Well, you explicitly called other people ‘cowards’ . And you made the assertion: ‘This one would tell them to pull the trigger.’ If you make such strong statements, it’s only fair to respond to that, or?
If it’s either saying ‘God is Great’ or having your arm cut off, I wouldn’t blame anyone for doing the former.
It seems your desired behavior has more to do with some warrior-ethics (‘victory or death’, ‘Molon Labe’) than rationality perse. You can waterboard any kind of statement out of most people, and it seems the rational thing would be to not take any of such forced statements seriously. One could even argue that we are playing into the hands of evildoers if we call their victims ‘cowards’.
Well, you explicitly called other people ‘cowards’ . And you made the assertion: ‘This one would tell them to pull the trigger.’ If you make such strong statements, it’s only fair to respond to that, or?
If it’s either saying ‘God is Great’ or having your arm cut off, I wouldn’t blame anyone for doing the former.
It seems your desired behavior has more to do with some warrior-ethics (‘victory or death’, ‘Molon Labe’) than rationality perse. You can waterboard any kind of statement out of most people, and it seems the rational thing would be to not take any of such forced statements seriously. One could even argue that we are playing into the hands of evildoers if we call their victims ‘cowards’.