BigThoughtDropper

with reference to the fine words said by "Corvus", if one treats philosophy as a process -- personal to each human being or specific to a particular s...

it's been two years since I abandoned this forum out of embarrassment for having broken the proverbial "poker face" while debating philosophy. I am ba...

Bit of a glaring problem in this, but don't worry, it's quite widespread with contemporary opinion of history. The fact is life in the past was BRUTAL...

Good grief, there's no need to be so bloody rude.

Technology is the means and not the ends. Please see the below: (apologies for using Wiki but Google Books never links correctly/ has the books I want...

@"Jack Cummins" Descartes solved this one for me. Drugs can alter how the conscious mind behaves, therefore, there is no separation between the physic...

I will address both the narrow and broad issues in your comment. On the narrower issue of this specific game - I think the designers, German, did not ...

Had to Google that - and :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Yes, that is a redesign we can all get behind

Yeah, l mean, Germany keeps all its extensive swastika-themed memorabilia in museums under lock and key. They don't leave that stuff out on the street...

In terms of (2) the specific game in question is not thematically anti-colonialism as I pointed out with the "unrest rule"- unless you think that it i...

Thanks for the thoughts - I would refer you to my reply above to

@"counterpunch" I think that is just their PR. This game has gotten a lot of criticism. The PR doesn't quite match up with the "unrest" score that you...

re: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/review-freedom-underground-railroad/ for what a educational board game should be.

exactly - it's always rather clear whether a piece of art glosses over inconvenient truths. They do not need to be "in your face" but at the same time...

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it's quite interesting how some, shall we say, "militaristic" games are not subject to the same scrutiny as "colonial" games. The deciding factor seem...

Yeah, that is what I was thinking, e.g. we burn effigies of Guy Fawkes in the UK on the 5th of November even though, a long time ago, people used to b...

I appreciate everyone's thoughtful and respectful responses, thanks guys :)

would you say that national identities play a much reduced role in contemporary times?

We do not need to go too far back in time to know what this would look like. Russia manged to maintain a borderline medieval society until the emancip...

I think the '50s were just an anodyne place for later generations to direct post-modern nostalgia. Go too far back it's pre-war depression, war, post-...

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very well summarised and I guess at this point I agree with you :up: I doubt amnesty have "tossed it" on the table for the reasons I have mentioned. I...

I am actually one of the very few native residents (UK) in my predominately foreign neighbourhood so for me this is an interesting question. If someon...

I will agree with you there. I have never seen a natural consensus of opinion being an effective way of organising human beings; perhaps it is a good ...

that is a powerful argument. And I totally get what you're saying: I was always the nerdy guy on the sidelines not able to understand why my male coll...

I guess all I have to say in response is to repeat the crux of my argument which is that if this is a scenario is rooted in reality what is the point ...

yes, well, I think my point is that, with either of the options you present, the resources will be spent on lawyers fees with no tangible result. That...

by "transitioning children" you mean transexual children? Sorry if I misunderstood. Yes, conformity in that sense can have very negative effects on me...

Good question. Noone in my life truly fits this description perfectly. If they have one virtue, they have one more flaw. I guess that is why we have i...

so glad someone brought Star Trek into this. The "group think" paradigm is an interesting way to distinguish our liberal norms to those of the '50s. T...

I appreciate that, thank you. It is a shrewd observation you make. It brings to mind the pop psychology theory that the ideal partner is a reflection ...

you raise quite a subtle and interesting point. My knee-jerk reaction would-be to say that to conform, in one way or another, is a necessary part of o...

that's quite a well balanced view and I think is along the same lines as the point made by 180 proof. You can see my reply to her/him, but briefly: al...

you know, I was musing earlier today about this. If the virtues of being a man can also be the virtues of being a woman, then what is the point in dra...

thanks for letting me know! I guess it is a little myopic to think that anyone over the age of 30 cannot be active on an online forum.

Ruyard Kipling, et al. due to my literary background, may be another place I get my notions of "noble" masculinity from. We must appreciate the impact...

I am sure that you are right in saying that if it were proved, without a shadow of a doubt, that the state killed an innocent person, it would go furt...

I like to think of philosophy like art: it evolves and changes with the times (or rather it should). I disagree with OP when s/he says the central que...

I appreciate the intellectual approach you are taking with this problem. But I think you may be barking up the wrong tree. To rephrase, the dilemma is...