You forgot: 6) You refuse to argue with me, so there is something wrong with you.
--- In [email protected], grate.swan <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Thanks to some recent feedback from posters, the list has grown: > > Classic Defenses of the Six-Year Old: > > 1) My Dad is (WAY) Stronger than your Dad. > > 2) My Swiss army knife has 23 gizmos, your shitty little pieces of trash only > has 17. > > 3) a "You are so stupid (and thus I am not going to say more)" > > 4) You are too lazy and inezperienced to talk to me. The nerve of you! ('ll > continue to interject when I want, as I feel appropriate. It's not my job to > educate you or make up for your own lack of experience!" > > 5) You are too (stupid, lazy, uneducated, imature, feeble) to figure out whats > GOOD for YOU. Stand aside knave, Mighty mouse is bow here! > > I was thinking to append these to the bottom of posts, and then just cite > numbers for each such defense used among posters using these age old > techniques, passed down from a stellar lineage. > > FFL is such a rich environment for research into Classic Defenses of the > Six-Year Old. > > Like the prison / joke joke -- where jokes are numbered, and yelled out ("5") > -- having been told so many times. > > > > --- In [email protected], grate.swan <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > There appears to be a huge amount of energy spent on two types of arguments > > popular among kids around 6: > > > > 1) My Dad is (WAY) Stronger than your Dad. > > > > 2) My Swiss army knife has 23 gizmos, your shitty little pieces of trash > > only has 17. > > > > The first is acclaim by association. If I cam argue (even with out much > > substance) that my dad (or tradition/path) is better than yours, by > > association, I am (WAY) better than you. > > > > The second is the claim to "new and dazzling stuff" that while it may have > > no practical value, and perhaps is rarely used, still makes my thing, and > > thus me, (WAY) better than you. > > > > Aside from having allegedly way better Dad's and gizmos, what specific > > non-abstract, non-subjective personal benefits have you had from: > > > > 1) the "authentic" knowledge from THE yogic tradition > > > > 2) breathless samadhi > > > > 3) your favorite EEG pattern > > > > 4) practice of the agamas > > > > 5) Mindfulness meditation > > > > 6) yagyas > > > > 7) ayur veda > > > > 8) TM > > > > 9) your choice > > > > > > Not what books or teachers tell you are the benefits (perhaps) experienced > > by others, but rather, how have any of these things have actually and > > concretely improved your personal daily life in terms of clearer thinking, > > better health and performance, improved social behavior? > > >
