You all probably heard about that kidnap-murder in Italy. Horrible crime. I cannot resist noting the reaction:
"I believe that if today we all weren't Christians, we would really be in favour of the death penalty," Christian Democrat politician Pier Ferdinando Casini told a rally in Bologna.
So, where is the contradiction? Turning the other cheek does not mean baby murderers should not get the penalty they deserve. And, does Signor Casini mean to imply that we in the U.S. of A. who think so are not good Christians? I suspect this mentality is prevalent in Old Europe (and its spiritual enclaves on the Coasts here), but I'd be curious to hear confirmation.
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Let's not take it too personally, AI. He probably will just as quickly say "judge not lest ye be judged."
A couple posts back I pointed out the refreshing backwardness of the Italians. The fact that half of the football stadiums had banners calling for Cain's blood is a good example.
I took the liberty of adding a picture to your post.
Let's not confuse what should happen to these bastards with metaphysics. Keep it in the secular, fellahs. And by the way, I'm pro-choice: that is, pro retro-active abortion.
mft
I am really trying to bite my tongue (or rather trying to put duct tape on my fingers) to prevent putting in my 2 cents worth on the death penalty.
However, AI - I am sure that Senor Cassini (or whatever his name is) was not thinking of the good christians in the USA when he made his comments.
Also correct me if I am wrong but
(Not Christian) ==> Death penalty does not mean
Death Penalty ==> (Not Christian)
is true.
But then
[Not Christian] ==> Death Penalty
does mean
Not [Death Penalty] ==> Not [Not Christian], ergo Christian.
If I may be positively contrarian about it.
OK, let's go back to the text, and analyze it again:
I believe that if today we all weren't Christians, we would really be in favour of the death penalty
Translated from orotund bloviating, this sounds like [Not Christian] ==> Death Penalty, whcih, as AA says, by negation is equivalent to Not[Death Penalty] ==> Christian.
But it could also mean, Not[All Christian] ==> (Some, all, a majority? in favor of) Death Penalty. Evidently, Not[All Italians are Christian] is a true statement. So what can we infer from this implication?
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If I understand this, you guys are trying to apply mathematics (a science of reason) to humanity (a fu#ked up state of being).
Are you guys suggesting that humanity is not beleagured with real and superficial contradictions?
In the sense of contradictions, it's sort of like the out-spoken College Republican who, while on the podium, tells his future votes that he stands for Morality. In the evenings, however, he wants his friends to go out and, in his words, "find some sluts."
Don't trust College Politicians, and especially don't trust the Veteran Politicians.
MFT, another angle from Aristoteles.
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