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On Nov 18, 3:53*pm, MajorOz wrote:
On Nov 18, 11:09*am, DaveS wrote: On Nov 16, 7:48*pm, MajorOz wrote: SNIP oz........"Christ, Marx, Wood, and Wei; thank you for this perfect day"- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Interesting quote(?) Assuming it refers to Jebus, Karl, Grant Wood and the comtempory realist painter Wei. Is that the case? Dave It's from an Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby) SF book: _This Perfect Day_ It is a mantra spoken by the drug zonkered residents of a futuristic society. Interesting quotes.....hm.....interesting topic. My own favorite (apropos of nothing in particular.....except the human condition, I suppose) in a life more or less blessedly free of favorite this, favorite that, blah blah, comes from the quintessential American writer; "If you find a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man.".....or something very much like that. cheers Prosit. oz, who distinguishes between "truth" and "fact" Not always distinguishable. g. and therein lies food for many a wonderful and potentially productive discussion, in a world populated by adu.......um......well, never mind. |
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On Nov 18, 7:29*pm, Giles wrote:
oz, who distinguishes between "truth" and "fact" Not always distinguishable. Positivists versus empiricists versus post-modernists versus post- structuralists versus.... Mine head spinneth. -Dan |
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On Nov 19, 9:27*am, Daniel-San wrote:
On Nov 18, 7:29*pm, Giles wrote: oz, who distinguishes between "truth" and "fact" Not always distinguishable. Positivists versus empiricists versus post-modernists versus post- structuralists versus.... Mine head spinneth. -Dan Second versus, same as the firstus. Enery |
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On Nov 19, 9:58*am, Giles wrote:
On Nov 19, 9:27*am, Daniel-San wrote: On Nov 18, 7:29*pm, Giles wrote: oz, who distinguishes between "truth" and "fact" Not always distinguishable. Positivists versus empiricists versus post-modernists versus post- structuralists versus.... Mine head spinneth. -Dan Second versus, same as the firstus. Enery Epistemologies are fun. Until someone challenges yours. Then it gets oddly personal. The question of what constitutes "truth" or fact to a person seems to be among the more closely-held beliefs. Right up there with religious preference (or lack thereof) and sexuality. My copy of Blackwell's dictionary of modern social thought is a well- worn tome. And I still don't understand ****. But it gives me lots of stuff to think about when I run or fish. -Dan (Mostly Deweyan pragmatist, with a pinch of post-modernist inclusiveness. I think.) |
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On Nov 19, 10:22*am, Daniel-San wrote:
On Nov 19, 9:58*am, Giles wrote: On Nov 19, 9:27*am, Daniel-San wrote: On Nov 18, 7:29*pm, Giles wrote: oz, who distinguishes between "truth" and "fact" Not always distinguishable. Positivists versus empiricists versus post-modernists versus post- structuralists versus.... Mine head spinneth. -Dan Second versus, same as the firstus. Enery Epistemologies are fun. Until someone challenges yours. Then it gets oddly personal. The question of what constitutes "truth" or fact to a person seems to be among the more closely-held beliefs. Right up there with religious preference (or lack thereof) and sexuality. I think epistemology is always fun, regardless of challenges. It does indeed get personal.....but then, it certainly SHOULD be.....otherwise it's just another bit of rather pointless intellectual gymnastics, at best. As to the matter of "truth" versus "fact," yet another fertile field of inquiry, conjecture, theoretical speculation, semantics and whatnot which, in the minds of most, appears to be nothing more than yet another irresistible stimulous for ejecting yet another endless stream of incoherent twaddle. At the end of the day, anyone who boasts that he "distinguishes between truth and fact," can't be taken seriously by anyone interested in anything more than cheap humor. My copy of Blackwell's dictionary of modern social thought is a well- worn tome. And I still don't understand ****. But it gives me lots of stuff to think about when I run or fish. I don't run (did for a while in the seventies.....until one day when I looked back over my shoulder and discovered that no one was chasing me.....so I stopped) and haven't fished much in the last couple of years. Surprisingly, to some perhaps, this has left me with not less, but MORE time to think. Hasn't made any difference, though.....or none that I've noticed, anyway. Meanwhile, I've never actually looked at Blackwell's (still, I think I should get consolation points for having heard of it), but it seems to me that in a group where social thought is entirely lacking in the majority of the most vociferous, anything and everything therein is moot. And THAT, should anyone require it, is even more to think about. ![]() -Dan (Mostly Deweyan pragmatist, with a pinch of post-modernist inclusiveness. I think.) I wouldn't know how to begin describing myself. Fortunately, there are many others willing to take up the standard and do it for me. giles |
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![]() "Daniel-San" wrote in message ... On Nov 18, 7:29 pm, Giles wrote: oz, who distinguishes between "truth" and "fact" Not always distinguishable. Positivists versus empiricists versus post-modernists versus post- structuralists versus.... Mine head spinneth. -Dan This causes a pain between my ears that I do not understand... john .. ....and a special thanks to rdean for not letting me spend three hundred dollars for a lap dance on Bourbon Street... |
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John B wrote:
...and a special thanks to rdean for not letting me spend three hundred dollars for a lap dance on Bourbon Street... Hmmmm, his price has gone up. Last time I saw rdean performing lap dances on Bourbon Street he was only charging $250. -- Ken Fortenberry |
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On Nov 19, 4:01*pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote: John B wrote: ...and a special thanks to rdean for not letting me spend three hundred dollars for a lap dance on Bourbon Street... Hmmmm, his price has gone up. Last time I saw rdean performing lap dances on Bourbon Street he was only charging $250. -- Ken Fortenberry Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!! Hold it, I think I need therapy after that visual. Frank Reid |
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:
John B wrote: ...and a special thanks to rdean for not letting me spend three hundred dollars for a lap dance on Bourbon Street... Hmmmm, his price has gone up. Last time I saw rdean performing lap dances on Bourbon Street he was only charging $250. $250??? Are you ****ing kidding me? I'd go $20, max, with a photo. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:51:49 -0700, rw wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote: John B wrote: ...and a special thanks to rdean for not letting me spend three hundred dollars for a lap dance on Bourbon Street... Hmmmm, his price has gone up. Last time I saw rdean performing lap dances on Bourbon Street he was only charging $250. $250??? Are you ****ing kidding me? I'd go $20, max, with a photo. Er, excuse me, there, Stanley Manley - you want a lapdance from a guy, and are willing to pay for it, to boot...? Hey, whatever floats your innertube...that's why there's chocolate and vanilla...or hand-packed fudge ripple and tutti-frutti, as the case may be... Hey, it may not help, but it's all I'm willing to do, R ....OTOH - Mike, you have a customer at table 5...tune up yer banjo and have Dieter shine up yer chaps... |
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