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by verisimi 924 days ago
Laws are for thee, not for me.

They are a control mechanism for the masses, nothing to do with right or wrong, which is written in our hearts. But, if you want to disempower the individual, take his money (tax), use that money against him (police, tax inspectors) you need some authorised hymnsheet for the feeble minded to get behind. And that is law.
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pixl97 924 days ago
>nothing to do with right or wrong, which is written in our heart

It's just quite unfortunate we're all reading from different heart books.

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NemoNobody 924 days ago
I don't think we are reading different heart books at all - we are taught that we are but we are pretty much exactly the same when it comes to matters of the heart
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pixl97 924 days ago
[Looks at the DSM-5]

No, no we are not.

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verisimi 924 days ago
The dsm is hardly the authority of the heart.

It might be the authority of the pharmaceutical industry with regards to what treatments can be provided more psychiatric conditions.

And even then you have to wonder about their criteria - a doubling of diseases with every edition, all those 'chemical imbalances' and not one physical test!

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verisimi 924 days ago
Really? Or is it that you've never looked, and take the poor imitation instead?

Funny, btw. But, not all truth has to be found in a book.. Arguably, no truth is.

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