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by henry quirk
Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:48 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: These are major assumptions that make sense
Replies: 112
Views: 20453

I tell you plainly, as a Crom-lovin' anarchistic shotgun owner...

...this if an infant is born with certain obvious deformities or handicap it may have to be killed is shit. My 12 year is a healthy (but weird) boy but if he had come into this world sickly, ugly, and stupid, and someone like you suggested that he might "have to be killed" I believe I woul...
by henry quirk
Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:42 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: These are major assumptions that make sense
Replies: 112
Views: 20453

"no one should have access to more than someone else is capable of accessing, because perceptions of unfairness will ruin the merit of this system" The hell you say. Simply: if I'm more capable than Joe then I'm probably gonna have more of what I want than Joe; and Stan, who's more capable...
by henry quirk
Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:33 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: These are major assumptions that make sense
Replies: 112
Views: 20453

"you have to accept the realization of the greatest equal happiness for everyone surviving birth as the ultimate and only worthwhile value worth pursuing given the human condition."

Yeah, I don't have to accept that, I don't accept that.
by henry quirk
Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:30 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: These are major assumptions that make sense
Replies: 112
Views: 20453

"i think free will vs determinism is one of the silliest debates in philosophy"

I agree. Unfortunately some savvy sons of bitches 'are' attempting to use the silly debate to "justify real world policy decisions" (responsibility, crime, justice system etc.).
by henry quirk
Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:24 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: These are major assumptions that make sense
Replies: 112
Views: 20453

1) Freedom is fundamentally unknowable Broadly, in a way that satisfies scientists, philosophers and priests: yeah, but for the individual (where free will begins and ends) the knowing is simple and irrefutable. # 2) Freedom is perceived as Good and determinism as Evil. No, more and more it appears ...
by henry quirk
Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:28 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: The Power of Now - by Eckhart Tolle
Replies: 60
Views: 26232

"you must had a kind and simple life"

nope
by henry quirk
Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:23 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Fewer people die, fewer people gets born
Replies: 14
Views: 6479

as you like

meh
by henry quirk
Sun Mar 24, 2019 12:33 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Fewer people die, fewer people gets born
Replies: 14
Views: 6479

"I trust you are also against old-age pensions." State-enforced ones, absolutely. # "Those bludging old farts take BY FAR the biggest chunk of the welfare budget" If healthy, they ought not get a dime; if ill, they should be dippin' into their own resources. Welfare is supposed b...
by henry quirk
Sun Mar 24, 2019 12:23 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Fewer people die, fewer people gets born
Replies: 14
Views: 6479

Philo, Here, in America, if a body truly can't abide what he sees as a raw deal (workin' for rich, stingy, motherfuckers) then he can quit and go do sumthin' else (up to and including self-employing). I self-employ...I ain't rich, by a longshot, but I ain't property either. If my lazy, dumb keister ...
by henry quirk
Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:27 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Fewer people die, fewer people gets born
Replies: 14
Views: 6479

Let's have a global rebellion that will hang all commies and restore to the individual what is his (self-owneship & -direction). Privatize all production (and hang any bastid who looks to shore up a failing industry with 'too big to fail'). Then we can all live as human beings instead of as prop...
by henry quirk
Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:22 am
Forum: Philosophy of Science
Topic:   We know.
Replies: 22
Views: 5321

All I know is...

...I'm self-directin' meat (same as you) in an amoral reality (so it's all up for grabs, buddy).
by henry quirk
Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:13 am
Forum: Metaphysics
Topic: Solipsism cannot be true
Replies: 153
Views: 26351

Solipsism cannot be true

Of course it's not true! As I say (elsewhere): I'm too fuckin' dumb to be imaginin' REALITY so REALITY must exist outside me, independent of me. Any one thinkin' the whole of REALITY extends out from themselves is not only more fuckin' dumb than me but also as crazy as a shithouse rat. Yeah, I'm tal...
by henry quirk
Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:59 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: what do humans really want?
Replies: 43
Views: 7595

What do humans want?

Deep down every man wants to crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

And women? They just wanna avoid havin' to lament.








Hell if I know what pussies, sissies, and butches want.
by henry quirk
Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:43 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: The Power of Now - by Eckhart Tolle
Replies: 60
Views: 26232

"who be the boss?"

We are. We just happen to be dealin' (poorly) with long-term, wide-scale, 'abuse of the rules' by a whole whack of employees. It's not an insurmountable circumstance.