hmmm I don't think I agree.
that's like taking something racially charged (let's say - 1850 - a hanging of a slave - or... maybe a slaveowner cutting off the slave's foot for attempting to run away)
and creating a drawing of it - and then saying "oh does this offend you? it's not real. It's only an illustration of something real"
You can make an argument that it shouldn't be offensive - but I would still say it is.
The gif up there is imitating a finger inserting into a woman, legs spread and naked. Am I offended? No. Is it something that I want to see? Not particularly.
I didn't enjoy the image of the young man beating on the other one either? Had nothing to do with sex. Had everything to do with the emotions that the images/gifs evoke.
They represent something, which will be different for all people, because all people are different.
But - for me? It's just not a representation that I prefer to see. But that's the beauty of it all. We can all choose to walk away! lol
I like your answers!
(but not because they're correct, obviously! lol)
Emotions that images evoke is a valid point (good/ bad pleasure/revulsion).
But that's not critical thinking - which was the point of the post - understanding the boundaries, between logic and emotional response - and where they lie.
If we don't know where they lie (within ourselves), we can't go forwards with integrity, as at some point , emotional response will hijack logic and reason, and you won't be aware of it.
The loss of integrity could will end up being the case.(wrapping yourself up in knots and unintentionally defending the wrong positions)
...And we don't want that !
I still disagree hehe
"integrity without emotion" is what creates laws that chop the hands off of people for stealing bread to feed their family.
it has to be a balance - and I think yours is heavily weighed to one side of the pendulum.
I feel like I am more in the middle.
Someone who would be on the opposite side of the pendulum would just simply refuse to look at your post at all and fail to see the points you were making BECAUSE you had images in there they would prefer not to see.
I read it - understood it - saw some value in the logic - but it goes too far.
It is not as simple as just saying "remove your emotion from this object" - that's not how brains work. That's how SOME people's brains work.
I find that balance is best :)
Woohoooooooo !!!!.... disagreement and we're still talking! (are we in danger of being on platform that caters to adults!lol)
You miss my point ( I'm explaining myself poorly).
It was thought exercise,in self awareness - not a statement on how to live life! lol..
...To be able understand what place you inhabit in any given moment (critical thinking v's emotionally charged).
"integrity without emotion" is an impossibility. (it's a moral judgment and ALL moral judgments must have some element of emotion in them)
...Which was my point in the thought exercise - self awareness in where you are in any given moment.
Integrity is the 'developed' - evolved model - of bringing logic, critical thought, and moral/societal codes, together.
( I seem incapable of coming up with a more polished summation while I have a three bacon sandwiches in front of me...)
LOLOLOL are you joking me
sorry - i am not paying attention to any other words but
three.
bacon.
sandwiches.
i am starving. and i don't care if it's a picture of a bacon sandwich, a gif of a bacon sandwich, a drawing of a bacon sandwich, or your WORDS of a bacon sandwich.
i am salivating, somewhat drooling, and my stomach just growled.
so - i win
hahahaahhahahahahaahhahahaahahahahhaahaha
I know....Bacon sandwiches just trump everything, don' they? lolol
There's no bacon in this post - apologies - but there are lots of bi-pedal vegetables !
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