But then, how evil is he? On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:59 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> > We offset a bit of despair Chris. I sense a new play based on an evil > sheep that slips some weed into Wallace and Grommit's Wensleydale. > > On 23 Oct, 00:45, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > ...and Nietzsche died broken and alone. The difference between hope and > no > > hope is in action taken to offset the despair, whether literal action, or > > literary. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM, archytas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Striving after the truth has often been held to be depressive. David > > > Hume broke his health in a 5 year period of focusing on 'a new medium > > > of truth'. He felt, alone in his study, shut in, antisocial and a > > > little silly - 'abandoned and disconsolate'. It is not unusual, in > > > philosophy, to feel an utter meaninglessness in life. It can be a way > > > of collecting 'brown stamps' and these need unloading. > > > I've just watched BBC Question Time with Nick Griffin on it. He's a > > > very confused man, steeped in uncomfortable traditions of fascism, > > > though strangely articulating what many of us feel about our dismal > > > politics (mostly of an elite) and changes that immigration is partly > > > responsible for. He talks of a weird notion of a 'British Aboriginal' > > > having all kinds of problems dumped in its culture, discriminated > > > against as surely as any 'Red Indian' or similar group. He is a wacho > > > and it is interesting to see him in action - the point being that we > > > somehow will not face the real issues directly or allow their direct > > > expression and somehow end up with this strawman. He can only exist > > > because our establishment is in denial and cannot bear to admit its > > > mistakes. We allow no time to get to the real issues, which should be > > > about creating a fair society that would not need such dark > > > expression. > > > > > On 22 Oct, 21:58, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think you hit the button Jim. I have seen academe die in the do do > > > > - become Slip's Dodo. Argument is often just a performance - > > > > decisions made not in the dialogue but later in the closed-rooms of > > > > power. > > > > > > On 22 Oct, 20:44, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I know just what you mean,, ideas have to have time to develop, > and > > > even > > > > > then so many ideas are beyond me. I am grateful people allow me to > be > > > part > > > > > of the group. It is so important to be able to think,, if I can not > > > think it > > > > > is then I begin to die. > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I think Jim that no matter what the end result of any threads > here it > > > > > > is all helpful. > > > > > > > > Even when we can't agree, even when we drift in and aout of > topic, it > > > > > > all helps to focus the mind, to get the brain ticking over. I > know > > > > > > for certian that every thread I perticipate in, it causes me to > think > > > > > > deeply perhaps for weeks perhaps for months. Yes it is well > worth my > > > > > > coming here, not matter how much do do I have to wade through. > > > > > > > > On 22 Oct, 05:33, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SojAZ0X1e0 > > > > > > > > > Before Francis beats me to it. > > > > > > > > > When I do it it's 'cause of my wandering attention span. Makes > my > > > > > > > link all the more relevant. > > > > > > > > > dj > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > do do is a bird my friend! > > > > > > > > > > Could you give us an example thread that has drifted off into > > > doo-doo? > > > > > > > > > > Doo, doo, doo, lookin out my back door. > > > > > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNczeP33Yk0 > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 21, 6:19 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Has anyone else noticed that threads here often seem to > > > drift off > > > > > > > >> into deeper and deeper do-do? Given the focus of this group, > we > > > might > > > > > > > >> all hope for increasing clarity and profundity as a thread > > > develops. > > > > > > > >> But do-do seems to be an irresistible magnet. Yet we plod > on, > > > getting > > > > > > > >> in deeper and deeper instead of wiser and wiser. > > > > > > > >> Is ever deeper do-do just a tendency of human discourse? > Or > > > might > > > > > > > >> it be something that is inherent in philosophical > discussions? > > > Any > > > > > > > >> thoughts, Archy or Molly?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > -- > > > > > ( > > > > > ) > > > > > I_D Allan > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
