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Thread #154695   Message #3630729
Posted By: GUEST
06-Jun-14 - 06:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Facebook troll jailed
Subject: RE: BS: Facebook troll jailed
Hopefully, Dave, the lesson has been learned, as matters have calmed somewhat of late, partially by the provision of a BSBS thread. The question might be one of the definition of reasonableness, if not tolerance and respect of other peoples' views.
An example of that is the sense that the Irish Tuam child murder situation has arisen because their definition of reasonableness is not ours. Reason alone is not an absolute, we have considered many things reasonable in the past which have since been disproven, from the structure of the universe to the ethics of feudalism. Reason backed by scientific proof, in the form of empirical observation, reproductability, and consistent coherency may be, as long as it remembers that it is not yet a complete science.