[Discussion split from:] What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?

[Laird]

the previous post [...] to a large extent ‘fixes the issue’.

I'm glad for that.

One of the things I felt most troubled about had already been corrected. Thank you for that.

You're welcome.

I still feel that you have in you a deep passion about ‘animal welfare’ which, frankly, can lead to you giving no ground. I mean none! I don’t think this is a reasonable (or healthy) position.

I think quite the opposite: the magnitude of the situation (a magnitude which you seem to recognise) is so severe that animals are not at all served by concessional and equivocal advocacy. Uncompromising advocacy is necessary and reasonable.

Do you believe in God Laird?

Yes, but not the traditional Abrahamic God, due to the problem of evil.

Yes, but not the traditional Abrahamic God, due to the problem of evil.

I tried to show that I think there may be a way to overcome evil, and I don’t think it can be found by looking at anything in an ‘uncompromising’ way. 

Here we differ. And you’ll never change my opinion on this!!!! 

[Laird]

I don’t think it can be found by looking at anything in an ‘uncompromising’ way. 

Beating one's wife is sometimes OK. Molesting children isn't always wrong. The abuse and mistreatment animals can often be accepted. One plus one doesn't always equal two. OK, fine, you're right, Steve. Sometimes we have to compromise a little.

Here we differ. And you’ll never change my opinion on this!!!! 

Huh. That sounds oddly... uncompromising.

Beating one's wife is sometimes OK. Molesting children isn't always wrong. The abuse and mistreatment animals can often be accepted. One plus one doesn't always equal two. OK, fine, you're right, Steve. Sometimes we have to compromise a little.

You just can’t let some things go. Can you? I can only lead a horse to water Laird. 

Huh. That sounds oddly... uncompromising.

What do you think the smiley was about? Haven’t you noticed that (until now) I hadn’t been using smilies in this thread as I often do in our discussions? 

I thought it would have been rather obvious that I was joking, my bad. I should maybe have used brackets around the sentence after “Here we differ”.

Perhaps your emotion is clouding your ability to see ?

No more smilies!

[Laird]

Doh. Yep, I did miss the joke.

Happy to leave it there then if you are...