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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 1911209" data-attributes="member: 13624">So actions are only to be judged against community standards?&nbsp; Fine; let&#039;s play with that for a bit:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Slavery wasn&#039;t wrong; it was accepted by the the country/culture of the time</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gassing six million Jews wasn&#039;t wrong; the country/culture accepted it as being within standards</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Flying a couple of jet airliners into buildings wasn&#039;t wrong; the culture doing it accepted it (celebrated, actually)</li>
</ul>Besides the obvious absurdity of these positions, there are also some real, practical questions.&nbsp; How big of a community is required for something to become okay?&nbsp; Does it take a continent?&nbsp; A nation?&nbsp; A state, county, city block?&nbsp; What degree of homogeneity is required?&nbsp; Do 100% of the people in the bloc have to support the idea?&nbsp; 50%&nbsp; Just the leadership?&nbsp; What happens when two different cultures, with different standards, have to deal with each other?&nbsp; Whose standard rules?I&#039;d be interested in your answers to these questions, but frankly, if you can&#039;t agree that murder is wrong, I really don&#039;t see us finding any common ground.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 1911209, member: 13624"] So actions are only to be judged against community standards? Fine; let's play with that for a bit: [LIST] [*]Slavery wasn't wrong; it was accepted by the the country/culture of the time [*]Gassing six million Jews wasn't wrong; the country/culture accepted it as being within standards [*]Flying a couple of jet airliners into buildings wasn't wrong; the culture doing it accepted it (celebrated, actually) [/LIST] Besides the [I]obvious[/I] absurdity of these positions, there are also some real, practical questions. How big of a community is required for something to become okay? Does it take a continent? A nation? A state, county, city block? What degree of homogeneity is required? Do 100% of the people in the bloc have to support the idea? 50% Just the leadership? What happens when two different cultures, with different standards, have to deal with each other? Whose standard rules? I'd be interested in your answers to these questions, but frankly, if you can't agree that [I]murder is wrong[/I], I really don't see us finding any common ground. [/QUOTE]

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