RegularGuy

Well, I AM an asshole, but my ex-wife was in the “emotionally disturbed” classes in high school and was voted most likely to have a hit list. LOL. We ...

I tend to agree with this, but I am always open to hear counter arguments. I would like to hear what @"T Clark" has to say on this.

I tend to agree that Shakespeare shouldn’t be taught in general education high school classes. It’s too advanced linguistically for many, and it just ...

Very well versed in Dudeism, I see! Kudos! Personally, I didn’t find anything off-putting in your tone in any of your posts I’ve read. You seem like a...

Aren’t the vast majority of serial killers men? And rapists? And drug dealers (although there might be closer to parity here)? The mob bosses? Mob enf...

“Eternal” means “outside of time” where an eternal being would experience all of our time (past, present, and future) as an eternal present time to he...

Yeah, well, uh, you know, that’s just like your opinion, man. :cool:

V.I. Lenin! Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!

Shut the fuck up, Donny. :lol:

I like Hamlet because the character, Hamlet, is so sensitive and thoughtful. I think his fatal flaw was indecisiveness. I can relate to this. He was a...

It’s been tough to admit over the years that I haven’t been the best person; but as I get older I don’t seem to care all that much anymore. :razz:

I agree. My cousin and I both got straight A’s in high school. She did better on the ACT and for her intelligence and hard work she got a full ride to...

She’s a colorful character.

My wife is a better, more moral, harder working, less selfish, tougher, thicker skinned person than I; but compared to my ex-wife we agree that I come...

Very nice post. :up:

LOL Whom are you talking about?

:lol: Fucker. My wife and I got a good laugh out of that. :up:

I don’t think he does with much enthusiasm. He doesn’t seem interested in the Socratic dialogue of philosophy. He’s more interested in pontificating t...

The first time I attempted suicide was two weeks after first being put on antidepressants. I have been on them for 20 years now, and it would be dange...

I love Love love Hamlet. Best play ever. Perhaps I’m an elite? Excuse me while I belch and pass gas.

Laws ensure rights. Without laws who’s to stop someone from stealing your shit or stabbing you? Who protects the environment? Who builds and maintains...

Ancient Athens comes to mind, but they also had slaves so I don’t know where that fits into the picture.

Agreed but with the caveat that some people or groups have more of an impact on the environment and other externalities.

That’s an intelligent distinction.

Like you said, one person’s Satan can be another person’s God. However, I agree that this is a wrong-headed way of viewing human phenomena. There are ...

I found your interpretation of the Genesis story insightful.

I agree.

That was a VERY good post. It was much better stylistically than your last, and I mostly agreed with it.

Good point

As an aside, I remember when Eddie Murphy did white face on SNL years ago. It was hilarious, but the history of blackface is tainted with a diminishin...

I am always wary when I hear the term “white culture”, for example. Sometimes an appeal to the preservation of “Western civilization” is a dog whistle...

I just meant that you might have won more people over if you believed the alt-right had malevolent tendencies. You don’t deny they do, do you?

Well said. You’re beginning to win me over to your view.

Thoughtful response. I think you would have gotten more traction with this thread if at first you had denounced the darker inclinations of the alt-rig...

“In your view morality is about sentiments? If so, I disagree if that’s all there is to it, and I can see how you would not have socialization as the ...

Ah, let’s see if I can remember. It was something like: If there were no moral truths, then there would be no need for socialization. I think I said s...

I outlined an argument for this several pages ago. I also described how morality works in a cooperative society. It was an exchange with S.

The objective standard is the duty to do no harm (arising from the instinctive avoidance of pain and the finding of oneself in a cooperative society w...

But black people are often targeted by police BECAUSE they are black (see the official police policy in Ferguson, Missouri). It isn’t a problem for wh...

I agree. Let the consequences be embarrassment or also being voted out of office. That seems commensurate to the offense. What if all politicians’ wor...

Good question. I don’t know, and I don’t know if it’s possible in this society where corporate profits are of paramount importance.

Interesting viewpoint. Myself, I tried to commit suicide several times through overdosing on my medications. I just wanted the emotional pain to end, ...

How are you not suicidal? I can see why you like Schopenhauer. Do you also value oblivion as he did? If so, I wonder why anyone who does value oblivio...

But no one has Superman powers. Bad example, but I get your point.

Okay. You’re unusual then. That is enviable.

So neither of you would take offense if someone said to the people of this forum,”They are child rapists and I have proof!”? What if a large number of...

Well, for one, it would give a sense of purpose to the millions of the so-called mentally ill in this country who otherwise are undervalued or devalue...

I agree I think. I don’t like it when people make personal attacks, but I don’t know if taking “offense” is the right word. When people just say thing...

Your method of asking the right questions was helpful in this dialogue. I wish more people had that skill.

Perhaps your unique psychology and how you’ve come to attribute good feelings to certain things over the course of your life? If for example, you almo...