It's about practicality. Sure, if you want to burn ALL the witches, go ahead and try. See how far you get. Metaphorically of course. "Witches" might not be the best analogy around these parts ;)
It's the mass behavior that needs to be changed. If that happens, that's what matters to me. You can't hold every single person to account. I'd love for everyone to get a full accounting. But where does it end? It ends with Napoleon, that's where. I'm pretty ok with how I've behaved related to the covid insanity era, but I certainly don't want to be judged first. I have many other failings. If I don't get burned for covid, it will be something else for sure. So, this is the value of a few high profile examples.
About the feelz, I think dendroica is right. The feelz go deep! The feelz shouldn't be negated just because they aren't backed by God. Just ask the monkey test subject who doesn't get the grape when he earned it, but his fellow monkey did. I think most parents can attest, a child's first word is usually "mama" or "dada", which is rapidly followed by "but that's not FAIR!". Even if justice is subjective, and that case is strong for me, there are some fairly commonly accepted feelz. There is no reason not to use that as a basis.
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It's the mass behavior that needs to be changed. If that happens, that's what matters to me. You can't hold every single person to account. I'd love for everyone to get a full accounting. But where does it end? It ends with Napoleon, that's where. I'm pretty ok with how I've behaved related to the covid insanity era, but I certainly don't want to be judged first. I have many other failings. If I don't get burned for covid, it will be something else for sure. So, this is the value of a few high profile examples.
About the feelz, I think dendroica is right. The feelz go deep! The feelz shouldn't be negated just because they aren't backed by God. Just ask the monkey test subject who doesn't get the grape when he earned it, but his fellow monkey did. I think most parents can attest, a child's first word is usually "mama" or "dada", which is rapidly followed by "but that's not FAIR!". Even if justice is subjective, and that case is strong for me, there are some fairly commonly accepted feelz. There is no reason not to use that as a basis.
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