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0 pointsCathedralBorrow6y ago0 comments

Thank you for the civil response. Good primer on the websites as well, so far I've been taking every written word everywhere as 100% truth and fact but your point is something I had never considered before.

If a 66 year old man tells you that contrary to everything he's written on the matter, he has recently learned that having sex with children is wrong, is that a moment where you wouldn't personally get too bent out of shape about it?

I mean, yes we all change our minds about things. But is there no nuance to it at all? Do you erase someone's entire past as soon as he says "I've changed my mind, child rape is wrong"?

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dijit6y ago

Yes I change my mind on a person who changed their values. Although it’s not as if I change it to be completely 180° from my original estimations of the person.

I think it’s soulless to never allow a person to grow or change when presented new information no matter what age they are.

Or, are only young people allowed to change their minds? Or is nobody?

I mean I’ve had pretty stupid ideas about things ranging from communism as a good political ideology to believing that the UK would be better outside of the EU. But when presented with new information I changed my opinion. I would hope people don’t treat me as a communist or a brexiter.

CathedralBorrowOP6y ago

> Or is nobody?

I think I've made it clear that my position is that absolutely no one should ever be allowed to change their minds. Again, thank you for being civil.

dijit6y ago

That’s your prerogative I guess. I definitely don’t subscribe to the same ideology.

In fact I find it worrying that you do. To each their own I guess.

Thank you for being civil. :)

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0 pointsCathedralBorrow6y ago0 comments

I mean, yes we all change our minds about things. But is there no nuance to it at all? Do you erase someone's entire past as soon as he says "I've changed my mind, child rape is wrong"?

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dijit6y ago

Yes I change my mind on a person who changed their values. Although it’s not as if I change it to be completely 180° from my original estimations of the person.

I think it’s soulless to never allow a person to grow or change when presented new information no matter what age they are.

Or, are only young people allowed to change their minds? Or is nobody?

CathedralBorrowOP6y ago

> Or is nobody?

I think I've made it clear that my position is that absolutely no one should ever be allowed to change their minds. Again, thank you for being civil.

dijit6y ago

That’s your prerogative I guess. I definitely don’t subscribe to the same ideology.

In fact I find it worrying that you do. To each their own I guess.

Thank you for being civil. :)

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