Humour is not anti-seriousness. In fact, it is quite a valuable tool to become serious, if humour is aligned with the right kind of rhetoric (eg., favouring truth and strength over ignorance and mediocrity). Even if the beast laughs at you for choosing to quit your addiction to sucking cancer sticks, the last laugh is going to be only on him.
Akshay On 25/10/2007, ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi SA, > > I think Ham believes humour is a sign of not taking philosophy seriously. > > (Whereas there is a long tradition of humour in philosophy and > philosophy in humour.) > > Ian > > On 10/24/07, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Ham] > > > (I would have done the same for SA but, > > > unfortunately, he has suddenly become antagonistic > > > and no longer wishes to > > > associate himself with my philosophy.) > > > > > > I don't call it antagonistic. I call it a > > comedy. Like when Abbot and Costello can't understand > > what their saying in the "Who's on First?" skit. This > > is why I laugh. It's not a negative laugh, but a > > comedy where misunderstandings and unknowings break in > > the tension with a laughter of relief. This is one > > way I cope in the face of experiences I don't > > understand and that don't make sense to me. > > > > red, yellow, and orange, > > SA > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
