And there is a commandment not to covet your neighbor's slaves, so maybe the 10 commandments aren't a great example of morality.
> Look, if you didn't find it funny, you're right. But those people who found it funny were also right. Humor is a matter of taste.
Eh, I can see how it's a little funny. I just don't really support humor at other people's expense.
> > Criticism, in the right context, is kind--it's not kindness to let problems stagnate when they can be fixed.
> There's no use in this conversation if you are just going to equivocate between "kind" and "good". Kindness, as I understand it, usually implies some sort of consideration for the feelings of other people, which is manifestly not always the right thing.
I'm not equivocating between "kind" and "good".
Going with your definition of kind: sometimes, when you consider the feelings of others, you realize that them feeling bad in the short term because you tell them a hard-to-hear criticism, allows them to fix a problem and feel better in the long term.
And there is a commandment not to covet your neighbor's slaves, so maybe the 10 commandments aren't a great example of morality.
> Look, if you didn't find it funny, you're right. But those people who found it funny were also right. Humor is a matter of taste.
Eh, I can see how it's a little funny. I just don't really support humor at other people's expense.
> > Criticism, in the right context, is kind--it's not kindness to let problems stagnate when they can be fixed.
> There's no use in this conversation if you are just going to equivocate between "kind" and "good". Kindness, as I understand it, usually implies some sort of consideration for the feelings of other people, which is manifestly not always the right thing.
I'm not equivocating between "kind" and "good".
Going with your definition of kind: sometimes, when you consider the feelings of others, you realize that them feeling bad in the short term because you tell them a hard-to-hear criticism, allows them to fix a problem and feel better in the long term.