The WSJ doesn't run it's reader comments through a sieve the way papers like the NYT does. Perhaps they should. Or maybe they like what they are getti...
Outstanding examples of fascist governments may be dead, right now, but fascism itself emerged out of nothing much a little before 1920. By 1930 it wa...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7auVgOAdEk La Seine est aventureuse De Châtillon à Méry, Et son humeur voyageuse Flâne à travers le pays... Elle se f...
Yes, Virginia, there is a Landru. Landru, an omniscient computer on the planet Beta III, had a near-tyrannical hold on Beta III's people until Captain...
This is a video I saw on the NYT site of a man being shot by police. He was a suspect in a bank robbery. He was thought to be holding a barber's strai...
I have no objection to sincere prayer; neither does God (He said so). When politicians who are running for office call for prayer, especially those po...
I thought this was a good response to the sanctimonious and hypocritical calls for prayers by various candidates for the nomination to the POTUS slot ...
I've never been convinced that there is any such thing as "platonic love". I think it is a euphemism for a relationship that has not gotten, and won't...
You are wrong about that (and some other points) because you are generalizing far too broadly. Some men clearly do not like, do not care about, and do...
Unfortunately guns, gun ownership, gun violence, the 2nd Amendment, and some other issues have been become so intertwined they are inseparable. Most A...
What I said was "An armed society is cautious, wary, and nervous." in response to the idea that an armed society is a polite society. "I merely conclu...
Ted Alcorn, the research director for Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization that advocates gun control, said the shootings with multiple ...
One definition I like is that "love is a combination of lust and trust." (Word is Out, 1976 gay documentary) Erotic love feels good, and it generally ...
I haven't seen that happening here. I didn't see that happening much at the other PF either. People may vehemently disagree. People may zero in on a p...
It's hard to disentangle the various influences within a culture. Some aspects of the current "culture wars" are a result of people trying to "dis-ent...
See, horses are always pulling this sort of double-cross -- knowingly and with malice aforethought. The toll of death and injury mounts hideously, yet...
"The West" is going through a long transition, true enough, away from the certainties of 18th century (and earlier) faith and towards a faith with few...
WAYFARER: You and Marchesk should definitely NOT get married because you already have irreconcilable differences. You can be friends, but don't move i...
Here's a quote from the other forum, fresh off the press: Hi. I'm basically philosophically illerate. I wanted to know of conservative philosophers. B...
I wouldn't want to rashly impute "willful ignorance" to people who are suffering existentially. The extremely alienated, discouraged, and miserable pe...
People have long cared deeply about what happens to the characters in epics, dramas, stories, films, television--and now video games. Art produces art...
Yes. The regretted writings of philosophers are a valuable source of insight into the philosopher. Don't you wish Plato, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche h...
We "feast" too often and too much for our bodies' own good. Feasts were normally celebrations and an opportunity to obtain a good sized serving of mea...
"Tanha" isn't familiar enough for me to use confidently. But... pain, suffering, dissatisfaction, thirst, hunger--all those conditions where "things" ...
The vegetarian may hold higher moral ground than the carnivore. However, I like and I plan on continuing to consume meat. Eating meat can be more or l...
The second biggest holiday for Americans is now behind us, merciful gawd. One more to go. I won't be spending Xmas with relatives. What is it about pe...
Oh, pain is a pain, no doubt about it. The thing is, we can stand pain. I've broken 5 different bones, had bad abrasions from wiping out on the bike, ...
I would make a sharper distinction between pain and "negative emotional states" (if they really are negative) and suffering. A person whose leg is bro...
An Italian newspaper called it “Belgistan,” and a German one declared Belgium “kaput.” A French writer, Éric Zemmour, suggested in a recent radio inte...
My sympathies to you and your better half. All three are approximately equivalent disasters, with the third having an edge. Though, the first and seco...
One third of Americans own guns; the other two thirds do not. The super-majority (66%) do not have to worry about the government taking their guns awa...
Listening to some Quartetto Gilato -- Border Crossing. Violating borders seems to be in these days, so give it a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Speaking of consequentialism... What is the consequence of this wrong teaching with its severe and false implications? That aside, what goes on in the...
The "disembodied" need to get re-embodied. (Fortunately, this is not a ghoulish problem with a ghastly solution.) Living flesh and its various needs, ...
We were also discussing chickens and eggs. Does killing pigs and making bacon come first, or does your going to the store to buy bacon come first? I s...
"Left" and "blue" in humans are processed in the language center, which rats don't need much of. The frequency of radiation we call blue and the direc...
Comparing children and rats... love it. You can't be all bad. Rats and children are also better at certain kinds of estimation than adults are. Does l...
It is literally true that your decision to fry bacon tomorrow will not result in a pig being killed today. However, you are part of a composite patter...
Darthbarracuda said "They would have been slaughtered regardless" They don't kill the pigs regardless and then decide what to do with all of the dead,...
Bribe them with enough liquor and you won't need to tempt them with anything. Were I to come across the dietary abomination of bacon wrapped sausage i...
Good points. It seems like Paxton was saying that fascism is more about what it does, and less about a specific ideology. So Germany, Spain, and Italy...
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