re question for those with popular morality in article apr microsoft com bobsarv microsoft com bob sarver writes understand what the words mean someone who inflicts pain on themselves because they enjoy it is a masochist and no there is nothing wrong with it you may think it s gross or bizarre and i might agree with you here but my your disgust is not equal to it being morally wrong hudson if someone inflicts pain on themselves whether they enjoy it or not they are hurting themselves they may be permanently damaging their body that is true it is also none of your business some people may also reason that by reading the bible and being a xtian you are permanently damaging your brain by your logic it would be ok for them to come into your home take away your bible and send you off to re education camps to save your mind from ruin are you ready for that hudson and why is there nothing wrong with it because you say so who gave you the authority to say that and set the standard for morality why because i am a living thinking person able to make choices for myself i do not need you to show me what you think is the way i have observed too many errors in your thinking already to trust you to make up the rules for me because i set the standard for my own morality and i permit you to do the same for yourself i also do not try to force you to accept my rules because simply because you don t like what other people are doing doesn t give you the right to stop it hudson we are all aware that you would like for everyone to be like you however it is obnoxious arrogant thinking like yours the i know i m morally right so i can force it on you bullshit that has brought us religious wars pogroms against jews gay bashing and other atrocities by other people who like you knew they were morally right me what is it with you hudson you think you know better than other people so you want to be able to tell them what they can and cannot do to themselves who died and made you god how come i can t do the same thing hudson aren t you aren t you indicating that i should not tell other people what to do aren t you telling me it is wrong for me to do that it is not a moral standard that i am presenting you with hudson it is a key to getting along in life with other people it is also a point of respect i trust other people to be intelligent enough to make their own choices and i expect the same to be returned you on the other hand do not trust them and want to make the choice for them whether they like it or not it is also a way to avoid an inconsistency if you believe that you have the right to set moral standards for others and interfere in their lives then you must by logic admit that other people have the same right of interference in your life yes i know you will say that your religion is correct and tells you that only agents acting in behalf of your religion have the right of interference however other people will say that you have misinterpreted the word of god and that they are the actual true believers and that you are acting on your own authority and so it goes hudson who gave you the authority to set such a moral standard for me to tell me that i cannot set a moral standard for others you can set all the standards that you want actually but don t be surprised if people don t follow you like rats after the pied piper at the most basic form i am not going to let you tell me what to do and if necessary i will beat you to a bloody pulp before i let you actually interfere in my life now at a more humane level than that i recognize that all people are sentient beings possessed of intelligence and capable of reason i also recognize that they like i appreciate being treated with respect and allowed to make their own decisions
