I wouldn't lie about it but I'm very good at not telling the truth.
I mean if they asked me if it was real I'd be like nah bro it's photoshop.
But there no photographic evidence of Jesus, either, so somehow I don't think it'd affect my sales too much.
Is it ok to exploit people who make bad decisions because of their stupid beliefs?
Re: Is it ok to exploit people who make bad decisions because of their stupid beliefs
Moulders wrote:On the other hand if I claim (explicitly or through deceptive verbiage) such a photograph to be real when I have definitive knowledge to the contrary, then it goes beyond ethics into realms of legality involving trade descriptions and advertising standards.
Yup, you're right, but we are not discussing law here.
Re: Is it ok to exploit people who make bad decisions because of their stupid beliefs
Moulders wrote:That just means 'see above'
or 'what (s)he said'
Yeah, but I didn't get how it connects to what [mention=87499]TrashM[/mention] said in an earlier post, as your position and [mention=87499]TrashM[/mention]'s position (from that earlier post) seem to be different.
Thanks for explaining though.
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[mention=87499]TrashM[/mention]
So, is you position more like: "Yes, that's ok." or "It's not ok, but I might do it sometimes, depending on my mood."
Your first post suggested the first one, but [mention=15371]Moulders[/mention]' position is closer to the second one, so I'm confused.
So, is you position more like: "Yes, that's ok." or "It's not ok, but I might do it sometimes, depending on my mood."
Your first post suggested the first one, but [mention=15371]Moulders[/mention]' position is closer to the second one, so I'm confused.
Re: Is it ok to exploit people who make bad decisions because of their stupid beliefs
Momogari wrote:I wouldn't lie about it but I'm very good at not telling the truth.
I mean if they asked me if it was real I'd be like nah bro it's photoshop.
But there no photographic evidence of Jesus, either, so somehow I don't think it'd affect my sales too much.
Your position is a perfectly valid one and it is OK. I don't think any further explanation is necessary.
It's not that we are looking for any kind of consensus here, as there can't be any.
Re: Is it ok to exploit people who make bad decisions because of their stupid beliefs
unoduetre wrote:What do you mean?
I agree with Moulders. I would do it just becauz I can. Morals are subjective and there wouldn't be any real consequences on my side if I chose to exploit but would gain more for myself if I did.
"Do not store up for yourselvs treasures on Earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where theives break in and steal".
Matthew 6:19
Matthew 6:19
Re: Is it ok to exploit people who make bad decisions because of their stupid beliefs
[mention=87499]TrashM[/mention]
So it's not really [mention=15371]Moulders[/mention]' position, but it's closer (but not identical) to [mention=6444]Momogari[/mention]'s.
At least that's how I understand it.
So it's not really [mention=15371]Moulders[/mention]' position, but it's closer (but not identical) to [mention=6444]Momogari[/mention]'s.
At least that's how I understand it.
Re: Is it ok to exploit people who make bad decisions because of their stupid beliefs
unoduetre wrote:
So it's not really Moulders position, but it's closer (but not identical) to Momogar's.
At least that's how I understand it.
Yeah that's right.
"Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end."
Earl Douglas Haig, Order to the British Army, 12 April 1918
So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since the former it is not, and the latter are no more.
Epicurus Letter to Menoeceus
Earl Douglas Haig, Order to the British Army, 12 April 1918
So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since the former it is not, and the latter are no more.
Epicurus Letter to Menoeceus