Mongrel

Mr Turtlehead gazed lovingly at a picture of a monarch. But he was lost somewhere else. He was drunk on the vision of Mrs Turtlehead's broken heart.

Mr Turtlehead living off the dole Moans out his disapproval with a sneer He knows no one cares But in his dreams he's a monster

Why is that? Does it have something to do with the generation and maintenance of the ego?

Definitely food for thought.. thanks!

Thanks. I'll have to figure out how to square that with what he says in Geneology of Morals. Good reminder that N has a cultural frame which includes ...

Some other thread?

She just seemed to represent the establishment. Was she selling the State Dept? Probably.. which is just bizarre if she knew she wanted to run for pre...

I did play the flute, but I gave it to my cousin.

I agree. He's my favorite philosopher.

Uh.. don't know about that.

What were his father's convictions? My speculation has been that it was a massive emotional response to Schopenhauer's pessimism. But that can't be al...

Oh cool. Thanks for responding!

Yes. And it's something Schopenhauer talked about.. that determinism alleviates anger (he tended to be a fearsomely angry person).

What is morality to you? Is it more about ought statements? Or about guilt, sin, and redemption?

I think it's that they all go together. So imagine there's some group that's dominant and in a position to run rough shod over others. Let's say it's ...

I'm part Czech. I work with a lady who was born in Poland. I have an Italian/Russian friend. Lasagna and cabbage. Mmm. We've got lots of Eastern Europ...

Maybe so. I came out of news blindness last summer because I got pneumonia and ended up with some broken ribs. I was laid up on the couch in a weird s...

Yea.. but the notion that Trump won because of post-truth doesn't square with my experience with the people who voted for him. None of them were inter...

I think you're saying there comes a time when conservatism is useless. That's true, and it's the point I made in my response to Kazuma. You kept bring...

So... nobody responded to the OP. Cool.

I'll take your word for it. I think the OP is about this question: what principles guide us in making changes to social institutions? Fundamentally, a...

Yea.. I wrote out a long essay and then deleted it. I'm also frustrated because this is an interesting topic to me. Repeatedly, though, I find that I ...

Read the OP. Slavery did not avoid producing normatively intolerable outcomes. 600,000 Americans died. What caused the American Civil War? My guess is...

Anyway, I don't think Kazuma is coming back. Too bad. I meant that you didn't appear to understand what I said. But since you seem to be satisfied tha...

I did engage. It's like you're deaf.

You can grab some Tom Brown guides and head out to the wilderness. I know this because I used to be into it. I've spent enough time in the woods that ...

Cool.

I learned statistical quality control from a dude who was involved in the Western Electric Hawthorne studies (ever come across that?) I also observed ...

So I guess we base legitimacy on tolerance so that we can argue that intolerance should never happen. God we're so stupid.

So you said your views diverge. What is your viewpoint?

Probably because you're strawmanning it.

Just read my website: strawdogs.com OMG. There really is a strawdogs.com

I will single handedly save humanity from itself... one deprogramming at a time.

You see? This is that radicalization I was talking about. You've got to stop reading conservative websites. They're just fishing for suicide voters.

Just tell me.

I know. I'm planning to employ de-programmers for the lot of you.

Slavery ended up being intolerable. Thank you Empty. I lament that you were radicalized, but when you're right, you're right.

Reason skepticism is conservative for my society because of the influence of people like John Locke.

Well what is conservatism to you?

True.

I think your conservatism is a reaction to Amy Schumer.

But that's basically a statement of conservatism. Preserve our heritage...

It's as anti-reason as "If it ain't broke don't fix it." An opposing response is that human society is often in a state of moral failure without stric...

Let's make Mongolia great again. Let's hoard!

I don't know. I'm just generally and genuinely mystified. There's a fiber arts museum in Toronto. Have you been to it?

You guys can dance. I'll read the prayers. Who are we praying to? Trump?

Oh good. Agustino will show us the proper way to sacrifice a straw dog.

I don't need to hear about your deviation, Twister. Cool...Heister was corrected to Twister.

I'm a big fan of Mongolian cuisine.

Trump is a straw dog, Zella.