Coca-Cola superbowl ad

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#201
therealUT said:
I allowed two options: ignorant or xenophobic. Your views on morality and law express the former. So, congrats, you are not a racist.

And, as for the comment at the end, re: popular norms changing in the US over the past sixty years concerning black persons, yes, I am making the inference that had this been sixty or seventy years ago, you would have proudly advanced an anti-black and very racist viewpoint, since that was the popular thing to do.



I have lived in other nations. I flat out disagree with your assertion of fact; but, I don't need it anyway.

Any system of morality was answer two questions:
1. How ought we to live?
2. Why?

You are basically saying the answer to (2) is: "Everybody is doing it". I guess if looking for a system on how it is you ought to live your life, you can rest with the motivating answer that it is merely the popular thing to do, then go for it. As for me, the response, "Everybody is doing it" still leaves me asking, "Okay, but why should I?"

And, again, feel free to be a moral relativist. But, if so, be consistent in it and know that you cannot, with any integrity, express any moral outrage with regard to what goes on in other cultures/societies.
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Somehow you believe morality is popularity based. So your comment of ignorance is alive and well in your post.

Morality is an inherent belief that something is right or wrong based on your culture and practices thereof. It is an ingrained belief learned from your surroundings. It is NOT what is popular at the moment unlike your ignorant argument to the contrary.

And you do realize by stating my morality is suspect you are upholding your own moral views on the matter and actually proving my case?

I'll leave that thought to you and end this discussion. You don't argue that well and it's really becoming tiresome.
 
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Grand Vol said:
You are correct. I'm saying I think we are one of the only countries that puts the fructose in our Coke. IIRC, German sodas had actual sugar in them. But the Mexican Coke is easier to get.
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I'm not a fan of HFCS, I wish every one of my favorites would convert to cane sugar. If not just simply for the better taste...

Wylo said:
no, it means you hate good beer.
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Heinikin is horrible and I love everything about The Netherlands.
 
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Grand Vol said:
<sigh>

Somehow you believe morality is popularity based. So your comment of ignorance is alive and well in your post.
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I believe morality is popularity based? Feel free to provide a demonstration of that. When you realize you cannot, then you will see that your conclusion does not follow.

Grand Vol said:
Morality is an inherent belief that something is right or wrong based on your culture and practices thereof.
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If it is inherent, then it is not constitutive of your culture and practices. It is outside of your culture and practices.

Grand Vol said:
It is an ingrained belief learned from your surroundings. It is NOT what is popular at the moment unlike your ignorant argument to the contrary.
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So, not an inherent belief. A learned belief, a result of socialization. Again, if that is the case, then morals are relative, and, thus, the moral relativism argument.

Grand Vol said:
And you do realize by stating my morality is suspect you are upholding your own moral views on the matter and actually proving my case?
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Negative. I'm actually claiming that morality it objective and then I am assuming that your morals are corrupt. Of course, it could be mine that are corrupt. But, either way, their is a fundamentally right and a fundamentally wrong, regardless of culture and society. That is, the assertion that law ought not inform morality is supported. Thus, the it is wrong because it is illegal proposition would, then, be false.
 
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VOLatile said:
I'm not a fan of HFCS, I wish every one of my favorites would convert to cane sugar. If not just simply for the better taste...



Heinikin is horrible and I love everything about The Netherlands.
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I'm not big into Coke and Pepsi, so I'm probably not missing much. There is a place downtown that sells Mexican Coke though so if I had the hankering, I can get it.

+1000000000 on the Heineken.
 
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CountVolcula said:
I work in law enforcement

We see it every day.

Now some are just making the excuse that they "No Habla" because they think we will just give up and leave, but we see do see it a lot. This could be because they are illegal and don't have access to learn English, but they are out there.
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Buddy of mine has a brother that is a arkansas state trooper. He told me it doesn't matter what language they speak, you start talking about jail, they all learn English real quick.

:)
 
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#213
Dear Lord,

Please let Trut learn to post in 'Merican so I stop getting headaches when I read his posts.
 
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#214
I guess I missed the ad. I was more surprised by Dylan doing a ad for Chrysler, claiming it is a American company (which it is not) and Dylan doing a ad for a big company that he was once against.
 
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Wait, should I have included <sarcasm> in that post? Hmmmm.....probably.
 
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YorkVol said:
I didn't...simply because it furthered the stereotype that our daughters, as cute as they can be, are manipulative, evil little beings who always get their way.
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But they're our PRIIIIIINCESSES!

This has ruined the females in America.

I shouldn't have to pay for everything.
 
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YorkVol said:
I didn't...simply because it furthered the stereotype that our daughters, as cute as they can be, are manipulative, evil little beings who always get their way.
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While not evil, they are manipulative. What I disliked about that ad was the dad gave in. Poor parenting.
 
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