# If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869 "2009-05-28T00:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/1 "2009-05-28T00:03:30Z")
Well, does it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/2 "2009-05-28T00:12:11Z")
Ohm… watt are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/3 "2009-05-28T00:12:40Z")
Well, I ask you in return: if people who eat vegetables are vegetarians, are cannibals humanitarians? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/4 "2009-05-28T00:51:29Z")
Ahhh… there’s noting like a dope post to put the finishing touch on killing a 6 pack, is there? ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/5 "2009-05-28T01:12:09Z")
If pro is the opposite of con, then progress is the opposite of regress, am I right folks? Wait, hang on… ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/6 "2009-05-28T01:12:20Z")
Only if the moralees force their morals on you. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/7 "2009-05-28T01:14:12Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > Ohm… watt are you talking about? I’m positive he HAD a point. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/8 "2009-05-28T01:22:20Z")
Just for the record, I park in a parking lot and drive on a freeway. So don’t even go there. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/9 "2009-05-28T01:26:50Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Just for the record, I park in a parking lot and drive on a freeway. So don’t even go there. That’s half of a bad example, as the _park_ in parkway is a reference to the landscaping of such a road, thought to resemble a city park. No cite: I am morally certain, though. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/10 "2009-05-28T01:35:46Z")
Obligatory -gry word reference. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/11 "2009-05-28T01:45:37Z")
Having given the matter a little research, I am reminded that electricity isn’t created by electrons, but is characterized by the movement of electrons. So I think morality is characterized by the movements of morons. Like the moral majority, tax revolts, various churches, political parties, religious reforms, jihads, tent revivals… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/12 "2009-05-28T05:50:10Z")
Man, all I know about is a bunch of damn gangs that live in a round neighborhood! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/13 "2009-05-28T07:31:49Z")
If an Anglophone speaks the language of the Angles, what does that make someone who speaks the language of the Saxons? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/14 "2009-05-28T09:35:51Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > If an Anglophone speaks the language of the Angles, what does that make someone who speaks the language of the Saxons? Wait… wait… I got this one… A canasta player in Malaysia? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/15 "2009-05-28T10:19:21Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > Ohm… watt are you talking about? I am just . . . _SHOCKED!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/16 "2009-05-28T12:22:13Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I am just . . . _SHOCKED!_ Thus proving that resistance is futile! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/17 "2009-05-28T12:25:03Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Man, all I know about is a bunch of damn gangs that live in a round neighborhood! You are the wind beneath my wings. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/18 "2009-05-28T13:05:12Z")
Antipasto: Against pasto. Provolone: In favor of volone. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-electricity-comes-from-electrons-does-morality-come-from-morons/497869/19 "2009-05-28T13:52:12Z")
Apparently, yes.