[2011-Nov-01] Smart Children are Dumb

[Kimra]

They taught me that if a guy apologises and catches a plane, then he loves you unconditionally and should forgive him.

[Guest12345]

Of course -- who could forget those exemplary moral relativists, the Nazis?

There's only one group of people who are "capable of anything," and it ain't moral relativists.

[In Jam]

See this doesn't work, because a psychopath under your bed isn't scary.

[DonRetrasado]

There's only one group of people who are "capable of anything," and it ain't moral relativists.

my guidance counselor said i could do anything if i applied myself

[Gruest]

Of course -- who could forget those exemplary moral relativists, the Nazis?

There's only one group of people who are "capable of anything," and it ain't moral relativists.

Right, but, see, there's a part when you have to make a joke. That an actual moral relativist wouldn't murder people (or whatever) because she feels that murder is only wrong by subjective standards is the point of the comic; the child is too young to understand the nuance of the way in which moral relativism was presumably defined in the philosophical books he'd been reading.

[In Jam]

I made you this avatar, Gruest.



I hope you like it.

[Edminster]

Gruest, saviour of the LCD forum.

[Jiro]

There's only one group of people who are "capable of anything," and it ain't moral relativists.

my guidance counselor said i could do anything if i applied myself

Guidance counsellors are trained in the art of lying.

[GUTCHUCKER]

Erm, what if you're not a psychopath, you're just capable of ignoring consequences and morals?

[Guest12345]

Right, but, see, there's a part when you have to make a joke.

Ah, so that's what was missing! I thought there was something a little off about SMBC lately.