Apologies for the delayed reply, events in meat-space have been keeping me busy.
It's not so much being "ad hoc" as it is recognizing the validity of the reasoning behind both positions.
The problem comes from people trying to eat their cake and have it to. IE. when a so called "Nihilist" complains about fairness or lack there of, or advocates of pure democracy complain about the majority oppressing a minority. Someone who would drop their principals the moment they become inconvenient was clearly never principled to begin with.
Much as how "a right un-exercised is already lost" a principal that goes undefended isn't really held.
So now we have the situation in Ukraine where the US and EU are saying they support Ukrainian sovereignty. But this is clearly a lie because thus far no one is willing to stand up to Putin and defend it.
I don't want to have it both ways, my position is more "either drop the pretenses, or put your money where your mouth is". .
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It's not so much being "ad hoc" as it is recognizing the validity of the reasoning behind both positions.
The problem comes from people trying to eat their cake and have it to. IE. when a so called "Nihilist" complains about fairness or lack there of, or advocates of pure democracy complain about the majority oppressing a minority. Someone who would drop their principals the moment they become inconvenient was clearly never principled to begin with.
Much as how "a right un-exercised is already lost" a principal that goes undefended isn't really held.
So now we have the situation in Ukraine where the US and EU are saying they support Ukrainian sovereignty. But this is clearly a lie because thus far no one is willing to stand up to Putin and defend it.
I don't want to have it both ways, my position is more "either drop the pretenses, or put your money where your mouth is". .