island" right now! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. Because all else leads to totalitarian communitarianism. |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. Because it affects us all as a society... |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. Philosophical Retort... |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. Because we are human beings, and to not concern ourselves |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. Most practical answer: Because those issues probably do impact you anyway. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. There's apparently no room for enlightened self-interest in "identity politics" ... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. "First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Just another example of "identity politics." |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You should check out the works of Alain Badiou. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. The paradox of 'belonging' to a group of individuals who don't belong to a group. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
13. Very interesting answers, to be sure..... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Well, yeah. That's a different story. But if you want a job, you're REALLY going to have to band |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'll drink to that. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'll drink with ya! |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Concern for justice nt |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. Your sig line should give you the answer. n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because we all forgot about Ayn Rand after we tried reading her crap in high school. n/t |
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