> What a shitty vision. Oh sure, great if you buy into
> humanism or other bastard offsprings of Christianity. But to
> see a world that remains absolutely still (no conflict,
> everyone gets along) is to see a world that's given up!
Beats living in a world in which our radioactive remains lay scattered about the ground. There were times when this kind of attitude could be considered healthy for a society, but the advent of things like nuclear weapons have made this attitude obsolete. If we don't learn to get along, at least at the highest levels, we're gonna destroy ourselves. With half the world pursuing the dominance of their religion/government/ideology and the other half spouting Nietzschian bullshit like this, I don't hold out much hope for the future.
Yes, there is value in aggression, particularly when your alternative is destruction, but most of the time it causes more problems than it solves. I've never physically attacked anybody and I don't think I've ever needed to. I would only fight if me or somebody I care about was in danger of harm. People who taunt you or rip you off usually lead pretty pathetic lives and that, for me, is revenge enough in of itself.
> Yeah, sure, people like me ruin it for everyone else who
> just wants to live their life and be as kind to others as
> possible on the way. But at least I know that _I_ can see
> the value in darkness AND light, to not follow blindly into
> the shining light of stagnation and decay, to examine the
> world in a non-teleological manner.
And what exactly is the value in beating up some kid? What have you gained? Honor? That's certainly an empty concept. I'm surprised that you buy into it. I can tell you what you've potentially lost. You've lost security, in that this kid or somebody else could decide to come after you or somebody you care about, looking for their own revenge. Also, you may further injure yourself in the process. In a worst case scenario, you could actually cause the kid some permanent harm and face a lawsuit or at least a lifetime of guilt.
> We can move forward or
> grind to a stand-still, or go backward, or any place in
> between. What is "forward"? Who knows? There's nothing
> teleological about nature, which we are a part of. We can
> not all get along. We should not all get along. If someone
> rips me off, they will feel my wrath as best I can provide.
This all just sounds to me like, "I can do what I want." You appeal to abstract concepts such as honor in order to defend your brute impulses, yet dismiss the equally dogmatic principles of the society in which you live. Short story: massive rationalization. I don't see any reason why I should buy into your pseudointellectual ramblings anymore than I should buy into that of the pope. I hold by my principles because they give me and the rest of humanity a chance for a future. I only see anarchy down the road that you're paving, and I just don't want to live that way.
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