Off_White Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 the classes were taken at the philosphy department of Evergreen Uh Jim? Fuck you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 the classes were taken at the philosphy department of Evergreen Uh Jim? Fuck you. Saw that one coming Jimbo. I actually think pretty highly of Evergreen, but if I didn't I'd be careful never to mention that unless I'd already mapped out an escape strategy to extricate myself from whatever enclosed space I happened to be in Seattle, Olympia, Bellingham, or Portland. "[Pointing]Look - over there! Someone's being judgmental and intolerant[rapid transition to fleeing...]! 10 to 1 says that you could defend female genital mutilation as a practice that the proper application of multi-culturalism (not to mentionthe West's sorry neocolonial legacy, etc) renders off limits to critiques by Westerners and elicit little more than a yawn, but make a single modestly unflattering aside about Evergreen and you'll ignite a pious rage that even a third glass of organic, biodynamically cultivated, fair-trade Pinot can't squelch.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Some of us make up words on occasion. Few of us make up their own definitions for existing words, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 JayB, I don't see what your charming straw man has to do with anything. My response had nothing to do with cultural relativism or eco-chic posturing, it was rather more visceral. It's no secret that I'm an alum from Evergreen, and Willi Unsoeld was among my faculty. He was as much a philosophy professor as anything. So I just responded to Jim with the first thing that popped into my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Some of us make up words on occasion. Few of us make up their own definitions for existing words, however. Star System Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 guns don't.... oh nevermind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 JayB, I don't see what your charming straw man has to do with anything. My response had nothing to do with cultural relativism or eco-chic posturing, it was rather more visceral. It's no secret that I'm an alum from Evergreen, and Willi Unsoeld was among my faculty. He was as much a philosophy professor as anything. So I just responded to Jim with the first thing that popped into my head. It was the visceral response that I was noting. I've seen it rear its head before. It's erupted in the middle of more than one dinner party - emerging in a sudden burst of bile and venom, from somewhere deep within the alumnus. The conversational equivalent the little guy in the cafeteria scene in the first "Alien" movie. Truly frightening to behold. Aggies have nothing on 'Greeners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 the classes were taken at the philosphy department of Evergreen Uh Jim? Fuck you. Saw that one coming Jimbo. I actually think pretty highly of Evergreen, but if I didn't I'd be careful never to mention that unless I'd already mapped out an escape strategy to extricate myself from whatever enclosed space I happened to be in Seattle, Olympia, Bellingham, or Portland. "[Pointing]Look - over there! Someone's being judgmental and intolerant[rapid transition to fleeing...]! 10 to 1 says that you could defend female genital mutilation as a practice that the proper application of multi-culturalism (not to mentionthe West's sorry neocolonial legacy, etc) renders off limits to critiques by Westerners and elicit little more than a yawn, but make a single modestly unflattering aside about Evergreen and you'll ignite a pious rage that even a third glass of organic, biodynamically cultivated, fair-trade Pinot can't squelch.... Sigh. My east coast roots, humor included, requires the response It-was-a-joke all too often. Jeesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 NRA stifles gun control research Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Larry Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 JayB, I don't see what your charming straw man has to do with anything. My response had nothing to do with cultural relativism or eco-chic posturing, it was rather more visceral. It's no secret that I'm an alum from Evergreen, and Willi Unsoeld was among my faculty. He was as much a philosophy professor as anything. So I just responded to Jim with the first thing that popped into my head. wikiedia Straw dogs were used as ceremonial objects in ancient China. Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching begins with the lines "Heaven and Earth are heartless / treating creatures like straw dogs". Su Ch'e comments "Heaven and Earth are not partial. They do not kill living things out of cruelty or give them birth out of kindness. We do the same when we make straw dogs to use in sacrifices. We dress them up and put them on the altar, but not because we love them. And when the ceremony is over, we throw them into the street, but not because we hate them."[1] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 GeorgiaCarry.Org ruling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I guess TTK didn't get the memo: The gun control debate is over. Settled. Done. Move along. New topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Tell it to the judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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