Sorry Gabs, I can't see where I have done any such thing, please point it out to me?
On 28 Aug, 20:17, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > > > t do YOU think? ;)- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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