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| Member number | 2717 |
| Title | Lack of Vision |
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Lack of Vision
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written Saturday, September 24 2005 03:55
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Now what do all you nay-sayers have to ... uh ... say? Z  [ Saturday, September 24, 2005 03:56: Message edited by: Zorro ] -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Friday, September 23 2005 11:48
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quote:Oddly, yes, I am color blind! And I think that you misunderstood the wolverine/hockey. Everyone in the Cult of White aspires to achieve a wolverine/hockey state of being. You're the only one that has, so far. Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 23 2005 03:17
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quote:Maybe, but "Dick" can also imply someone who is nasty, and, if you ask Thomas Hobbes, brutish and short (rather like our very own Shock Troop Ben, actually). So perhaps Richard Black is a very nice man - think the guy with Mr. Blue Bird on his shoulder - going around the world giving bouquets of flowers and helping little old ladies cross the street. This theory of Richard Black would also explain why Ischi hates him. Ischi hates everything - he is a combination of a rabid wolverine and half-mad hockey player - best left alone. Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 20 2005 07:46
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quote:I hereby declare that all taking of coffee that is "black" to be un-White, and therefore, un-Cool. Coffee is hot, after all, except when Stug, that half-mad ferret of a man forgets to leave the coffee pot on! Thanks a lot! We LOVE drinking uncarbonated cold water without butter. Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Sunday, September 18 2005 05:35
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The Supreme Council for the White Revolution and Sunday bruch committee have instructed me via implants to assure fellow Cultists that the rumors of Richard Black are false and malicious slanders designed to separate them from the true path of Needle/Ferret and Ferret/Needle-dom. Richard Black, as his name implies, represents the absence of light. Richard White (or Ricardo Blanco, as he is known in Spain), is the presence of ALL light. So the reverse universe hypothesis of Richard Black presupposes his existence, which, as can be seen by my first and second sentence, is untrue. Richard Black can only exist if nothing exists, which would immediately annihilate him. The resulting explosion would then flood the world with light, or "White", and restore the Cult order. In fact, the members of the Supreme Council of Theology and Animal Testing have postulated that the event known popularly as "the Big Bang" was actually just Richard Black, up to his old usual tricks, annihilating himself. Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Sunday, September 11 2005 03:49
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quote:Well that solves two of the four mysteries! I believe being labeled as presumably having "lack of vision" for liking GC is about the most charitable descriptor for which I could hope. Other, less kind, critics might have dubbed me a "Raving Lunatic" or a "Supreme Hyena". Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Saturday, September 10 2005 03:42
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quote:I don't know the "lagot incident". In fact, I have a couple of SW-related questions: (1) Why is it a popular opinion among the community members that Linda should be fired and replaced with a juicer? (2) What is the "lagot incident"? (3) What logic exists behind my custom title? (4) How did Alo get to be such a good shot with a rifle? Inquiring minds want to know! Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
| Democracy Off The Mark! or not selecting this year's cult slogan. in Richard White Games | |
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Lack of Vision
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 10:28
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My implants tell me that the central organizing and car pool committee will be very pleased with you. Very pleased indeed! -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Sunday, September 4 2005 18:28
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quote:But I thought ferret/needles and needle/ferrets were like matter and anti-matter, and they annihilate each other upon contact causing a super explosi.... Oh..... I get it.... But... Wouldn't that cause the sun to go nova, in theory? Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Saturday, September 3 2005 09:34
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Well, I hardly ever read this forum, and I don't remember ever posting before, but the occasion merits it. Congratulations Kel - I'm glad to see your hard work and dedication pay off. This couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Congratulations TM - Your passion about scenario design burns like a red-hot flame. Of the very few BoA scenarios I've played, I enjoyed your's the most. You clearly deserve these laurels. And finally, congratulations to all the scenario designers who placed - Have fun selecting your favorite Spiderweb title. Z *and now we resume our usual silliness over at RWG* [ Saturday, September 03, 2005 09:35: Message edited by: Zorro ] -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
| An Exhaustive Semi-Chronological Short History of the White Cult in Richard White Games | |
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Lack of Vision
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written Saturday, September 3 2005 04:10
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quote:That's all the happened to you? Why, when I was a college student, I lived on the same floor as a bunch of aspiring gangsta-rappers (they were engineering students). In an effort to remove themselves from the ranks of nerd-dom, they turned to the liberation of gangsta-style. These self-styled criminals (suburban white kids from the best prep schools, mind you, whose worst deed seems to have been raiding the liquor cabinet at the local country club.) would incessantly hold night-long parties that mostly consisted of wearing sports jerseys and turning the base ALL the way up until we all thought an earthquake was occurring. The ineffectual RA, a hyena of a man who had plans to enter politics, decided that the best way to handle the situation was to flee the dorms and live with his girlfriend. Truly an inspiring role model worthy of inclusion in Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage". And all you had to deal with was having the same name as your alpha-male room mates? Luxury! [ Saturday, September 03, 2005 06:16: Message edited by: Zorro ] -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Thursday, September 1 2005 07:20
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quote:No no - I intended to say "ferret/needles". They are the creatures that inhabit the parallel universe where our Dear Leader lives now in undeath. I'm surprised at you Drew, you should know better! [ Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:31: Message edited by: Zorro ] -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
| Democracy on the March! or Selecting this year's cult slogan in Richard White Games | |
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Lack of Vision
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written Thursday, September 1 2005 07:14
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quote:Look more closely, oh yeh of little faith! The supreme council for the advancement of the cult and birthday party planning committee don't make mistakes. If I must repeat myself, I'll introduce you to a little guy we know around here by the name of "Benny". -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
| Democracy on the March! or Selecting this year's cult slogan in Richard White Games | |
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Lack of Vision
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 20:34
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We've received a strong response to the slogan contest. I'd like to begin by thanking all my fellow cultists - through them, all things are possible. Of course, your implants already told you that. I'd also like to thank the central committee for the advancement of the cult for putting on such a professional show this year. We can't wait for the gala dinner. With further ado, on to the voting! And finally, I'd like to thank the mothers of all RWG cultists everywhere. It was from your wombs that sprung the revolution. [ Wednesday, August 31, 2005 20:36: Message edited by: Zorro ] Poll Information This poll contains 1 question(s). 35 user(s) have voted. Voting stopped at September 20, 2005 10:33 PM board time. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=ohBeOYspZvnM"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=ohBeOYspZvnM"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
| An Exhaustive Semi-Chronological Short History of the White Cult in Richard White Games | |
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Lack of Vision
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 20:17
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That history had me rolling with laughter. I can't believe you managed to construct a coherent story line from RWG. I also hadn't been aware of the White edition of the complete works of Shakespeare. I'm also pretty sure he did a translation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-philosophicus into Esperanto. Perhaps we should create a special continuing history of the cult. Someday, our future ancestors will want learn why they're ruled by ferret/needles, and we will be able to say, "we were there..." -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Monday, August 29 2005 18:20
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Dear fellow cultists: Zorro here, your grand vizier and manager of corporate communications. It is that time of year again for the "RWG slogan contest!" Please note that the fact that this is the third annual addition (and if anyone dares mention that we seem to have jumped years one and two, we will dispatch White Shock Troop Ben at full speed to your general direction) and so submissions must be made. You may recall the last two years' winners: Year 1 - "Richard White Games: Freeware Quality at Shareware Prices!" and Year 2 - "Richard White Games' Galactic Core: Conquer the Galaxy or Your Money Back!" This year's winning entry will be both placed in the FAQ, and in the forthcoming History book, to be inserted into all high school textbooks by claiming that it is a school of thought, and that fact that scientists disagree with us shows there is a controversy which should be taught. -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Thursday, August 25 2005 09:20
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I bow before the new RWG national anthem (anathema?)! Now we just need to find someone with a lovely singing voice willing to make an actual MP3. It is interesting how Richard White is far more popular in death than life. Too bad he could live to see this day. Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Wednesday, August 24 2005 06:39
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My favorite villain is.... Mr. Evil "It's Dr. Evil, I didn't spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called "mister," thank you very much!" Sorry doc - I'm evil too! "... you're not quite evil enough. You're semi-evil, you're quasi-evil, you're the margarine of evil, you're the diet coke of evil, just one calorie, not "evil" enough" Tell me about yourself "The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... very well, where do i begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it." I want to kill Kelandon, how about we shoot him? "I have an even better idea. I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death." I think it would be better to just shoo... "Let me tell you a little story about a man named Sh! Sh! even before you start. That was a pre-emptive "sh!" Now, I have a whole bag of "sh!" with your name on it." And Alo - he insulted you and made you angry! "When I get angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset... people die!" "Begin the unnecessarily slow-moving dipping mechanism!" Wait, aren't you even going to watch them? They could get away! "No, no, no. I'm going to leave them alone and not actually witness them dying. I'm just gonna assume it all went to plan." -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Saturday, July 30 2005 19:22
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quote:Abortion is a medical procedure. Do you really think it is the government's job to determine whether or not you are allowed a medical procedure, rather than you and your doctor? Do not come back saying "but its murder" because if you really believed there was a holocaust of about 1 million babies being killed every year, you wouldn't just sit around and vote Republican, and post a message on the boards. I think anti-abortionists who bomb clinics are criminals, but they're the only ones who behave as if they believed what they say. Gay rights - well, leaving aside the fact that people being gay has been a consistent feature throughout human history, why do you care what two men or two women do in the privacy of their own home? Is it the government's job to tell us how it is appropriate or inappropriate for us to have sex? 50 years ago, almost every Southern state had laws against interracial marriage and sex. Tax cuts - there isn't anything in absolute wrong with cutting taxes, and indeed, it often is a useful tool for economic policy. But please explain why it is rational to cut taxes during a time of war, during a time of huge debt, and when we KNOW that that country will face increased liabilities when the baby boomers retire? Republicans simply cannot be trusted with money - they're like irresponsible teenagers who just borrow and spend, and borrow and spend, leaving it for someone else to clean up their mess. It has been nearly 30 years since a Republican president submitted a balanced budget. I would be much more sympathetic to Republicans on the economic front if they really did cut spending, but they don't. If you don't believe me, go to http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3750 - it is a Cato Institute (a libertarian think tank) analysis of the GOP and spending. Bush and a Republican-controlled congress have grown federal spending far faster than any President since Lyndon "Great Society" Johnson. Let's face it - the modern Republican party uses pre-crisis Argentina as its fiscal model. I read someone who posted an interesting comment with which I fully agree. I wish I could credit that person, but I don't remember who they are. It goes like this: Please name the following (1) Its a Bush administration policy (2) Its important enough that I've heard of it (in a pinch, I should have heard of it) (3) It wasn't substantially f***ed up in the implementation Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 30 2005 05:06
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quote:It was about three or four weeks ago. Argh - I feel really badly about doing that. I think I'll email Jeff and let him know that I have idea if Richard White died. Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 29 2005 08:38
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quote:Rod Stewart, it was reported in the Gulf News, just bought a villa on the Palm Islands in Dubai. Maybe he'll be neighbor of Posh Spice and David Beckham? I'd imagine this will cause a rather steep drop in property prices. Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 29 2005 08:34
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quote:When I called SW to order Galactic Core, I asked them if they'd heard that Richard White had died. I think it was Linda who took the call, because she asked "really? I didn't know!" She then called out to Jeff whether or not he knew if Richard White had died, and I could hear him respond in the background - he said "As far as I know, he's still alive, but I've heard he died too." or something like that. I felt (and still feel) kind of bad turning my game order into a crank call-esque mockery, but I suppose SW doesn't mind since I spent my money there. (As Apu might say "Thank you! Come again!") Is that just me rationalizing my poor behavior? Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Wednesday, July 27 2005 08:00
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quote:Now here's a question to ponder: In Galactic Core, the Tardanians are, without a doubt, the weakest and silliest aliens. Their most advanced ship a a radar dish powered by a hamster wheel. The only good point about it is that its cheap, so you feel like you got a great bargain while the opposing Death-Star-Planet-Killer ships slap them into a footnote of the Necronomicon lite. Why would he choose the Tardanians? Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 22 2005 08:57
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I think the point is that language acts as a limit to thought - not that it is thinking itself. For instance, I know when my cats are hungry (meaning, they're brains are telling them it's time for breakfast) because they come over and meow and me and stomp on my head until I feed them. I know, for instance, that at some Zoos, the animals are mistreated because they're look sometimes angry and sometimes depressed. Of course wolf children can think, but they can't compose a poem or prove a geometric theorem, because they lack the vocabulary to do so. Thus, it represents the limits of their thought. In other words - the limits of what one can think about are indeed defined by their language. But obviously, one can be a wolf child or a cheese runner, and think at about the level required to join SW. Z [ Friday, July 22, 2005 08:58: Message edited by: Zorro ] -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |
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Lack of Vision
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written Thursday, July 21 2005 02:03
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quote:Fair enough - if people want to create there own sub-communities, or entirely new communities, I obviously see no problem. I think your metaphor might have been more appropriate had it discussed it in terms of rural/urban divide regarding preference, but your point stands, and stands well. However, not to put too fine a point on it - I was responding to a post that compared by comment about minor rules of conduct making a large, complex board workable, to Owellian doublespeak. I disagree with that characterization, and it is misleading and best, self-serving and silly at worst. The reason for this is precisely because the rules are NOT the real reason that some people created desp. Truth be told, I never really wanted to contribute to this debate. My interactions with people like Djur have left me feeling they're like a cross between a hermit and a rabid wolverine - best left alone. However, Djur was the one who came on this board and started calling us all stooges to the CoC and "penis-weeds". I've seen this kind of behavior before from TM, and I think it is only appropriate that we call them on their BS - especially when they come to a board they claim not to like, insult people they don't know, and then act offended (and claim this validates their point about us being stooges to the CoC) when people tell them this behavior is inappropriate. I didn't go over to their board and insult five people in four posts. And I may agree with the previous poster - if your comment is intended to be a justification for their behavior on THIS board. Z -------------------- Pan Lever: Seventeen apple roving mirror moiety. Of turned quorum jaggedly the. Blue? Posts: 186 | Registered: Thursday, February 27 2003 08:00 |