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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: On Postmodernism |
| Feste-Fenris |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2005, 12:18 am
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Replies: 7
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| Socialism's Last Bastion by Gary Jason Gary Jason is a professor of philosophy at Cal State University Fullerton. Over the last 20 years or so the philosophic orientation known as "postmodernism" (or "po-mo," to the cognoscenti) has become the dominant mindset in many humanities departments in Ameri... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A philosophy that popped into my head |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2005, 12:15 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,069
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The government wants to "nationalize" your corpse |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2005, 12:04 am
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Replies: 32
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| When you think about it... your body is just a vehicle or shell... it has no more spiritual or moral signifigance than a 72 cadillac convertible or university jacket... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The government wants to "nationalize" your corpse |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 11:31 pm
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Replies: 32
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That's actually what they do in China...
It sounds cruel but at least they can use the spare parts to save innocent lives... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Truth, Lies and Contradictions |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 10:36 pm
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Replies: 5
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That's beautiful...
Really logical philosophy... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The government wants to "nationalize" your corpse |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 10:31 pm
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Replies: 32
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At least someone will be using the spare parts...
I mean organs are expensive... I've heard there are a lot of organs from political prisoners in China... compared to that this is quite humane... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Far Left and Anti-Semitism |
| Feste-Fenris |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 8:24 pm
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Replies: 10
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| June 28, 2005 How did the far Left manage to slip into bed with the Jew-hating Right? David Aaronovitch WHEN I WAS YOUNG, smug centrists used to tell me that the extremes of Right and Left would, extended far enough, meet somewhere round the back. And I never quite believed it. But here’s a story th... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Awesome Attwood Quote |
| Feste-Fenris |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 8:21 pm
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Replies: 5
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Margaret Attwood is a Canadian Woman...
She's a feminist...
Who are you thinking about?
The Handmaid's Tale... Cat's Eye... Oryx and Crake... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A philosophy that popped into my head |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 8:20 pm
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Replies: 40
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Philosophy is like anarchism... no boundaries and distant goals...
That would be the most awesome soccer game ever! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What names wouldn't you name your kids |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 8:17 pm
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Replies: 52
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| Maybe if Adolf Hitler had a cooler name he wouldn't have killed all those people... His first name was Adolf Shieckelgruber... if I had that name I would kill SOMEBODY... "Oh my God! My name is Ted Kacynski! I'll have to work in a university! And kill my co-workers with bombs!" If you give your kid ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A philosophy that popped into my head |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 8:12 pm
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Replies: 40
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Interesting...
How would one prove this?
That's the problem with philosophy... nothing except God can prove it... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Solipsism? |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 5:00 pm
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Replies: 51
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I've been there Namiko...
Really good noodles... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What names wouldn't you name your kids |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 4:59 pm
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Replies: 52
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Chanda Lear...
Anything pretentious...
Anything misspelled... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Harry Potter poll |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 3:02 pm
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Replies: 66
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Tough choice...
I'm going with Lupin... he's a lot more stable and balanced... even if four out of every twenty-eight days he becomes some genocidal monstrosity...
Reminds me of my first girlfriend... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Awesome Attwood Quote |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 2:17 pm
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Replies: 5
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| You can't talk to Atwood for long before encountering the same, instantly recognizable humour that marks her books. At one point, Jimmy dimly recalls that Crake's real name was Glenn, with two n's, after "a dead pianist, some boy genius." Asked about drawing this link between the animal-loving Crake... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Smurfs are communists! |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2005, 2:15 pm
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Replies: 13
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Well wouldn't you be?
There are more men than women in Smurf society! They'd have to be... |
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