Indeed. those metaphors all suggest something, namely something insignificant (a pair of eyes)suddenly become something massive and deep. That is I th...
I started Nietzsche with Beyond Good and Evil, my phil. prof recomended me to do so and who am I to object... so I would still say yes to your questio...
I would also not recommend Russel. He is very much into the analytic tradition, which is not where existentialism comes from. I myself was taught from...
Well, he uses the words ' fight' in those instances figuratively perhaps. As I would argue he does. However he is not indicted for those. He is indict...
I wish you ha bothered because it is fairly easy and I can show you by way of an example: "Hey boss, what we supposed to do with that broad that keeps...
Yeah... seems to me not out of the bounds of the reasonable. The actual charge is high crimes and misdemeanors, which is a legal catch all term as exp...
It is impossible, I think Kant was very right here. we simply cannot have any experience without structuring it in time. So time is not an illusion. I...
Well one can incite violence irrespective of the criminal difference for a crime names 'inciting violence' is fulfilled. Het is not charged with the c...
But what makes you think the President has such a right? If the president incites a mob to 'march on the capital' and if his personal lawyer utters st...
Why disregard for the rule of law? You seem to equate impeachment with a criminal trial, but it is not. The phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" is n...
Are you referring to this: "18% of Americans named Trump, 15% named Obama, 6% Biden and 3% Fauci." ? That is simple mathematics no? That is why many e...
Fuck me, totally forgot about that one! Thanks Raf. Guys, have you been following that election fraud thingy? They are all in it, the judiciary, Repub...
Indeed that was exactly the word that got me here Benkei :D But anyway, why is someone banned for posting his wife's boobies? I mean, sure delete the ...
You think truth and politics can be easily separated, but that is a naïve notion. I believe in rational discourse too, but the questions we ask produc...
Thanks I take it as a compliment, though my time is also extremely limited... I am of the conviction that there is one reason for all. People from all...
I certainly do not rule that out and as has been pointed out above, it is a staple in fascist ideology, charismatic leadership as Weber called it. Her...
I agree partially with you NOS actually. There are multiple levels of analysis here. At the highest level (the level of spirit ;) ) one may say that t...
I am not complaining that people should go to work instead of invoking their right to protest (subject to reasonable constraints of time and place). Y...
It never was the 'smartest and most benevolent on earth', or maybe it was but that would be truly coincidental. It is just a myth of American exceptio...
Not at all. I feel democracy can and should defend itself and yes that might mean opening fire on rioters that threaten to overwhelm government buildi...
Well, if there is a gang of violent people descending on you, you may well have a different perception of the situation. Legally, that is a key questi...
Nahh, many people do silly things. Indeed a drunk fool also does not deserve to die. You have a rather cavalier attitude to human life, but I think it...
It might well be, but I am also puzzled at the defensive reactions. I remember PF long ago and the battles with Baron Max and Darkcrow, they were far ...
A troll I do not know, but he might well be a pro, I do not know. either way... even if he wields Trump propaganda I am still interested in who NOS is...
Everything could be considered being armed if the force wielded is strong enough. The agent running scared and the reporter behind him certainly feare...
I once made a student almost confess a crime during a tutorial. I know how it works... (It scared me though but that aside). I only wonder why Nos is ...
How did they occupy the senate building, using potentially lethal force or armed in a way that might enable them to do so or not? Gaslighting as in ma...
Huh? They intended to stop the proceedings which would have proclaimed Biden the president elect... or was it just coincidental and does it happen eve...
I do not presume to talk for Benkei, but we do come from the same legal tradition and are surprisingly often in agreement about such matters so I will...
There is a difference between fighting, looting and rioting because of perceived social injustice (looting and rioting being criminal of course, do no...
But what is 'the people' in this case. I always get itchy when 'the people' are mentioned, because it is usually an appropriation by a small group who...
Yes and that is bad. Indeed Trump's presidency began with riots and the country is deeply polarized. An invasion though of these building is something...
Yeah, also in Pelosi's office? I was blissfully unaware your seats of government were stormed on a regular basis. Or was it rioting? Something that is...
It does actually. The left right dichotomy is also dated. I see a lot of revolutionary discourse which has historically been characterized as 'left' a...
Ohh, was a woman shot, bombs found in the halls, thugs breaking windows? Or was it a war of words in which eventually the outcome of democratic proced...
I wonder also how big the crowd is. When you see scenes from revolutionary Caïro for instance or after the Turkish coup in 2016 you see crowd on the s...
I agree with you there too. They should be allies and the left actually led them down. The left did not care about working class problems. Many on the...
I agree with half you say here. Yes no one they are supporting cares for them. Yes they are real people with real grievances. However, you believe the...
The point has been made. What would US govt' spokespeople say, when the US embassy in Iraq, Iran, or some other place was stormed without much police ...
The OP asks whether one can be overly rational in chess, just as one can be overly rational in many aspects in life, according to the op. the answer i...
Chess imitates a battle, not life. Life does not imitate chess, it does not imitate anything...Battles of course are a part of life, so there are situ...
For me as a chess player that is an interesting question. Actually, I agree with Hanover. The Dutch grandmaster Hein Donner has compared chess to othe...
Yes and from here on the problem between the rationalists and the empiricists emerged, resulting in stalemate because neither by logic nor by the sens...
Yes but you imply that for Descartes we are somehow thoughts. I have no idea how that would work, radio wave theory or not, and I do not think Descart...
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