Comments on: Oklahoma!?! http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/ Blog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:00:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: sidfaiwu http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-883 sidfaiwu Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:58:31 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-883 To create any system of proofs (whether the system be moral, mathematic, or what-have-you), one must first start with axioms or postulates. The strength of the system depends on the soundness of the axioms. Sound axioms tend to be self-evident, which roughly means 'obviously true'. They are statements which require no proof because of their obviousness. An example is an axiomatic system is Euclid's <em>Elements</em> in which he created an entire system of geometry based of <a href = "http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EuclidsPostulates.html" target = "_blank" rel="nofollow">a few postulates</a>, which include "A straight line segment can be drawn joining any two points." To create any system of proofs (whether the system be moral, mathematic, or what-have-you), one must first start with axioms or postulates. The strength of the system depends on the soundness of the axioms. Sound axioms tend to be self-evident, which roughly means ‘obviously true’. They are statements which require no proof because of their obviousness.

An example is an axiomatic system is Euclid’s Elements in which he created an entire system of geometry based of a few postulates, which include “A straight line segment can be drawn joining any two points.”

]]> By: Scott http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Scott Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:48:43 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-881 So not being a phiosopher what does Locke (or you ftm) mean by self-evident? So not being a phiosopher what does Locke (or you ftm) mean by self-evident?

]]> By: sidfaiwu http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-880 sidfaiwu Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:54:28 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-880 He sure did. I'm sure he restricted those rights to white males (though I am not certain of this). But we know those to be faulty restrictions based on an otherwise good moral philosophy that placed individuals as the axiomatic centers of consideration. We've improved on Locke morally just as we've improved on Adam Smith economically. He sure did. I’m sure he restricted those rights to white males (though I am not certain of this). But we know those to be faulty restrictions based on an otherwise good moral philosophy that placed individuals as the axiomatic centers of consideration. We’ve improved on Locke morally just as we’ve improved on Adam Smith economically.

]]> By: Santini http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Santini Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:26:51 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-878 Ohh that is what Human Rights are...but did Locke really mean they are available to <i>all</i> people?? Clearly he meant only certain people had natural, inalienable, and self-evident rights...right?? Ohh that is what Human Rights are…but did Locke really mean they are available to all people?? Clearly he meant only certain people had natural, inalienable, and self-evident rights…right??

]]> By: Scott http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-877 Scott Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-877 Pretty amorphous definition. I prefer Hunan rights, which are the rigts that entitle all of us to good chinese food. Pretty amorphous definition. I prefer Hunan rights, which are the rigts that entitle all of us to good chinese food.

]]> By: sidfaiwu http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-868 sidfaiwu Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:24:01 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-868 Ha! You, of all people, have read Locke, right? He spoke of natural, inalienable, and self-evident rights. Those rights are human rights. Ha! You, of all people, have read Locke, right? He spoke of natural, inalienable, and self-evident rights. Those rights are human rights.

]]> By: Santini http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Santini Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:28:25 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-867 What are human rights? What are human rights?

]]> By: Bunnies4Buddha http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Bunnies4Buddha Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:45:28 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-862 Thank you for bringing some exposure to this issue and the work of The Human Rights Campaign. Thank you for bringing some exposure to this issue and the work of The Human Rights Campaign.

]]> By: Scott http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Scott Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:41:55 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-861 Thanks for the link love!! Maybe if he was dead she would love him? "I love him! I love my dead gay son!" Nah, prolly not. Thanks for the link love!!

Maybe if he was dead she would love him? “I love him! I love my dead gay son!” Nah, prolly not.

]]> By: Snurp http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Snurp Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:03:45 +0000 http://www.sidfaiwu.com/blog/index.php/oklahoma/#comment-860 I would just like to add that, in classic fashion, she has a <a href="http://www.queerty.com/sally-kern-scrubs-gay-son-20080312/" rel="nofollow"> disowned gay son</a>. I would just like to add that, in classic fashion, she has a disowned gay son.

]]>