I think it's time to do what the Republicans did and throw it all on the table. I think the progressive D's should hold their ground, sink the reconci...
That was what I was thinking before I remembered that A, to me, means All. I should have re-stated for you what I said earlier in this thread about A....
It can be (see below). Anyway, 2 points of order: 1. I had anticipated the subjectivity aspect with my second post, above. So, asked and answered; 2. ...
I was kind of hoping someone would prove that A = A and that A does not = -A. You know, with something more than "Well, dummy, it's self-evident!" Or ...
I explained it to you twice. I can say yes and no (and actually believe it!) while you are bound to the two-valued orientation, dualistic thinking, th...
". . . I've been assuming you've understood the "yes and no." The fact that we are all engaged in a gentlemen's agreement does not mean we are. The fa...
Yes and no. I was just thinking that if you followed me around on this site you could easily find examples where I took positions, asserted truths, et...
No. Perception is not self-evident. I'm not sure any "thing" or no "thing" is self-evident. If something were self-evident then you'd think it would b...
Well, before families got together and decided to adopt the German model, families used to run everything. After families adopted the German model, an...
You got me. You win. The Plutocracy couldn't possibly have anything to do with the economy, oil, or the MIC. Nothing. You got me. You win. Nothing to ...
I agree with that quote. So you want to focus on the symptoms and not the cause. Got it. And I have stipulated to that. Because you want to talk sympt...
No. That's my subjective perception. Yes and no. I think that long before "logic" was formalized, Og and Ug agreed that a club is a club and a bonk on...
The idea that something is self-evident sounds like "Because I said so." It sounds religious. Yeah, religious. Anyway, I try to avoid use of the word ...
Nobody is laughing, except the MIC (Plutocracy). In 2019, the U.S. remained the world's top military spender by far, at about $649 billion. China was ...
Not true. That's like the anecdote: Just because you can't fathom it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Now, we could, if we wanted to, enter into a gentl...
They are optional if you are not talking about reality. Regardless, the question I have is, are they proven with lesser proofs than simply saying "sel...
On another thread about stoicism, one "Amity" said to me: "What is your understanding now? Answers to be in essay form. Minimum word count = 200." So,...
Drop the tone, honey. You are not a professor and I am not your student. You don't give me assignments to prove I know what you are talking about. I'v...
My interactions with the medical community (not mental health, but doctors, nurses, staff) have been positive to the point where I wonder how they got...
It's probably good that you stop. Because it's apparent that you don't understand that I DO understand what you are saying. You just can't get past yo...
P.S. I can honestly say that I never saw a single second of The Apprentice. I had no idea what all the hub bub was when he ran for POTUS. I thought he...
Yes, I would likewise not romanticize groups that were perfectly capable of acting in the worst of human nature. But I also think we have an opportuni...
A pragmatist would say that what goes on in the privacy of a doctor's office is not the state's or anyone else's business. End of story. Or, a pragmat...
:100: :up: The question I have is why? I disagree with the right on most things but I know that somewhere in that 70m people there has to be one with ...
You are right: they are only the beginning. The real players are grey men. (See Exxon, Chevron, Goldman, etc.) It's their fault. No, it's not. As stat...
It's also interesting to note the inquisitors oft repeated phrase: "Every question we answer opens up a multitude of new questions." That means to me ...
:up: I admit I came at this thread with a misconception. However, after reading some definitions, and some of the posts of those who either pretend to...
My belief is not limiting my ability to understand your continued reference to the German model of bureaucracy. Did you know that this is like the fif...
That is possible. But it's also possible that, as they say in Maine when asked for directions: "You can't get there from here." I think that it all be...
Sad, but true. The only slight glimmer is youth (and maybe women). I like the 2015 movie Tomorrowland" with George Clooney. Short of something like th...
I didn't watch the video. Maybe later. I don't know if logic pretends to that, but either way, it clearly is not the universal key to truth. Logic is ...
Read what I said again: "can and should." If you keep blaming big government instead of those who use it as their personal tool, then you clearly don'...
Agreed. I've long been an advocate of drastic population reduction (for environmental reasons). But I would not want to return to disparate groups of ...
There are a couple of things at play here. We can start with sheer population growth. To have a larger population without a larger government would be...
That makes a lot of sense. I just think it's never been tried here, and where it has been tried (almost every first world ally we have) it beats the h...
The real tell is when it's not them, but someone they love dearly. And even worse, when they counseled their loved one to eschew medical help. How do ...
:strong: :fire: :cheer: I'm wanting to be better at that. I want to try the parable, the story. Sometimes those are more persuasive, and work like a s...
:100: :up: But there are always those who refuse to change their minds. I hear there are folks who, before dying of Covid, insist that Covid is not re...
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