THE TRADITION.
A new commander of a military training camp arrived at his destination. He inspected the facilities and found something strange, a couple of soldiers standing guard next to a wooden bench.
Surprised, he asked what they were doing there. "I don't know, sir," one of them replied. "The previous commander ordered us to do it. Apparently it's a camp tradition."
Interested in the strange custom, he called the previous commander, who informed him that the previous command had arranged such a guard and that he followed the tradition. More intrigued, the commander kept tugging at the thread and, after consulting three other previous commanders, came in contact with a 100-year-old former general, now retired. He said to him:
"Excuse me, sir. I am in command of the training camp you were in charge of a long time ago. There are two guards assigned to guard a wooden bench and I would like to know the history of this bench and this curious tradition".
The general replies: "Hasn't the paint dried yet?!"

I hate bullies. A example:



My sense of justice is disgusted by the fucking coyote and I wish I could pamper the poor kitty.
- the kitten = Assange or Anna Stepanovna Politkóvskaya.
- the coyote = the oligarchs of any powerful nation and the resources at their disposal.

According to the oligarchs, what is happening to Assange and Politkóvskaya is "the order of things".

Well, my moral sense is repugnant to that "order of things." I wish I could stick a stick up the coyote's ass.

But, of course, I hate bullies. I have always hated them. I was never among them or among those who laughed at their shitty occurrences.

When we say we belong to the "free" world, it will be because we assume that the press is free here. Assange shows the problem, because an amateur did the work that professional journalists should have done. You have to be very naive to believe that the press is free. The oligarchs have always wanted it as tied up as in North Korea, but nobody like Assange has left so many sacred cows of the newspapers, so many newspapers, news networks and others... with their asses in the air. The media's job is to decorate the cave nicely. Heidegger already said it: "the public light obscures everything". One false step and you go to the gulag, but we have to interpret that these are things that only happen in Russia!

You are not smarter than a donkey. Even more. A donkey is smarter than you. He wants to reason.


That's the thing.

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The Assange case is a symptom. Bernie Sanders makes the diagnosis about what the pathology is.

The philosopher is opposite the gambler. — ucarr

The philosopher is a player who does not know that he is also playing.

Thanks for sharing.

[Please don't analyze. If you explain what you intend to express, you will still not explain it (because you will have to explain the explanation) and kill your style.]

1. Why do we have these fancy vases in a monastery with a vow of poverty?
2. Roses don't grow that tall... who the hell brings a rose to a monastery?
3. But why the hell does that psycho have a sword!
4. The Grand Master saying to himself, "Damn, I appreciated that fancy vase. It was my best work... I already knew I shouldn't have put it to the test, none of these idiots were going to notice that." It bears my signature and this Hulk goes and breaks it. But it will be better not to make this fucking madman with the sword nervous. I'm going to say that we make him a guardian and we'll see how you can get rid of him later...

In summary: Never argue with an obviously crazy armed guy.

Ok. How much money will the author receive?

Don't answer a question with another question. How much?

Let's go to a practical case. How much is a copy of Abel Habib's Metaphysics going to cost?

People cannot be interested in culture if cultural goods are inaccessible.

There is no way that people are interested in a subject that is beyond their financial means. You contribute to the ignorance of the majority.

A good book might cost $20, but whichever way you look at it, $25,000 is a SCAM.

He also speaks of use value, exchange value and surplus value stolen by those who do not produce anything.

If an author is good enough, he should be known by as wide an audience as possible.

Yep, but maybe some of that shit are the opportunities we don't recognize. :wink: — Sir2u

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. F. Bacon.
Sir2u: Be what you are! :ok:

I found a lovely 1480 first edition, Gulden Throene, listing for $215,010.67. (US) Beautiful book. Not really an area I am overly interested in, but still a really nice piece. — Book273

Tell me what you boasts and I'll tell you what you lack!

I have the book. I have acquired the editing rights. It's really good. I need an American publisher. See if you are interested in editing it there. — Primperan

You should distribute the book freely. I have written to the author to prevent him from of scammers. The book publishers will march behind the harlots into the kingdom of heaven.

Should you kill? Never. Should you love? Forever. Aristotle said that the middle ground did not apply to criminal behavior. His rule has the same meaning as Solon's admonitions or Moses' laws. There are some precepts that you must follow if you do not want to die inside. As long as you fulfill them, how you organize your life is up to you and it may be a boring life, but it will be a good one.

What you have is a lot of imagination. A billionaire does not stay in a philosophy forum. A bloody storyteller, yeah.

Fuck. I don't believe what I'm going to say: I agree with you.

That's all Folks!

Speaking of madness, one of these days I dreamed that Donald Trump was reading a book. They must had put something in my drink.

So what it says in the bible is wrong, because it definitely says men in there, not ducks. — Sir2u

Not wrong. Science fiction and poetry is ok.

Why would a duck want to do anything for men? — Sir2u

The duck will not want to do something for the men, but for the ducks, just as the penguin will want to do something for the penguins. Look at this for example:

Think about it carefully. Why are the chosen people not ducks?


That is not a good pray. Now, read Psalm 23:1. When David said "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want," how do we know what kind of flock he was referring to. Men do not constitute shepherds, but peoples. How do we know that David didn't believe he was a duck? Should we call him maybe Duckvid instead of David?

What about polar bears?

Well. You seem informed. But Pross did not cancel the edition of the book. It so happened that a single buyer bought the remaining 18 books and bought back some of the others that had already been sold. He made his move. The guy sucks. He hijacked the book.

People would not want to ask Him something, but rather ask Him for something. For most, God is like the genie in Aladdin's lamp, a platinum visa, or an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Too bad he didn't have my sixth grade teacher. Or better yet, Google. It's your friend. — James Riley

Popper was a very interesting person. A doctoral course with him was much better than a hundred books. Books do not answer simple questions. A dumb problem is a big problem until someone guides you.

P.S. Science is the scientific method. Sixth Grade, I think it was. — James Riley

Popper was trying to define what the scientific method is all his life. In the end he came up with a definition that was not, which is the title of the last of his works: "Unended Quest". Unfortunately, any religious person could designate his practical life in the same way.

How do we determine the religious affiliation of non-human animals? — Nils Loc

The perspective that dominates us is human. It is unavoidable. When talking about the animal world, we distinguish between defensive strategies (such as those of the sloth) and aggressive ones (such as those of the leopard or killer whales). The Nazis (perhaps reading Nietzsche) applied the same optics to humanity. Morgan's canon. Herd morality and aristocratic morality. Prey and predators. And yet, I think my dog is good and wasps are not.

and science — James Riley

There is no such thing as "science", only sciences. For a mathematician, physics is not completely a science. Biology is not a science at all. Psychology is like voodoo. And sociology... what the fuck do sociologists do?

2. where the cat kills the croc that has ventured onto land — James Riley

It would be difficult to see a lion going up against a Nile crocodile. They must pray less than they do. Hippos, on the other hand, seem to raise their prayers to the Most High much more. Size does matter.

You want me to fit into your schemes. You talk like a simpleton scientist, trying to identify me with some album card you've made for yourself over the years. You have every right to be in the world as you see fit, but I have the same right. Your preconceived labels are not the world, nor do they describe others, but only yourself.What is a "proof"? The proofs I know depend on principles that are not in the proof. The truth of such principles in turn depends on something else. I suppose you think your procedure is better than that of one who bases his knowledge or conduct on what is already written in a certain book. Well, I don't find too much difference. Am I being sarcastic enough for you?

How can you make a statement like that? Do you have any proof that it is true? — Sir2u

I was not at the Council of Trent. Ask those who were there. If the telephone doesn't work, try psychophony.

How much of the Bible is hearsay? — Nils Loc

Nothing. All books were chosen as inspired words of God!

What are you doing but creating a network of magnification and perverse obsession over the filth and inhuman attributes of our world? — Outlander

Are you talking about me or aboult Kabul?

How do you know that animals don't have souls? The Egyptians said yes and embalmed them. Plato said yes. Aristotle said yes. Are you smarter than Aristotle? My dog is good. A wolf is bad. You get it right? Well, I just said that the soul of my dog is good and that of the wolf is bad.
How do you know that they don't pray? Do you understand their language? You talk a lot from hearsay.

Personally I doubt that any god gives a flyingf**k about who wins a football game nor which animal eats which other in the jungle. — Sir2u

Polytheism!!!

Think about this.
- Colossians 3:23-24. Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward.
- Romans 2:6. God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Deuteronomy 5:33. You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Then, see the video.

Without a bikini there is no democracy.

Nothing would happen. People like Donald Trump would say: You better go! There would be no ultimatum for evacuation. Nor would they kill a comedian like Khasha Zwan. Can you imagine a federal agent hitting or killing a comedian because he doesn't like his words?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKPr-mLBQNs
Taliban are Shitban.

You get high, right?

If you were expecting a horrified "That's too expensive!!" consider this: a single page from the Guttenberg Bible sells for $250,000.00 One page — Book273

For whom? I wouldn't give a cent for the whole book. Also, find out, it is in free pdf.

What arrogance! I never know if you are Marxists for being arrogant or you are arrogant for being Marxists. — Primperan

And I don't know if you are so daring for being ignorant or so ignorant for being so daring. Dickhead.

I am not going to help you. What you want to do is against my principles.