2. Judaism and Christianity are both centered around Jerusalem. I would take issue with this statement as well. Both Judaism and Christianity are religions that are temporal in nature, that is that they are historical and take place within teleological history. God, somehow, entered into time from his e
Let me paint a picture. A small solar system with nought but a sun, its gravitational field and a comet. A comet has three (four, technically) distinct features - a nucleus, a coma and a tail. It orbits in wide ellipses around a sun. Sometimes out at the furthest reaches, away from the fiery centre, cold and invisible, but always edging clos
I personally plan on buying a copy! i want to know what "nothing" truly means I think the stock standard translation for "nothing" is "everything" or "you" E.g what's wrong? - Translation: Absolutely everything, i can't specifically put my finger on it, but its devestating and i just don't see
What ever happened to the well honed appreciation of finely shaped ankles? Or is that for horses? What about a woman's décolletage (not sure if you can actually apply that to anatomy, more a fashion term, but you know the area inclusive of the lower neck, collar and upper chest. That bit), other than the lips its the only part of the female form that can inspire the desire for intimacy without the inevitable slide towards the profane.
It is interesting to note that feminist linguist and science fiction writer, Suzette Haden Elgin, created a completely new language, Laadan, for use by women who had become sick of the masculine-centricity of the already living languages. This enterprise arose out of the language planning initiated by the feminist movement in the 70's. Its most famous success is the introduction of the courtesy title Ms for women, a title which gives no
Thank you wisefawn. Interesting to note that what can be said of the human can be said of the blog, eh? Thank you for giving this corpse one more taste of life Marco
It's always ironic when someone sits back talking about the evils of capitalism on their personal computer that transmits their complaints all over the world via the Internet to milliosn of others who are also reading it on their personal computers. Amazing that the Internet was not the work of private
Death is an exclusively individual experience, but the only remains, other than the carcass, are the memories and emotions (or lack thereof) of the people you leave behind. Along with all this comes their judgement. Unusually cruel, seeing as the recipient of said judgement isn’t present at their own hearing. So is it true? Do we die for others?
Our rationality allows us to hope that friendship is worth more than love requited, but it always remains a fools hope. A valid question: Do we love the end of things better than their beginnings? AND would certain types of suffering be better called by another name? Hope the tears have served more than a physiological funtion Marco
I wish I could make a living at being a hermit Already have. Trust me the pay sucks and the conditions are worse. The only person you can complain to is yourself and you usually aren't all that helpful. You can't join a union (well duh) and any lobby group you form gets written of as the incessant whing
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and australia wins more medals per capita than any other country That's because we got nothin' better to do. Somehow it's validation for a whole lot of other things that get passed over anyway. Remember the kid in highschool (particularly if it was you) that would complain about self-esteem issues and c
I therefore have postulated that you are a fine blogger! HA! How about the corrollary to Hanlon's razor:
I don't know that such pseudointellectualism is always a bad thing, though, as it piquex someone's interest and may give them a starting point they might not otherwise have had. Gideon. You were speaking of excellent responses. Ditto for yours. Marco
This is a hell of an adroit comment whip! I appreciate the beautiful simplicity and the devastating practicality of Ockham's Razor. As for my statement, i guess i was trying to say that deductive arguments allow us to keep the subjective experience of the argument itself, its affectivity, out of the equation. As well as being one of the most useful methods of logic and science, it is also a great way of de-personalising language and i
I completely disagree. There are more science books written for the layman now than ever before. No argument there. But have you read them. Simplified is too mild a word for it and i'm not so sure that their benefit justify their harm to true understanding.
1) Capitol letters can be your friend, same with punctuation. 2) If something is a list, don't double space, and present it as a list. Otherwise, a double space shows the start of another paragraph or thought (like a one sentence being spaced). 3)Lists usually are preceded with consecutive numbers or letters, or by an as
This is a lovely article for a lovely person All cheers for lovely. On both counts. Thanks Wisefawn. And if all this agreement wasn't for person as worthy I might have started feeling a bit nauseous Marco
i'm so glad i stalked you until you had no choice but to be my friend Choice! What choice? I mean the barrel of that gun was just so big. How could I say no? As far as the compliment goes, take a bow lady, the curtain call's all yours <img src="../images/smiles/smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN=
i havent hadda severe hedging in forever I hear you King. Sorry I can't help you out but that would, ah, cross some boundaries i set for myself a long time ago Marco
I merely chronicled his story for the edification of all Hmmmm. Edification. I like that word. I like it a lot. Oh yeah. the rest of it was very good as well, you know, the limerick and all. Marco
as in everything, you mean ? Pessimist!!! Marco XX
There are some very simple rules that you can follow while involved in an argument to keep the whole affair surgical, precise and as mess free as possible. Sometimes we don’t want surgical, precise or mess free. We want the mess and the spittle; the War of the Roses wages with our tongues, casualty list inclusive, with a crater blasted front and no hope of
have it on good authority editors of at least two major american men's magazines, when asked to name the most sexualy exploitative morally bankrupt waste of paper pulp popular publication answer, without hesitation: cosmopolitan On my own good authority I would have to agree. Soliciting writing about
It would be interesting to find out whether the Clancy's and Grishams of this world are in some small measure responsible for this slide. I remember a time (not my own unfortunately) where whole books would be allegorical and require a high level of abstract thinking to make heads or tails of it, to make it correlate to the real world we inhabit and find the key that made the narrative useful to our understanding of our current situation rather
I would say that Confucius is onto a good thing here, i would almost label it as being Platonic in substance if not form. There must be a distinction and the distinction is always one we choose to make and that will ultimately bear on how we are perceived in the world and what sort of society we live in. respect is a core requirement for human dignity. If you do not inspire respect in others or give respect where it is due you will live in a w