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The great gender war: bitches vs. assholes. Who will win? Only time will tell. "You are going to women? Do not forget the whip!" - Friedrich Nietzsche The assholes have chosen their weapon. Lord knows what the bitches will choose? As long as they don't choose the Bobbit knife named after ...

Upon conviction of guilt for the deaths, is the torture of the father justified? http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_21061510/river-falls-dad-slit-3-girls-throats-charges?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com "Justified" is inevitably, and entirely, a matter of opinion. &q...

So the death penalty doesn't sit well with our idea of ourselves as humane and decent persons The difference between man and animal is the ability to control our instincts. Do you mean the difference between humans and other animals is the ability to control our instincts? These are the urge to kil...

. . . let's get down and dirty : OK :) I believe people who meet certain criminal criteria through reasonable due process of law should be put to death, barring very limited appeal, immediately. What do you mean to convey when you write the word 'should'? Let's just get rid if the riff raff. I am a...

Here y go! Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a wonderful resource, both for people trained in philosophy, and for folks who (like me) are just exploring the subject. If you find it tough going, there are people on this site who can help, but I find it's best to struggle through it as far as yo...

Amen

Arising_uk wrote:

Thundril wrote:It's gotta be better than having a pedant hanging round your neck.

Just thought! If John joins us it'll be "An Englishman, Welshman and Scotsman are in a pub..."

Cardiff is where I am just now, but I'm actually Scouse. Irish on me mum's side thuogh, so we sort of make it.

It's gotta be better than having a pedant hanging round your neck.

pedant.
pendant

The Jesus Head wrote:

Arising_uk wrote:

I think you mean skim-read..............

And you stated earlier "I assume you'd say that Socrates was a psychotic pendant? As he questioned each and every statement his interlocutors made."

I think you mean "neurotic" pendant.

I think you mean 'neurotic pedant'.

The Jesus Head wrote:

Thundril wrote:Meet in a pub always sounds deeply sensible. Let's set it up!

I suggest you check out his sexuality first.

Why?

Meet in a pub always sounds deeply sensible. Let's set it up!

Well said, Arising. Next time I'm in the smoke I'll pm you. Know any decent real-ale pubs?

I assume you'd say that Socrates was a psychotic pendant? As he questioned each and every statement his interlocutors made. This is the problem my friend you actually see yourself as a modern day Socrates. [and you seem to have forgotten what happened to him] It appears not to have struck you that ...

As to a philosophy of math: Here is a proposal that is philosophical and has to do with math: The operations of mathematical symbols only reflect a valid operation in their basic relations. Once interpretation takes place, math has been removed from actual presentation (identity) of the phenomenon ...