>>>>>Yeah but your're not saying that short blonds are an abomination and don't deserve the same rights as everyone just because they're short and blonde are you? Hardly the same thing.
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>>>>Wait for Jos's regular dose of relativization. You'll see that these only seem different, but are substantially the same. They seem different to you because that's how they look in your view of the world.
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>>>If by “relativization” you mean to imply that I believe everything is subjectively relative and therefore OK then you are mistaken.
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>>Not that kind of relativization, see the other reply.
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>>>If I believed this then I would simply say those words and be done with it. I have not said anything to the effect that the above two statements in Victor’s examples of discrimination are the same or equally valid and acceptable depending on one’s worldview. I also did not realize that I was offering a “regular dose” of anything but, apologies and I shall forthwith stop them just in case they are.
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>>Just poking at you a bit, based on your previous writing. You had your attempts to reconcile dogmatic belief with scientific reliance on logic and proof as somehow equal, and a few others of the kind. I just imagined how you would find a way to say something of the kind on the matter at hand.
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>No, I did not try to reconcile dogmatic belief with the scientific model - I have no interest in that endeavor. The subject requires more time than what I am prepared to spend in a chat forum and hence I chose not to pursue it. Like Mel I think that I shall drop chatter forum, it seems to take up too much time.

I hope you don't. We don't always agree but I always read your posts with interest and respect.