Javier Antonio Gómez

@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave -and die for stories.

@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave "Beauty will save the world" - Fyodor Dostoevsky Art speaks to higher truths that transcend cultural barriers. These stories are important and people get passionate about them for a powerful reason. They are a reflection of our psyche. We are a story-telling animal. We live a-

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@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave -thquakes, the pattern is real and undeniable: Most people are not only willing, but EAGER to help their fellow man. It's a beautiful instinct, one the proves that, deep down, we all want to connect, to be heroes. It gives us purpose.

@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave - in real times of crisis, people are not like cynical Hollywood portrays them in movies, becoming beasts that kill and steal to survive. No. Most people flock to help their fellow man. If you watch, NOT movies, but REAL LIFE scenarios, during disasters like hurricanes, and ear-

@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave - For what beliefs are we willing to suffer defeat? Would we use the weapon of the enemy to defeat the evil enemy? Would you use the One Ring to defeat Sauron? Or would you destroy the ring, refusing to use the evil of the enemy against itself so you don't taint your hands?

@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave -eal or fictional, real ones, wouldn't press the red button. It is not a matter of victory. In times of war we often ask ourselves what are we willing to sacrifice for victory? But an equally important question nobody seems to ask themselves is:-

@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave -se. But even if I am outnumbered in my belief. I will fight for it and WIN. Or die trying.

@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave -the belief that life is sacred, everything falls apart. I believe life is sacred because it is. God taught me, and I will go to hell and back for my believes, even if I am the only man in the world who still believes in that. Luckily life is not a stupid button pressing exerci-

@TheodoreThe4th @pine_evergrey @MentisWave -d Socrates, nor Plato, nor Marcus Aurelius, nor Superman, nor any hero real or fictional. Genocide is wrong. And I'll be damned before I justify it in any way.

@TheodoreThe4th @pine_evergrey @MentisWave -voke. Rationality is not a source of morals. Morality is ultimately grounded in axioms of faith, not reason. For me it is simple: killing people is wrong, and risking your life for what is right IS heroic and virtuous. Period. Jesus wouldn't press the red button. Neither woul-

@Gelvetication @pine_evergrey @MentisWave The red button is the only option that can kill people. If the red button wins by one vote, then any of the red button pressers could have prevented mass death by voting otherwise. Call it however you like, I am willing to die for my principles. That's what principles are.

@GomezJimvi @pine_evergrey @MentisWave You aren't killing anybody. And if you GENUINELY believe that voting blue is saving people, you have a level of fantastical delusion that is well past the point of suicidal.