Christianity vs Earth, the right vs the left (the Nietzsche reading club)

71 dB · **Today** at 08:12:44 AM

Quote from: Todd on Today at 05:34:16 AMThis moves the goal post relative to your prior post and it includes a contrafactual assertion, as well. As it stands today, full deployment of all nuclear weapons would not result in the death of all humans, let alone all life.

Okay okay then, the result would still be really horrible! Does it have to be 100 % destruction to be really bad? Mankind has that power to do really bad things, kill millions of people if not everyone. Just as if someone burns 20 % of you house you'd be pissed.

Todd · **Today** at 08:36:56 AM

Quote from: 71 dB on Today at 08:12:44 AMOkay okay then, the result would still be really horrible! Does it have to be 100 % destruction to be really bad? Mankind has that power to do really bad things, kill millions of people if not everyone.

I did write "[t]o be sure, full-scale nuclear war would be the worst possible thing that humans could do and should be avoided at all costs." Perhaps you missed that sentence.

71 dB · **Today** at 09:21:29 AM

Quote from: Todd on Today at 08:36:56 AMI did write "[t]o be sure, full-scale nuclear war would be the worst possible thing that humans could do and should be avoided at all costs." Perhaps you missed that sentence.

The exact scale of carnage nuclear weapons could in theory cause is beyond the point. The point is mankind has the power to cause untold damage on this planet and that power brings responsibility with it.

Todd · **Today** at 09:41:48 AM

Quote from: 71 dB on Today at 09:21:29 AMThe exact scale of carnage nuclear weapons could in theory cause is beyond the point. The point is mankind has the power to cause untold damage on this planet and that power brings responsibility with it.

The point is that humanity cannot kill all humans, all life, or destroy the earth. That great carnage and destruction is possible is a given. You continue to move the goalpost.

71 dB · **Today** at 09:48:57 AM

Quote from: Todd on Today at 09:41:48 AMThe point is that humanity cannot kill all humans, all life, or destroy the earth. That great carnage and destruction is possible is a given. You continue to move the goalpost.

Maybe the goalposts were in a stupid place and moving them is a good thing?

Todd · **Today** at 09:50:30 AM

Quote from: 71 dB on Today at 09:48:57 AMMaybe the goalposts were in a stupid place and moving them is a good thing?

That is the standard internet approach.