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December 12, 2020

Thoughlets. xxvii.

Two SJW slogans are: Silence is Violence and Words are Violence. If silence is violence, then one must speak. But words are violence. If words are violence, then one must be silent. But silence is violence.To avoid absurdity, the SJW must stipulate that Some Silence is Violence and Some Words are Violence – neither of which make great slogans. But which silence is… Continue reading

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December 12, 2020

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. “‘Tis not contrary to reason …” David Hume. (scroll down, see comments)

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature. Book II, Part III, Section III, Of the influencing motives of the will. ‘Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction… Continue reading

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December 5, 2020

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. “Does he not there as much accuse mankind by his actions as I do by my words?” Thomas Hobbes.

It may seem strange to some man that has not well weighed these things that nature should thus dissociate and render men apt to invade and destroy one another; and he may therefore, not trusting to this inference, made from the passions, desire perhaps to have the same confirmed by experience. Let him therefore consider… Continue reading

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November 9, 2020

What’s in a name? A face, a voice, laughter, habits brought readily to mind.

The names of the people we love are like beads on a Rosary, well-worn worry stones oft-fondled for comfort and reassurance. Continue reading

Arts and Leisure, Catch-All

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October 31, 2020

Philosophy is a Knee-Jerk Reaction Clinic

In this high-charged social and political climate, remember to slooooow down. Continue reading

Catch-All

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October 29, 2020

Thoughtlets .xxii.

Look below a grand narrative, e.g. left vs right, dark vs light, and you will discover people doing the best they can with the circumstances in which they find themselves. Continue reading

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October 3, 2020

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Buridan’s Ass.

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September 28, 2020

Thoughtlets .xviii.

Words such as ‘matters’, ‘dangerous’, and even ‘good’, require an indexical, by which is meant these words require a to or a for. Once you flesh in the indexical you open questions such as why, how, and so what? Some don’t think to ask these questions, others don’t want them asked. Continue reading

Philosophy, Political Rhetoric, Thoughtlets