Friday, January 23, 2009

Murder is Wrong, But Cannot be Weighed -- Think About It

Big Hollywood is fast becoming my favorite wingnut website (sorry NW Republican). It has a delightful blend of poorly written political comedy analysis coupled with the ravings of washed-up actors who believe their careers would be flourishing had they not stood up for their good friend Ronald Reagan at a 1982 cocktail party.

And the commenters are perfect. What turns me off about a lot of wingnut sites is that the commenters tend to be ten times more batshit than the columnists, who, in turn, look reasonable (I'm looking at you Townhall). Big Hollywood doesn't have this problem yet, as most commenters are in the "finally someone has the courage to say this" school.

Right now, I am in love with this paragraph from Doug TenNapel, who is a graphic novelist and budding conservative philosopher:
An essence is immaterial, which is already going to piss off most modern leftists because they don’t believe in an objective immaterial truth. An example of an objective immaterial truth would be that “Murder is wrong.” Just about everyone believes that murder is wrong but it cannot be weighed. You can’t see it, taste it, touch it with your wide stance in a bathroom stall, yet we all know it’s there. It’s an essential doctrine of Conservatism.
Boom! The only thing I love more than this paragraph is comment #3:
Jaci - January 22nd, 2009 at 8:33 am

Wow. This is the most articulate “why we believe” I’ve ever read. I wish I had written it.

Thank you.

Love.
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3 comments:

ash said...

I can taste how wrong murder is.

January 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Anonymous said...

Yes, that's typical wing-nut speech. Not one of them even knows the denotation of the word they're discussing.

"Murder" is illegal killing. "Murder is wrong", means, "not following the State's decrees are moral evil". That is bullshit. Killing can be wrong, but if you accept that an individual is exonerated by the State (I don't), then murder only is wrong because of statute.

"Murder" statutes came about during the 12th century, in England, during the English resistance to the Normans. "Murder" was defined as being a crime against the State, which crime would be deemed to have been perpetrated if a dead Norman knight were found and he could not be proved to be English. Murder is unlawful killing.

This is why animals cannot be murdered, only killed. The State does not protect their lives. Since it can't define "species", the whole framework is a load. If you were to get a court to declare you a non-human, it would be open season on you.

Murder may be bad, but our legal system is absolutely evil!

January 23, 2009 at 12:04 PM
dave3544 said...

Doesn't murder weigh 21 grams. I could have sworn there was documentary about that.

sutlan, welcome to the blog. Yes, the definition of murder as "illegal" killing almost, almost makes the statement a truism. That we can think of forty ways to complicate the statement in about 40 seconds is what I love about it as the one example of bedrock conservatism.

January 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM

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