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Universal rebuttle of religious/moral empiricism.
Just read this and immediately thought of the countless arguments throughout the years on here about attempting to legislate morality. That isn't directly what the author intended, but if the shoe fits...
"For many years I have observed that the moralist typically substitutes anger for perception. He hopes that many people will mistake his irritation for insight.... The mere moralistic expression of approval or disapproval, preference or detestation, is currently being used in our world as a substitute for observation and a substitute for study. People hope if they scream loud enough about 'values' then others will mistake them for serious, sensative souls who have higher and nobler perceptions than ordinary people. Otherwise, why would they be screaming?... Moral bitterness is a basic technique for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan 1964
"For many years I have observed that the moralist typically substitutes anger for perception. He hopes that many people will mistake his irritation for insight.... The mere moralistic expression of approval or disapproval, preference or detestation, is currently being used in our world as a substitute for observation and a substitute for study. People hope if they scream loud enough about 'values' then others will mistake them for serious, sensative souls who have higher and nobler perceptions than ordinary people. Otherwise, why would they be screaming?... Moral bitterness is a basic technique for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan 1964
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