Originally posted by finnegan
First: We are not robots. Emotion is integral to the way we think. It is not possible to make humane judgements in the absence of feeling. The way human psychology works, we feel before we use reason. We see a tiger and run before we consider if that movement might instead be something benign. We hear a bang and leap before considering if it was just a ca ...[text shortened]... rations, prior to seeking any sophisticated rational account, then you are shrivelled up inside.
"We are not robots..."
You accuse others of being 5 and 6 year olds, of being facile and you kick off your post with "We are not robots..." ?? 🙄 ??
Of course I never made such a claim, nor did I claim emotion should be suppressed, if there's a reason to be angry then be angry. If you have a reason to be happy then be happy. Those would be the appropriate responses. The two examples you gave are not examples of emotion ruling over reason.
My post was a direct response to yours dated, 24 Dec '14 21:15, in which you appealed to others to abandon reason and submit to emotion. Then you make the same mistake here:
"Fourthly, if you are not immediately repelled by the behaviour of the listed corporations, prior to seeking any sophisticated rational account, then you are shrivelled up inside."
Given your record here at RHP and now openly calling for people to abandon the thing that makes them human, their ability to reason, the last thing anyone should do is be 'immediately repelled" on the basis of your wild claims.
Your misuse of the word 'right', your inability to conceptualize what rights are has been pointed out, you should take this advice onboard, try to understand, move beyond the inner 6 year old.