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| Jun 9th, 2006 09:00 AM | ||
| mburbank | Oh! Would that be before you started posting here you blowhard nincompoop? | |
| Jun 8th, 2006 06:21 PM | ||
| The One and Only... | I'm not sure. It's only recently that I've really been able to accept myself as student. | |
| Jun 8th, 2006 06:08 PM | ||
| Archduke Tips |
wtf are you talking about? I was refering to my second post... Oao, what exactly are you trying to teach us? That you have been reading too much philosophy? |
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| Jun 5th, 2006 09:35 PM | ||
| The One and Only... |
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| Jun 5th, 2006 08:02 PM | ||
| Archduke Tips |
The second one was Space Oddity by David Bowie.  Now take your protein pills and put your helmet on. |
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| Jun 4th, 2006 12:10 AM | ||
| Terra |
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But then I'm stabbing at an obvious. 
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| Jun 3rd, 2006 07:58 PM | ||
| The One and Only... | Hell nah my friend. | |
| Jun 3rd, 2006 05:28 PM | ||
| AChimp | I laughed at how OAO is sucking in his flabby gut in all his pics. | |
| Jun 3rd, 2006 05:14 PM | ||
| Archduke Tips |
Ground control to OAO... ground control to OAO... You are floating in a most peculiar way with your head so far up in the clouds. |
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| Jun 2nd, 2006 11:40 PM | ||
| DeadKennedys | Thread backups, please | |
| Jun 2nd, 2006 09:37 AM | ||
| mburbank | You can't even save yourself. | |
| Jun 1st, 2006 03:11 PM | ||
| The One and Only... | Only a noob would say that. | |
| May 31st, 2006 10:16 PM | ||
| Archduke Tips |
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| May 31st, 2006 09:05 PM | ||
| imported_I, fuzzbot. | I have an appreciation for his amorphous thighs. | |
| May 31st, 2006 08:36 PM | ||
| mburbank | I have a psuedo appreciattion for pseudo intellect. | |
| May 30th, 2006 01:09 PM | ||
| Marc Summers |
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| May 30th, 2006 11:01 AM | ||
| Emu | The question is, when does the man cease and the ass begin? Are they two seperate entities or one? If he disappears up his own ass, does his ass follow? | |
| May 30th, 2006 10:34 AM | ||
| sspadowsky | We need to have a camera crew following this guy, so that we can capture the exact moment he disappears up his own ass. | |
| May 30th, 2006 12:24 AM | ||
| The One and Only... |
The Question of God Source: http://blog.myspace.com/19991525 Here we may find two actors in this dialectic play, Elpis and Lysander. They are holding a conversation... Lysander: "It would appear to me that the great dissatifaction amongst the men of our age is the product of loss of contact with the divine. If only we were to once again follow his sacraments, he would end his punishment and our suffering." Elpis: "Now, Lysander, what bold natured speach! Certainly you cannot believe the words which come from forth from your mouth!" Lysander: "But, my dear Elpis, it is quite true despite m bombasity, and I can tell you that I grant much faith to my utterance." Elpis: "Lo, Lysander, I cannot come to accept this! For is it not quite true that human affairs occur in the realm of nature, and are therefore by essence natural?" Lysander: "Yes, with this I agree." Elpis: "And is it not also a characteristic of God that he is not bound by natural laws, and is as such a supernatural entity?" Lysander: "All of this is very certain." Elpis: "Yet does it not follow from our conception of nature that all which occurs within it must abide by its laws?" Lysander: "That would be the inference." Elpis: "And all which does not abide to natural laws is supernatural?" Lysander: "Quite so." Elpis: "Then the supernatural may never interfere in nature?" With this, Lysander paused a moment and considered. Lysander: "Yes, by the argument." Elpis: "And hence God, which is supernatural, may not convene in human affairs, which are natural?" Lysander: "I suppose that you have made a fool of me, Elpis, but I remain unconvinced, for does not God possess the strength to mold nature as he sees fit? For with this action he does not act in accordance with natural laws, but changes their form, and hence indirectly influences mankind." Elpis: "Oh, but Lysander, you are exceedingly confused; for if this is to occur, we are no longer speaking of nature!" Lysander: "How do you mean?" Elpis: "Is it not true that what we deem to be nature follows certain consistencies?" Lysander: "That is assured." Elpis: "And it is not also true that our concept of nature consists, in part, on these regularities?" Lysander: "This I will grant." Elpis: "Then if these consistencies change, our experience deviates from our concept?" Lysander: "A most accurate proposition." Elpis: "And is not nature known to us solely through the concept?" Lysander: "I give you this licence." Elpis: "Then the deviation of our experience from its natural harmonies does not permit the continuation of nature as known, but only as a new entity?" Lysander: "That must follow." Elpis: "Hence we are no longer speaking of nature?" Lysander: "It is the implication." Elpis: "But, as we said earlier, does it not remain true that human affairs are essentially natural, for do we not also know them only by a concept consistent with nature?" Lysander: "With certainty." Elpis: "Then it cannot be doubted that God may not, by any means, intervene in human affairs as understood?" Lysander: "A most profound observation, Elpis." |
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| May 30th, 2006 12:20 AM | ||
| Emu | I've always had a deep need to be saved from the truth. | |
| May 30th, 2006 12:14 AM | ||
| The One and Only... | God will never save you from truth, my son. Only I can do that. | |
| May 30th, 2006 12:11 AM | ||
| Emu | good lord | |
| May 30th, 2006 12:10 AM | ||
| The One and Only... | You bastards have no appreciation for intellect! | |
| May 30th, 2006 12:08 AM | ||
| ItalianStereotype |
OaO LOL http://anti-state.com/forum/index.ph...threadid=17059 I'm sure that most of you have, by now, noticed friction with much of the accepted anarcho-capitalist norms from my person. Due to this, I find it important to question exactly what my status is for the sake of clarity. 1) Property. I am no longer of the opinion that any one means of appropriation is just, and hold a view akin to Bastiat's perspective in that "he defines property not as a physical object, but rather as a relationship between people with respect to an object." (See here.) I further this conceptualization with Stirner's view that what is "rightly" my property is that which I can defend. Consequentally, there are no static laws of property, but rather an ever-evolving social arrangement. My argument for anarchism is, then, essentially based on the idea that this arrangement can be furthered in the general interest with the abolition of the State. Whether or not an individual receives the full benefit of his labor is irrelevant at this point; that very notion is exceedingly cluttered. As I have expressed in the past, I consider that wills (i.e. heirlooms) will be eradicated in an anarchic society. 2) Ideology. It is appropriate here to explain that I seek more than the mere end of Statism: I wish for a realization of the ego by all individuals. Only with the awakening of egos will ever a new era without exploitation dawn, for exploitation is the product of false understanding, the imposition and impressment of ideas alien to our natural inclinations. 3) Hierarchy. Many of you know of my hostility towards corporations. This is due to my belief that, in a truly free market, hierarchial firms would necessarily be at a disadvantage to decentralized, voluntary assocations. My concept of the latter is quite distinct from democratically-run cooperatives - I propose the end of all management in firm structure, with various workers establishing de facto relations amongst one another for mutual benefit. These relationships could be secured by means of internal contracts. This structure provides several benefits, verified by proper economic reasoning. For instance, it enables each worker to react to the individual fluctuations in supply and demand for his person. It creates a more dynamic means of establishing payment for services. It removes stagnancy in the enterprise's mode of operation. Essentially, this theoretical firm acts akin to a free market composed of individual actors, whereas the modern corporate hierarchy acts similar to a centralized State. Corporations retain dominance in our era due to form restrictions present in corporate charters. For instance, in order to attain one, a firm must have a board of directors. The advantages of incorporation are enormous: greater access to capital and limited liability effectively allow competition to be squashed. Without limitation, corporate structure would be forced to radically alter over time. ..... Well, I suppose that just about covers my break from typical anarcho-capitalist ideology. What is your verdict? 
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