Onanism? I assume you are using the in the modern metaphor/euphemism sense (masturbation/coitus interuptus) but it made me think about words, words, words that reflected the actual "sin" of Onan — which was pure and simple theft.
Words placed in front of you, like this text, could be an act of thievery on my part; as I am 'stealing' your attention and time if they manage to seduce you into musing about them. seductive words might also take us into the biblical realm of adultery which was also a property crime with nothing to do with sex. davew On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, at 10:01 AM, uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ wrote: > > Thoughts on the National Constitution Center's "Constitution Drafting > Project" > https://reason.com/volokh/2020/12/09/thoughts-on-the-national-constitution-centers-constitution-drafting-project/ > > I had no idea such a project was underway! Though it's possible I > learned about it and simply forgot. I *feel* like I should have been > aware of it, given the number of productive arguments I've had about > the electoral college over the past 4 years. > > In particular, I am ignorant of the American Constitution Society > <https://www.acslaw.org/>, as a "living constitution" complement to the > Federalist Society (or at least that's they way Somin describes it. I > haven't yet read the Atlantic article he links to ... words, words, > words ... so many words. Which words extend out into the world and > which words are mere Onanism? > > -- > ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
