From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-04-01T02:14:37+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] On banning (Was: New presentation on Ruby)

On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 08:49:23PM +0900, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> * Chad Perrin, 31.03.2007 05:26:
> > I'm of the opinion that we should ban all prohibitions,
> > personally.
> 
> This statement is self-contradicting from a purely logical point of
> view because a ban of all prohibitions were a prohibition. Epimenides
> paradox again. Besides that the laws dealing with capital crimes all
> include a prohibition of a certain kind of action (e.g. murder) which
> I definitely don't want to see banned. It seems that removing
> prohibitions that have shown to be of value is en vogue these days.
> For well over 100 years there used to be an overwhelming consent in
> the scientific world to not even consider "design" as part of an
> explanation of any observation made. Now the creator is back.

I'm also of the opinion that we should ban all attempts to confuse the
issue with facts when I make an ironic statement that someone treats
seriously.

On the other hand, I generally agree with your statements -- if I put on
my "serious hat" for a bit.

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