Post: #26

(05-01-2014 03:04 PM)Icarus Wrote:  

(05-01-2014 02:36 PM)Samseau Wrote:  "Bad feelings" - get real. Feelings aren't consequences.

Dictionary definition of the word "consequence":

Quote:Something that happens as a result of a particular action or set of conditions.

Hence, if one accepts that feelings "happen", then bad feelings are, by definition, a consequence of one's actions. It's not a material or financial consequence, but from the definition, it still is a consequence.

Reducing words down to trivial definitions doesn't make for intellectual conversation.

When I say "There are no consequences for women," I do not mean "consequences" in the most trivial sense of the word.

Obsessing over minute meanings is bad for philosophy in general - there's an entire school of thought dedicated to eradicating this kind of thinking. It's called obscurantism.

Post: #27

(05-01-2014 07:58 AM)samsamsam Wrote:  On tv, they were also blabbing about how the health of the child depends more on the man's age...hope that isn't true.

Even if that's true then that still means woman would have to marry when she is younger.

No 35 year old man would ever choose an older woman.