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- From: jte@beefheart.cc.columbia.edu (Jeff Eldredge)
- Subject: Re: Calendars and Brains
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.165148.29365@news.columbia.edu>
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- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <1992Nov17.080306.14983@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:51:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.080306.14983@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- maynard@leah.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley) writes:
- >
- > This talk of sin and morality. I always thought the first part of
- morality
- > was
- > tolerance, and "do unto others as you would be done unto you."
-
- How exactly does the above principle apply to this situation?? Because no
- one is disallowing me to enter the profession of modelling, I should not
- judge any other for his or her decision to pursue such a career??
-
- >I guess you
- > feel
- > morality is selective and you can choose the parts of it you want.
-
- Morality IS relative, if that's what you mean. My morality is obviously
- not your morality is obviously not some other's morality. Moreover, I'd
- be happy to argue the contention that the advertising industry, as a key
- component of corporate America, has spiralled out of control and thus
- possesses a quesitonable moral value in today's society.
-
- >What
- > will you offer for an encore? Telling us that gays are the spawn of
- SATAN
- > and should be put to death?
-
- I don't see what gayness has to do with any of this. I'm talking about
- modelling and advertising.
-