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My understanding of the golden rule is "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"(or something like that).
Now the hypothetical situation: Some ass-hole punches me in the mouth and steals my shoes ![]() It seams if I was to truly follow the golden rule, I could easily be exploited. I would have to react positively toward people who treat me negatively. <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> |
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I beleive this is a very poor rule by itself. If you follow it all the time, then yes, you will be exploited by those who don't follow it.
What I generally do is try to follow this rule with people I don't know, or people that I care about. Actually, with people I care about, I try to treat them better than I would expect them to treat me. If it's someone I don't like, I just go with "Do unto others as they do unto you". |
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Hello vixstile,
I've seen mentioned a "Silver Rule", which goes like this: Don't do unto others as you would not want them to do unto you. So unless I got my negatives compounded in the wrong way, if you don't want people to steal your stuff, don't steal their stuff. This may help avoid the "I wish people would witness to me about Jebus, so I'll witness to everyone, since that is want I done to me" caused by the "Golden" rule. cheers, Michael |
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"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Just reverse the order "Whatever others do unto you, they would have like the same do unto them." No change in meaning at all. It's just a manner of understanding. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Following the golden rule may insure that my actions are always "golden", but it doesn't seem to really provide any incentive for others. I think "do unto other as they do unto you, and then some!" makes more sense than the golden rule. If someone is nice to you, your nice to them, and then some!. If someone is an ass-hole to you, your an ass-hole to them, and then some!. This would provide incentive for other people to be nice to you and avoid being an ass-hole. Besides, I don't see the moral value in treating ass-hole behavior with a smile and complements. The Gold Plated rule [ December 07, 2002: Message edited by: vixstile ] [ December 07, 2002: Message edited by: vixstile ]</p> |
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This is the logic of a two year old.
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Would it make more sense if you stole your TV back as wellas the crusty pants and crack pipe? Would you want stereotypes thrust upon yourself? Don't stereotype people. I don't think all crackheads have crusty pants and steal TVs. |
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It seems to me that stereotyping can be an important and legitimate way of alerting people to their blind spots. |
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The Golden rule isn't only as was originally stated in the OP. It's a vague rule but I like the following definition:
"Treat others only in ways that you're willing to be treated in the same exact situation." I apply the Golden Rule as follows: You mind you own fucking business and I'll mind mine. You step on my feet and I get to decide if I'm going to step back on your feet or not. If you're attempting to force your will on others that do not want your will forced upon them, I get to decide if I would like to interfere or not. |
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