https://www.boards.ie/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:17:38 +0000 en rangent — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin' https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056627446/are-morals-taught-or-learned Thu, 03 May 2012 01:26:43 +0000 After Hours southcentralts 2056627446@/discussions
I guess my question is, which has had more impact on your behavior, being told something is bad or having an bad experience of, say breaking one of the 10 commandments (not the getting caught bit, but the actual doing something you know is bad bit, and not a religious nut but could not thing of a better way of summing up all the "bad" things we can do in life, than the commandments. Morality not confined to Religion, an all that, what what what, also yes I am rather drunk right now, even reading back this seems like a rant. where was I...)

Has anyone done something wrong (I know nobody here could possibly have had an affair or ever stolen anything...or killed another member of boards over an obtuse post about correct use of grammar and spelling, greatest way to debunk a theory in the history of being wrong is to point out a spelling error?? OMG Einstein did you use a capital E,,I'll have to check that with the Mods before it can be accepted ) but have we lived our lives based on what we know to be wrong or what we experience to be wrong?

To phrase is another way, if you are the victim of a robbery and know how it feels to be violated in such a way, will it make you less likely to commit such a crime if you fall on hard times and need to put food on the table or see your family starve...as unlikely as that type of thing is in today's economy. Or will you be just as inclined to provide for your family no matter what?

P.S. not so much a rant as a Rangent, you just cannot beat ranting on a tangent, especially when drunk.
RANGENT - its free, use it, don't abuse it.
and not for use in describing a sober person.

anyone have an experience they would share that has been so bad they never repeated it?

minor shoplifting was a bit of a buzz when I was young, but can it compare to shifting a few bits of data on a bank computer and stealing thousands or perhaps hundreds of thousands. Funny thing about petty crimes in Ireland in the eighty's was, being under 15, we were more afraid of Jesus and the church finding out about it, than the Gardai. Or am I the only one?]]>