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Yes ma'am; I studied this in Cambridge AS English in like 2007 lmao. Man, dude had a harsh life. He also had a second son (also named after himself) d...
January 20, 2026 at 18:57
"Man" is used here as a catch all - woman also contains it. Thanks for te clarification, either wya. That's semi-fair, but I don't think that's a part...
January 20, 2026 at 18:45
Fair enough man - it's all super interesting stuff regardless of veracity (well, at least accuracy - obviously these are real myths!).
January 20, 2026 at 00:48
To continue my trend: On my First Son by Ben Johnson, 1616 Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy...
January 20, 2026 at 00:28
Go over to Questioner's Poetry thread then (apologies if you;'re already there)
January 20, 2026 at 00:26
Didn't give one. It would be helpful if you didn't make things up as you go :) You've fallen into this habit recently - jaded, maybe? It doesn't matte...
January 20, 2026 at 00:26
Nice - it is an extremely beautiful country with a rich history. Unfortunately, I've seen some decent criticism of Cahill which turned me off him. He ...
January 20, 2026 at 00:23
Unless i'm missing something big in what you're suggesting... U.S.–China Trade and Economic Deal (general trade framework with commitments on market a...
January 20, 2026 at 00:14
The situation is that you've made a claim that makes extremely little sense and has rejected on those grounds. That has been gone over plenty of times...
January 20, 2026 at 00:09
Suffice to say you're not even close to being in touch with what's going on there. As you were.
January 20, 2026 at 00:06
This tracks with your penchant for simply bashing anything you dislike. It is not surprising, given your stated worldviews rest on the assumption that...
January 19, 2026 at 19:34
INteresting - divorced from this wider thread's discussion (i guess) this seems a bit odd for me. If the purpose of calling something "knowledge" is t...
January 19, 2026 at 19:32
The struck out is extremely important, imo. But besides this, well done. You seem to be letting your brain stay in your head :) I also think anyone wh...
January 19, 2026 at 19:29
No. I am not. You are not reading me clearly, at all. I don't wish to continue this.
January 19, 2026 at 19:26
Celtic is definitely up there for me - being a Celt lmao. I should say, I don't think any prior society really gets in here. They all failed to take a...
January 19, 2026 at 19:26
Honestly mate, at this stage "No". is sufficient to refute this flailing. Take care.
January 19, 2026 at 19:19
Ok, cool. Much more direct in terms of what to discuss. That's fair. I'm unsure its a theoretical commitment more than a (admittedly, semi-folk) defau...
January 19, 2026 at 19:19
I think it's a matter of good faith negotiation. We already knew each other from talking about music in the halls etc... and when I took his class he ...
January 19, 2026 at 19:15
This account does. I understand you don't see that, but it was a pretty common trope. James Mooney is a really, really good example of this with the K...
January 19, 2026 at 19:12
That's fair - I fundamentally disagree, though. I have understood (as may be clear in that previous substantive reply) that the main gripe between the...
January 19, 2026 at 18:52
I'm not entirely sure what you mean? Perhaps ignorance on my part. Help! It's an absolute fact, and the etymology commits one to this. It is the rejec...
January 18, 2026 at 19:44
They sound entirely correct, and infact, are correct. That is what coroners, expert witnesses, doctors and lab staff call dead bodies and dead biologi...
January 18, 2026 at 19:30
1. Yes, its an interesting theory but I don't thikn its realistic. Its the type of thing that lead to newagers claiming hte Native American's literall...
January 18, 2026 at 19:28
That's fair - but as I say, my overriding motivation to see it happening is that its cool or exciting. I don't/can't stand particularly strongly behin...
January 18, 2026 at 18:56
I know plenty, and it's clearly an issue in the younger generation. I have two (politically opposed) psychologist friends who routinely decry the fact...
January 18, 2026 at 18:53
This is essentially hte basis (and sometimes goes awry) for defamation proceedings in most jurisdictions - truly held belief is one of hte only get-ou...
January 18, 2026 at 18:50
I am 100% with you here. Parfit looms large.
January 16, 2026 at 03:53
"I sat all morning in the college sick bay Counting bells knelling classes to a close. At two o'clock our neighbours drove me home. In the porch I met...
January 16, 2026 at 03:49
It means what it says. I love everyone. That doesn't mean I like everyone, accept their choices or think their self report is accurate. "tough love" i...
January 16, 2026 at 03:44
Yeah, that's roughly the story. It might have been. But if that person was thinking along the same lines you are, are we surprised? You are predestine...
January 16, 2026 at 03:00
What indigenous group/person? I am extremely skeptical of a quote like that from a category of people known to be amenable to superstitions and creato...
January 16, 2026 at 02:46
Good charge, but I think misguided. In either theory there can be aberration - and generally, this would be represented by the exact 'error' you're po...
January 16, 2026 at 02:45
Great to see you still around. And I agree. Love is not all there is.
January 16, 2026 at 01:32
Yep, definitely! :pray:
January 16, 2026 at 00:43
Oh, no I'm aware they aren't cranks. They aren't required to be cranks for it to be bollocks. If it ever gets to Zero, you can eat my hat :)
January 16, 2026 at 00:41
HAving just charged someone with using weasel words this is ... astounding. As you were.
January 16, 2026 at 00:40
Personally, taking that seriously is a bit of a orange flag. C'est la vie :P
January 16, 2026 at 00:37
Fair enough. I agree that the layperson expectation of such comes from there (aptly, reading Discourse on Method currently). I'm unsure the philosophi...
January 16, 2026 at 00:36
Hm, With respect, from a third party, I don't think youve adequately addressed much of anything in his post/s. E=mc2 doesn't help with bridging the ma...
January 16, 2026 at 00:31
You may as well stop. You are wrong. I have shown this to be the case. You continue to prevaricate and make unfounded claims. That's both uninterestin...
January 16, 2026 at 00:29
I responded exactly to what you said, Banno. These sorts of drive-by quips aren't helping :sweat: Let me clarify: Bold: I said, no it isn't..Direct re...
January 16, 2026 at 00:27
At risk of inviting vitriol, I don't think we're at risk of a catastrophe so its hard to use that analogy :P But yeah, fair enough. These theoretics a...
January 16, 2026 at 00:12
LOL. Tbc, I am joking with both of these next lines as it seemed you were: Thought we agreed to avoid each other? The condescension is a nice touch to...
January 16, 2026 at 00:08
Thanks mate - good stuff. I understand the points of resistance - but they would have been present prior to those other leaps forward, as I understand...
January 15, 2026 at 22:35
Wrong. Patently, inarguably wrong. There is no cat in your eyes or your mind. This move is unopen to you. Try again.
January 15, 2026 at 21:58
Patently false. Also, false. In the last 20 years Islam has been the focus of almost all anti-religious thinking. Christianity is a footnote to the ha...
January 15, 2026 at 21:56
I cannot understand why my reporting medical, and subsequently, legal reality has you claiming I'm either AI, or copy-pasting from some social media??...
January 15, 2026 at 21:46
This seems to me veering into totally irrelevant areas of discussion. We don't need that. If a person is an adult, human female, then they are a woman...
January 15, 2026 at 21:40
Ok, fiar that's clearer. My objection then goes back to, how could we know unless we assume DR? Ok, fair enough - let's then just talk about colourbli...
January 15, 2026 at 21:33
No. Nothing could do that if trans people experience some real state of being**. I reject that, obviously, so it's cool for me, but just taking this a...
January 15, 2026 at 20:47