Maybe this is getting too philosophical (was: Debian adds LoongArch support)

Posted Aug 22, 2023 15:27 UTC (Tue) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Maybe this is getting too philosophical (was: Debian adds LoongArch support) by nim-nim
Parent article: Debian adds LoongArch support

> Arguing for absolutes is dangerous because it is real easy to get disilusionned and switch to a destructive since this can not be achieved nothing matters stance. Decent people compromise every day in life.

"Pick two of three. Any two"

And that includes freedoms. I'm well known I suspect for railing against freedom of speech. Not because I don't believe freedom of speech isn't a good thing (it is), but because freedom of speech destroys other things.

The American Constitution guarantees the freedom to seek happiness. But free speech and the pursuit of wealth means that America figures very low in the Western World's happiness index. From pizza's remarks it sounds like the Han Chinese quite possibly are higher up the happiness index than your typical American ...

Cheers,
Wol

Maybe this is getting too philosophical (was: Debian adds LoongArch support)

Posted Aug 22, 2023 15:55 UTC (Tue) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]

> The American Constitution guarantees the freedom to seek happiness.

Not quite -- "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" is in the US declaration of independence.

The actual constitution doesn't state anything about rights, at least not until the bill of rights that comprised the first ten adopted amendments.

But even the bill of rights just says "No person shall [...] be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;"

Happiness (or the pursuit thereof) is conspicuously absent.