ext_36450 ([identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2010-04-05 08:11 pm (UTC)

A couple of clarifications:

My disagreement is with the notion that language creates reality. The Sapir-Worf hypothesis is something I vehemently disagree with, but I also consider the idea of "natural" rights part of the naturalist fallacy.

As I said in my original response, gamma ray bursts are natural, too, but if one of the damn things hits this planet we all die in a matter of seconds. Natural =/= to good. And the reality that might makes right is another example of how =/= to good.

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