T_Clark

Your gracious humility is admirable.

Said the guy who is not Da Man.

My work here is done.

That sort of misses my point. A philosopher saying he doesn't believe in metaphysics is like a fish saying she doesn't believe in water.

I made you what you are today. You owe it to me to live up to my declaration to Banno. Geez, don't tell me you're going to be a petty despot too.

Bow down before Da Man!!!!

When I asked Banno to make you DM, I told him you would be conscientious and fair. It's time for you to follow up. Say something gracious and concilia...

Do you acknowledge that ND is now DM?

It doesn't matter what you say, Noble Dust is now Da Man.

Thank you oh Wise One. There you go - Noble Dust is Da Man. Tell us where we go from here, oh exalted one.

Think of yourself as the Wizard of Oz and ND as the Scarecrow. That makes Janus....some damn fucking Munchkin.

That's fine and I can understand, being a very lazy person myself. My suggestion is that you use your power to make Noble Dust da Man. He will be cons...

To be successful, a game like this needs a good leader. Rule 9 offered the opportunity for us to have one, but Banno was unwilling to step up. That le...

Said the would-be minor despot.

What’s the issue? Rule 9 says you da man. Make up your mind and tell us where it goes next.

I don't get this. When we lay our philosophical cards on the table, why does it matter why I believe what I do? Seems to me my argument should stand o...

I think saying "I don't have any metaphysical commitments" is meaningless. You can't communicate, think, without them. Here are some common and plausi...

I had heard there is a newly discovered sequel to "Waiting for Godot" called "When Spider met Gilly." Thank you for giving us a taste.

Thanks to you and Bitter Crank for helping us choose between two hypothetical and, as far as we know, impossible technologies.

I will be charitable and call this disingenuous. You seem to be unwilling to take responsibility for the implications of your beliefs.

We are using the same words to mean different things. I like the way I'm using them. You probably like the way you are. There's nowhere for this to go...

Based on the standard you seem to be applying, I can't think of any opinion that would be considered rational rather than biased. It seems as if you'r...

Between TheMadFool's white peacock and TimeLine's magpie, I realized I have not included any birds. I love loud, raucous, aggressive birds. I have mod...

I've been thinking about this post some more. This is the most important thing I've learned from this discussion - the need for administration and enf...

A position, a belief, is not a bias. A gun rights activist is not rationalizing a bias, she is defending a position. Of course discussions about the n...

I point out that Rule 9 makes Banno the final arbiter of all issues and interpretations of what rules are acceptable, what they mean, and when they ap...

Another good reason to like them.

Why don't you tell us more about it. I looked at the website.

This is a wonderful post. It almost makes the for the rest of the bullshit in this discussion. A quibble - you have focused on the form of Rule 9 and ...

Earlier you intimated I should be more charitable to your ideas. Wondering if you were correct, I went back and looked at the things I had previously ...

Love Magpies. Members of the crow family. In case you can't tell, I love crows. That reminds me, I need to add some birds to the "Beautiful Things" di...

Every statement in this post underlines, highlights, bolds, italicizes my earlier accusations against your position that you characterized as uncharit...

And as it says in Rule 9, Banno's word is law.

Ahem... Several points: There are not currently laws against teaching unpopular religious principles in the US, therefore the government should keep i...

I went and visited on Google Earth. It's a pretty forbidding place. The photo is beautiful. Did you visit?

There are laws against conspiracy to promote terrorism or provide support for terrorist organizations. Are the hypothetical schools violating those la...

I think I see the issue. I submitted Rule 9 and included Banno's avatar in it. I was trying to follow my interpretation of Rule 2 - which, I think, sa...

I went back and looked at every post you made in this discussion. I didn't see anything that is inconsistent with my characterization of your words in...

Criticize it all you want, but you don't get to put limits on the legal expression of religious belief.

I'll say it again - here's what you wrote My interpretation of that statement is that you support forbidding religion. Am I correct or have I misunder...

There is a big difference between tolerating ISIS's religion and tolerating their behavior.

What you say is clearly not true, which is fine. It just goes to show that the first rules that get promulgated should be procedural rules. If people ...

I got rule 9 in first. this is rule 10.

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Interpretation request - PMP - does this mean that we shouldn't be using words at all and that all rules should be expressed visually?

Makes sense to me.

Here's what Pseudonym wrote: He is clearly proposing that we do not allow, that we forbid, religion in our society. That means significantly more than...

This is a pretty extraordinary statement. Do you really believe that we should forbid people to believe certain things. If so, how are you different f...

I've thought about religious belief, trying to be objective. Is it a crazy belief? I don't think it's any less plausible than the big bang or quantum ...

There are observations. They don't become evidence until they are used to establish the truth or falsehood of a fact or proposition.