Let me put in very simple words: Lee, stop bullying BB47.
On 28 Aug., 12:38, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> The sir thing dearest Gabby is commonly know as good manners.
>
> The instinct post as I belive I have already said, is my instinctual
> first thoughts, and posted to get the ball rolling. Please feel free
> to disect my initial thoughts on the question Chris raised, that way I
> can then answer and thus the debate is started.
>
> You see how that one works Gabster?
>
> Com
e now people is it really that hard to figure out my motives for
> posting that first post as I did?
>
> On 28 Aug, 11:14, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > What is that Sir-thing, Lee? You asked for a rational debate and now
> > you are winding yourself out by referring to your instincts - the
> > lower ones, as we can see. Think about it.
>
> > On 28 Aug., 11:39, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Patience sir, as you can see by the words that I used, this is indeed
> > > my first instinct and mentioned to 'get the ball' rolling, plenty of
> > > time to discect it huh.
>
> > > n 27 Auug, 19:57, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > On Aug 27, 8:29 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > Umm yeah good one Chris.
>
> > > > My first instinct is that communist philosphy on paper says the right
> > > > things, whilst of course Rand does not.
>
> > > > Thank you for the opening thoughts, will there be a more thorough
> > > > analysis forthcoming? Will there be any rational debate or more in
> > > > depth discussion or even semi-rational exchanges on such a wonderful
> > > > topic?
>
> > > > > On 27 Aug, 16:12, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > From
> > > > > > here:http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/08/24/what-we-are-not-emb...
>
> > > > > > "
>
> > > > > > Here is a good debate proposition: It ought to be less embarrassing
> > > > > > to have
> > > > > > been influenced by Ayn Rand than by Karl Marx.
>
> > > > > > The most powerful way to argue the affirmative is to compare the
> > > > > > number of
> > > > > > human beings murdered by the devotees of each. That line of attack
> > > > > > ought to
> > > > > > be decisive, but I’m afraid it won’t get you far with the multitude
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > highly-self-regarded thinkers influenced by Karl Marx. Fact is,
> > > > > > commitment
> > > > > > to some kind of socialism and fluency in the jargon of Marxism used
> > > > > > to be
> > > > > > mandatory for serious intellectuals. And there’s something
> > > > > > glamorous in the
> > > > > > very idea of the intellectual. Even for those of us who came of age
> > > > > > after
> > > > > > 1989, Marxism, like cigarettes, remains linked by association to
> > > > > > the idea of
> > > > > > the intellectual, and so, like cigarettes, shares in the
> > > > > > intellectual’s
> > > > > > glamour. I don’t know if cigarettes or Marxism have killed more
> > > > > > people, but
> > > > > > it’s pretty clear cigarettes are more actively stigmatized.
> > > > > > Marxists,
> > > > > > neo-Marxists, crypto-Marxists, post-Marxists, etc. have an endrinng
> > > > > inffluence on intellectual fashion. So it is not only possible
> > > > proudly to
> > > > > > confess Marx’s influence on one’s thought, but it remains possible
> > > > > > in some
> > > > > > quarters to impress by doing so. It ought to be embarrassing, but
> > > > > > it isn’t.
> > > > > > Being a bit of a Marxist is like having a clost ffull of pirate
> > > > > > blouses but
> > > > > > never having to worry."
>
> > > > > > This gave me pause for consideration. Rand's philosophies have been
> > > > > > much
> > > > > > maligned as "uncompassionate", while certain "socialist" (Marxist
> > > > > > Communist)
>
> > > > > policiess have been held up as an ideal, and yet, how many
> > people have been> > > > killed in the name of Randian philosophy, and how
> > many have been killed i
>
> > > > > > the nae of Maarxist philosophy?
>
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