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Check out posts by zannennagara, daytripper23, or Arden for examples of deep philosophical thought and good writing.

Mr. Mushrooms too.

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Is it just me, or does daytripper answer even the simplest question with an incomprehensible mish-mash of philosophical jargon?

Here are a few excerpts from his recent 'What is Humanism?' thread:

"The original understanding of culture was just a substantial blob of interrelated cells that you could do anything you want with. This only meant an interrelation of similar parts (like as I described humanism).

But now culture itself is "relative", completely opposite to its original substance (Think Spinoza - substance is God).

It seems to me the fall of Godliness just brought forth a more indescript form of dogma.

But it is also the non-particular recognition of human to human relations - acknowledging that the self is only self in the terms of other, the subject in terms of object; ie language, the social contract, an arbitrary token of reality. Something we have been doing long before this particular humanism.

Human rights is exactly what I am talking about, though this seems a bit dire. Its the same paradox. For 'Universal' rights, there certainly is no social contract, otherwise we would have the choice to sign on. But even if we did have a choice, this signing is no different. The nature of all signs is a game. Rather, its just a game, but you have to play by the rules. Paradoxically, the game is both serious and not serious."

What the Hell? I'm sure I could understand what he's trying to say, but is it worth the time I'd have to invest? I have nothing against the guy, but most of his posts may as well be written in Chinese for all I'm concerned.

Lakefingers usually confuses me, too.

I like Mr. Mushrooms, though. His points follow each other logically, he explains himself clearly and thoroughly, and he writes like a pro. P&S could use more mushroom-men.

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Anonymous #31 said:
I wouldn't say posters are the problem, but rather that posts are.

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Anonymous #6 said:
Check out posts by zannennagara, daytripper23, or Arden for examples of deep philosophical thought and good writing.

Mr. Mushrooms too.

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Is it just me, or does daytripper answer even the simplest question with an incomprehensible mish-mash of philosophical jargon?

Here are a few excerpts from his recent 'What is Humanism?' thread:

"The original understanding of culture was just a substantial blob of interrelated cells that you could do anything you want with. This only meant an interrelation of similar parts (like as I described humanism).

But now culture itself is "relative", completely opposite to its original substance (Think Spinoza - substance is God).

It seems to me the fall of Godliness just brought forth a more indescript form of dogma.

But it is also the non-particular recognition of human to human relations - acknowledging that the self is only self in the terms of other, the subject in terms of object; ie language, the social contract, an arbitrary token of reality. Something we have been doing long before this particular humanism.

Human rights is exactly what I am talking about, though this seems a bit dire. Its the same paradox. For 'Universal' rights, there certainly is no social contract, otherwise we would have the choice to sign on. But even if we did have a choice, this signing is no different. The nature of all signs is a game. Rather, its just a game, but you have to play by the rules. Paradoxically, the game is both serious and not serious."

What the Hell? I'm sure I could understand what he's trying to say, but is it worth the time I'd have to invest? I have nothing against the guy, but most of his posts may as well be written in Chinese for all I'm concerned.

Lakefingers usually confuses me, too.

I like Mr. Mushrooms, though. His points follow each other logically, he explains himself clearly and thoroughly, and he writes like a pro. P&S could use more mushroom-men.

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Mr. Mushrooms is a weak link. Like a picture of Brad Pit in a magazine, he looks great and easy to accept. But you realize regular reading crumples and eventually disintegrates the page and the message.

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Anonymous #37 said:
I like it when Gomp comes by and drops a sort-of Zen Koan on us all

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The master of the deadly zen koan...