T_Clark

I gave a perfectly fine smart-ass response to @"TheOpposite"'s question, then you have to jump in being all "reasonable" and "helpful."

You see, here in the US we have these things called "trials." They involve "juries" who make the final judgement about guilt. It's a quirk of our judi...

I remember something similar from the 1970s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUID0jSh2Ic

There aren't many who "didn't even avail themselves." Almost everything we use in our technological society generates waste, some more toxic than othe...

Not much good out there on the forum to discuss right now. To remedy that, I was thinking about starting a new thread "Who's the biggest jerk on the f...

I've been thinking that any long-term change will not be in the employers, but the employees. I think, maybe, a lot of people have seen that there is ...

Everything you say is true, except the things you identify are not play. They're something else, something good, but not play.

You wrote: I just pointed out that Gosar's punishment, justified or not, is more than just a "big show." It has a substantive impact on his role and e...

Yes. I think this is a good way of thinking about it.

The party that generates the waste is responsible for managing it. The product manufactured is not waste. A material doesn't become waste until it is ...

They also took away two of his more important committee memberships. That's not "zero effect."

Serious play. Probably the place where I am most playful is with words. Playful language can be very serious. From "Romeo and Juliet:" No, ’tis not so...

I always feel like I've accomplished something when I learn and then use a new word. It shows that I am articulant. Articulous. Smart.

At the end of the statement you quoted it says "No, I don't believe that."

The US has a complex system of laws and regulations that deals with treatment and disposal of wastes from industrial operations. The goal is to force ...

New word. Thanks.

Whatever else play may be, it has to be completely spontaneous. It has to come from inside each in accordance with our true nature. If it's of "deadly...

There is nothing wrong, or contradictory, or even difficult about the idea that something can be two things at the same time - diversity and unity. It...

This is a silly example. I don't know why you're trying so hard. You don't have to agree with me. For us here in the US, it's called representative de...

I have two responses. First, most people on the forum here don't accept personal experience as evidence. A good example is reported personal experienc...

That's true of a significant portion of the whole forum. Face it, the only good reasons for coming here are @"Hanover"'s goats, @"Shawn"'s pigs, my po...

Yes. All three. At the same time.

No, but if you read my posts in reverse, they agree with @"Banno" and @"Hanover".

No, but I saw "Memento."

I really like Dennis and I've tried to put into words what it is he does. I haven't to my satisfaction yet. I'm not really sure why your poem reminded...

You gave your reasons why minimalist government is preferable. I disagree and gave my reasons why an activist government is needed.

The same is true for free will, antinatalism, various baloney pseudo-science, metaphysics, and plenty of other half-assed philosophy issues. Meanwhile...

In general, diluting chemical substances to meet toxicity standards is not allowed under US environmental law. I assume that's similar in most other c...

Is that what Kant meant?

I won't give specific responses to your specific comments, I'll just lay out my general philosophy of government. A society where a significant portio...

Poetry news: Some new poetry in both "Philosophical Poems" and "Just Poems" in the Lounge. Also a new thread looking for contemporary poets.

Or as I like to say when I lose something "Where the fuck is the fucking fuck."

I like this. It made me think a bit of a poet I like, Carl Dennis. A lot of his poetry has that same feeling of an ironic place between success and fa...

Sorry, I won't be much help. The only current poet I read is Carl Dennis, and he definitely doesn't look like your cup of tea. If you find anything yo...

I don't really like this poem that much, but I love the way it feels in my mouth when I read it out loud. Laughing Song - William Blake When the green...

And now, alas, you'll go to hell for eternity.

I agree with much of what you say, although not with the doctrine you describe above. The world has changed. We're not the only big fish in the pond a...

No. Unless their pursuit of happiness conflicts with someone else's life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness. If it does, something will have to be work...

Comparing the multiverse to the experience of color is not a good analogy. There is strong evidence that I experience the color red. When you hold up ...

I think you are really saying the same thing I am, just using different language. I say "metaphysics" you say "different epistemic criteria." The epis...

I was reading somewhere recently that some astronomers think it may be possible to look for evidence of multiverses associated with cosmic inflation b...

I've seen it. It was used as an episode of "The Twilight Zone." Long, long ago.

If something's truth value is undecided that doesn't mean it isn't true or false, only that I don't know. On the other hand, if it's truth value is un...

You wrote: I say - Whether or not you want to assign truth value to the referenced sentence is a matter of your choice, taste, value, preference. It's...

I learned that word in 11th grade English. Mrs. Coepcke. Best teacher I've ever had. I use it whenever I can, which is not often.

This is the kind of thinking that lead to Vietnam, Iraq, and all sorts of other disastrous American military actions. Who says we gotta do anything mi...

I think you and I are in agreement.

I was certainly around when they used sugar, but I've never done a taste test, so I'm not sure I could tell the difference. I keep saying that I'll bu...

Before the days when we started worrying about cholesterol and saturated fats, McDonald's fries were cooked in lard.

Prairie dogs are native to the American west while there are no native hedgehogs in the Americas. That leaves two possibilities 1) Either the hedgehog...