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KeithHarwood · 09-15-2002, 06:54 PM

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See, this is the part I don't get. Does this argument hinge on the mentality "My father is the King, thus a very dignified person. By birthright, I am 'better', more 'special', more 'dignified', etc." Does it hinge on the mentaility that dignity is strictly inherited (based not on who a person is, but based on the dignity of the predecessors of said person)? If so, please make this an explicitly stated premise to the (still incomplete) argument.

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No, this doesn't work. Consider Pooh Bah. He could trace his family back to a primordial protoplasmic atomic globule and therefore his family pride was immense. The further back you can trace your family tree the more dignified and special you are.

abe smith · 09-16-2002, 04:38 AM

OH hell; who cares about all-this standing-in-line-for-status-labels!? :Be, here, now.

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