Jamal

Yeah, I guess that's how I think about it too.

I voted yes, but I have no idea how it could be achieved. To the extent that I'm optimistic and believe that freedom is possible, I believe that commu...

:up: Yes, communism is merely the best taxless society among alternatives.

Why is taxation the hot topic here? In a communist society there would be no state, no money, no social classes--and no taxation. So one answer is: co...

Working out what these things mean is the stuff of philosophy. To restrict the use of a term at the beginning is to shut down the philosophy. I unders...

:up:

Exactly. That would have been impossible had I asked everyone to adhere strictly to a definition given at the beginning. The process of conceptual exp...

Rather than just posting a link, maybe you could present his arguments or ideas if you think they’re interesting. Note that the guidelines say, under ...

Talking of PC, the “Black Bitch” in Linlithgow has recently been renamed “The Willow Tree”.

Probably called the Pig and Plough.

I associate “corral” with ranches and cowboys, so I find this quaintly endearing.

That's part of the charm.

This is what I’m imagining: https://files.holidaycottages.co.uk/assets/images/blog/Hannah/bibury.jpg

Eggs and plunging sausages.

I imagine Guy Ritchie meant it ironically, whereas you're deadly serious. A deadly serious gentleman. We clowns and vagabonds can only look on in admi...

Although cicadas are deafeningly noisy, I am quite fond of the sound because I associate it with my time cavorting in Mediterranean pine forests in su...

With you so far. What’s next?

Good view. Here's the view from my hotel room in Shymbulak: /uploads/resized/files/cl/m4ymdkl13op797ds.jpg And here is a bad photo taken from my break...

Looks interesting :up:

The Tian Shan mountain range in Kazakhstan. It sounds remote and adventurous but a taxi from Almaty city centre to the cable car station is only half ...

I can be quite messy, and I can be quite tidy. I have many facets. I finally made it into the mountains. It was a dull and overcast day so our hopes w...

You catch on quick BC.

You can write, “Breakfast. Parking lot. Now.”

Agreed. I give the hotel 8/10. It would’ve been 9 but I take a point off for the basement breakfast, despite the food being good.

I had breakfast. Although the room was a basement, it did have windows, but the windows didn't save it from being claustrophobic, and it was too small...

I’m far more interested in Kant (it's not waffle and to the extent that it's confused it’s in the most interesting ways), but I see what you mean: jus...

The problems with Dr Phil run deeper than his resemblance to large semi-aquatic rodents.

Parking lot.

I don’t remember her but I’m glad she’s done well. Whether or not I go on to actually use “cash me outside” instead of “parking lot now,” it’s essenti...

I meant read the exchange again. We weren’t talking past each other.

Read again. Think again.

No.

Ouch. Touché. Some naysayers would claim that you simply misunderstood the word “same”, whereas in my correction I identified a shocking lack of logic...

Yes, I understand. But since Kant does say that in philosophy we can arrive at a good definition, even though we shouldn’t begin with one, he would ap...

There’s also the ubiquitous plov, which often includes red chilies.

There’s more variety than I thought, so it’s hard to generalize. The very traditional nomad food, which is still popular, is quite bland, in my experi...

Ok cool. I still disagree with your angle on Kant but otherwise (I’ve read your first post in this thread) I think we’re in agreement.

I had a look: Meh. For dinner I had a burger. It came with plastic gloves, which is the modern way to serve a burger if you can’t be bothered making t...

I can’t respond properly until I’ve been for breakfast. I do know with certainty that you win on two points: I am not expecting a one or even two-touc...

In the left-wing community these people are referred to as “tankies”. It is indeed quite perverse. There are a few things that feed into it. The main,...

He regards speculative metaphysics as a failure, of course, as I suppose Wittgenstein and Austin do too, but the fact that what works for mathematics ...

If only there were a single person we could blame. :chin:

By the way Hannity, I'm now in a hotel in which breakfast is included. The "stylish restaurant with stone walls serves European cuisine as well as Ori...

I thought the noun was meekity.

Thank you for your interesting posts Antony. But in this latest one you've managed the remarkable feat of agreeing with Kant in substance while appear...

Baden is a scary guy though let's face it

I’d heard this song a few times over the decades but never took any notice. Then on Sunday night I was walking down the street and there was a guy sin...

It’s a bit like Mercadona.

I wonder if the Shoutbox has a locker room vibe. Are many people put off from joining in because of its childish male-dominated buffoonery? Just some ...

This reminded me of my own, somewhat less horrible climax from the winning entry in the second short story competition: But I don’t mind. It’s a flatt...