See, the only thing I can do when considering these situations is to put myself in their shoes. If I were a bug-chaser, it would be with full awareness of what I was doing, and understanding of the consequences, and I'd get royally pissed at anyone who told me it was morally wrong.
But I'm not, because I don't and will never fit into a mindset that would do something like that.
It's a fundamental limitation in the way that I think about these things. At the risk of sounding really immodest, I'm just too levelheaded to comprehend that way of thinking.
so let me adjust the way I'm thinking about it. Giving HIV to a bug-chaser would be stealing lots of money for your favorite charity with full knowledge that the cops would smack-down the charity. Intentions may be noble and the recipient is happy at first, but it sure ain't right.
But at the same time, there are bug-chasers who are fully aware of the consequences of their actions. Take a bug-catcher like Carlos (quoted above) who obviously understands the implications and repercussions of what he's doing, the slow descent getting worse every day until death. He knows what he's getting into and is ok with that, chosing to live a shorter and hedonistic life. Do you consider it morally wrong in this circumstance?
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Date: 2004-12-23 06:54 pm (UTC)and that's where I get hung up.
See, the only thing I can do when considering these situations is to put myself in their shoes.
If I were a bug-chaser, it would be with full awareness of what I was doing, and understanding of the consequences, and I'd get royally pissed at anyone who told me it was morally wrong.
But I'm not, because I don't and will never fit into a mindset that would do something like that.
It's a fundamental limitation in the way that I think about these things. At the risk of sounding really immodest, I'm just too levelheaded to comprehend that way of thinking.
so let me adjust the way I'm thinking about it.
Giving HIV to a bug-chaser would be stealing lots of money for your favorite charity with full knowledge that the cops would smack-down the charity. Intentions may be noble and the recipient is happy at first, but it sure ain't right.
But at the same time, there are bug-chasers who are fully aware of the consequences of their actions. Take a bug-catcher like Carlos (quoted above) who obviously understands the implications and repercussions of what he's doing, the slow descent getting worse every day until death. He knows what he's getting into and is ok with that, chosing to live a shorter and hedonistic life. Do you consider it morally wrong in this circumstance?