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Re: Art
Ahem. He must be quite aware of the obvious fact that art never improves [changes], but that the material of art is never quite the same.
Sep 19, 2005 -
Re: Art
In English writing we seldom speak of tradition, though we occasionally apply its name in deploring its absence. We cannot refer to "the tradition" or to "a tradition"; at most, ...
Sep 18, 2005 -
Re: How Do We Decide Sexual Preference?
Qi -- how is understanding the purpose of homosexuality homologous to understanding existence? That's assinine. I want a link, or an article, or a book that will tell me what ...
Sep 12, 2005 -
Re: How Do We Decide Sexual Preference?
Read Luce Irigaray's "Speculum of the Other Woman". The purpose of lesbianism, nay, homosexuality in general, is to escape the phallus, in all its symbolic and practical manifestations and contortions
Sep 11, 2005 -
Re: How Do We Decide Sexual Preference?
Are you going to prove that marriage has been around since before organized religion, Qi? Because just saying it has doesn't make it so.
Sep 10, 2005 -
Re: Mcdonalds Vs. Obese People
My own disgust (distrust?) of McDonald's, it is the people's fault. Though you could, I suppose, hit McDonald's on misrepresentation of caloric amount, etc.
Sep 9, 2005 -
Re: Cosmetic Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery is, obviously, cosmetic. And the people are usually just as fake on the inside as they are on the out.
Sep 9, 2005 -
Re: Are humans just animals?
1. When a dog does something wrong, the owner tends to spank him. 2. When humans do something wrong, the government puts them in white rooms and small cells. 3. ...
Sep 9, 2005 -
Re: Illegal Drugs
This is all circumlocutory language around the debate at hand: if you want to take pot, that's your own business, but that is not a valid or rational argument for ...
Sep 9, 2005 -
Re: Leadership
A leader should be one who is familiar with tradition -- everything else is orbita dicta and, consequently, irrelevant. Even total chaos, I suppose, has a certain kind of 'traditional' ...
Sep 9, 2005 -
Re: How Do We Decide Sexual Preference?
The real, proper argument against 'gay marriage' is an argument against all marriage. Constitutionally, gay marriage (or the 'normative' heterosexual marriage) is not protected -- nor are your suppose
Sep 9, 2005 -
Re: Life and Death
Death is a gift.
Sep 8, 2005 -
Re: What Reviewers Wish They Could Say, but Don't.
Under the terms of the Clean Water Act, the Stream of Consciousness is hereby declared irremediably polluted . Do not eat any fish caught in these waters. Swimmers: beware.
Sep 6, 2005 -
Re: Illegal Drugs
Viagra doesn't endanger everyone, m'dear. If everyone took Viagra, not everyone would be blind. However, if everyone smoked pot, everyone's brains would deteriorate at a higher rate than usual.
Sep 6, 2005 -
Re: Illegal Drugs
Your point is? It was banned because it was proven to directly endanger the lives of those taking it.
Sep 3, 2005
