Wobbles, everybody on planet Earth judges individuals by their group associations. It is not wrong, it is entirely normal and an everyday occurrence. If you continue to claim it is wrong, then I am going to pay a game with you. I am going to sit here and monitor everything you say, and I am going to jump on you when you do it yourself. And you are going to do it yourself, because everybody does it.

Some fool has said to you that it is wrong to judge people by their group associations and you just accepted it without bothering to think about it. You are having your moral and mental boundaries dictated to you by people who are too stupid and vain to know that their moral imperatives are so unobtainable that they are unable to comply with them themselves.

If you really think that you are intelligent, sit down and monitor every written article on OLO and note how many times that people prejudge, label and stereotype every member of a group they hold in contempt. Then figure out that your position is not that of a person capable of critical thinking, and start getting angry at the people who are dictating nonsense to you and treating you like a fool

Dear LEGO,

Only dyslectic people confuse 'Normal' for 'Moral'.

Dear Yuyutsu.

What is "moral" is entirely subjective. Morality in any society is simply the values, attitudes and behaviours which by general consensus is considered the right thing to do. In case you haven't noticed, what is morally right and morally wrong varies very markedly between cultures and is subject to change over time.

The idea that morality is absolute appeals only to people who have what psychologists call "Absolutist personalities." Such people comprise a significant proportion of the world's population and for them, morality can only be absolute and is usually based upon their particular religions dogma.

But people with Absolutist personalities can also inhabit political and social movements, particularly those that demand a complete change in the political, social, financial, and ecological status quo in order to reach a new nirvana. For "Absolutist personalities", there can be no shades of grey, everything must be black and white.

My prognosis is that you do not posses an Absolutist personality, Yuyutsu. You just didn't think out what you were writing. If you are still confused, lie down on the couch and I will continue your diagnosis.

lego..<<..Wobbles, everybody on planet Earth judges individuals by their group associations>>

absolut-isms..are rarely..absolutely correct..
thus they need to-be challenged..[not because their right..or wrong..but because absolutes..stop thinking]

are we talking about..peer/pressure here/or typecasting
or is/it..the perceived/differences..or avoidance..of sameness

im remminded that the same act..can
produce/different results..[just like..there are many/ways..to the same'..place

its the absolute..[close-minded]..that seems our greatest divider

[i..had to read your post 3 times..to find a point off difference
but when we search..for divisive/minutia..its seek and find

in the end..its our difference/that make us special..to the group
yet it/was our common concern..that formed..the group..but..are we all*..getting a fair 'lick/at the sauce bottle'..[i would think-not]

but then others/..dont want sauce
in the end..it only matters whether we can agree with anyone..long enough to get..a good fruit/betterment..or solution.

we dont need to love..as much as
we need to avoid/hating/hurting/fearing/judging..of any-other[whether they be sister/or brother/duty or bother...prisoner/guard..indigent/invader

ie..[i ..expect artists..of all ilk..

yet share greater passions..for their art..than the poli-tricks
[i think thats why olo works..we just love words.

and stringing them/together...into mind/form..
[to..[share/expand-upon..the idea's../behind..the word's/works/deeds]

ideas..have greater value..than the thing/itself
because the idea..can/be freely shared..by all

yet not be appreciated equally..but in the end..
we all got an idea..but then/lack..the right words.

Dear LEGO,

Morality is based on one single principle propounded by Hillel:

"That which you hate being done unto you - do not do unto others"

And as Hillel concluded, "This is the whole Torah - as for the details, go figure them out for yourself".

"That which you hate being done unto you - do not do unto others."

If this is the main meaning of the whole Torah, how does it fit with the barbaric treatment of the Palestinians by the Jews who live in Israel, the Jewish homeland?