tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post7067996399610612747..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Following the Rules: A Storygcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-38752374815987791532010-06-10T22:36:28.814-04:002010-06-10T22:36:28.814-04:00"You know we can't touch women, it's ..."You know we can't touch women, it's against OUR way of life."<br /><br />I don't call something a rule of morality unless it applies to all people in all cultures. Do you?<br /><br />I would call this Buddhist rule a mere social convention or a taboo. It's similar to a rule calling for people to be chaste. What are your thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-78676354323292707172010-06-09T19:39:20.357-04:002010-06-09T19:39:20.357-04:00Silas, you only got through one post without becom...Silas, you only got through one post without becoming an unbearable douche this time.<br /><br />You had seemed to be improving.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-51410159773368302712010-06-09T13:49:20.881-04:002010-06-09T13:49:20.881-04:00Well, if I had a silly mechanical view of human na...Well, if I had a silly mechanical view of human nature and thought peoples' actions came from a "generating function", I would think this was a problem.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-71776451787842250242010-06-09T13:42:17.972-04:002010-06-09T13:42:17.972-04:00You probably won't approve this, but maybe you...You probably won't approve this, but maybe you'll still read it and start to see some potential issues with your position, or at least the examples you pick. Anyway...<br /><br />***<br /><br />That's not the moral I got from the story.<br /><br />The moral I got was: Wow, the senior monk sure <a href="http://xkcd.com/566/" rel="nofollow">sucks</a> at describing the generating function ("rules") for his actions. Maybe he doesn't really understand it himself?Silas Bartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480427306873460464noreply@blogger.com