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Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider
you "understanding" seems to differ from your 'opinion" though
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Understanding the law and opinion of what is right and wrong may differ. Can you honestly say your opinion of right and wrong and your understanding of the law are 100% compatible? If yes, you would find it impossible to live in the US, where each state has its own laws, or where I do in Scotland which has its own legal system separate from the rest of the UK.
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hmmm... a touch of selectivity there
too much inconsistency for anything to taken seriously at face value or otherwise
(Pol Pot, and similar, had clear consciences too)
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Well, yes, part of my understanding of atheism is that there is no intrinsic right and wrong, so I would not hold up the conscience as being anything other than an indicator of contextually suitable behaviour. As such, if the conscience if not infallible, your conscience probably differs from mine, and if conscience is nothing more than a result of your culture and upbringing then there is no reason why it cannot be selectively examined.
And yes, I'm aware this could be used to justify to your conscience more or less anything, but for all practical extents and purposes my conscience is probably very close in values to for example a Christian's, barring of course that I don't believe in the Bible as the infallible word of God.
However, we are going
way off topic here, so lets drop the discussion of conscience and stick to discussing whether it is legal for FT to use the open version of the NP interface.
