Hi Jessie, Thank you for the suggested reading. I will try to get hold of Ortega's book and see what I get from it. Jim ... by the ... Metaphysics" that ... ...
... of all races. I'm sure there are millions if not hundreds of millions of people of various races that I would identify much more with than guys like George...
... millions ... than ... etc. ... partly ... money ... anti- ... borders ... have ... to ... years, ... a ... what ... following ... kind ... find ... I ... ...
... You Nazi...If anyone should appreciate this, you should. Or is it that you just don't like fun? Gorphel Borphel PS -- lets play used to be restaurant...
I just never really cared for Hannah Arendt. von Suende ... ************** Finally, one site has it all: your friends, your email, your favorite sites. Try the...
... Can't say I understand this kind of pseudonymous ploy. The fact is, Wil, I know that it is really you, as though under a Santa Claus beard. A rather...
Louise, Thing one: Mr Knott had used a pseudonym, and I was following suit, for "fun". Thing two: Suende is the actual spelling of my (German) last name before...
Wil, Thanks for the explanations. I find them helpful. There's not much more to say, because the apparent mutual incomprehension is so great. Louise ... for...
... A fair enough interpretation, and I see how you could arrive there, but my name ACTUALLY changes every time I post, like the dude in that old epic poem...
iCount Onnit, "... every post IS a battle. Or has potential to be a battle, or battles the odds, or is at odds with a battle, or is a beetle at the bottom of a...
What makes you say this, please explain!? Isn't ethics part of philosophy?? A view we have towards people that not an ethical issue or concern.? How we treat...
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Yes, Michael, I agree, ethics is part of philosophy. The point I am making is that the concept of race is European, not Semitic, and that this way of...
The power of the concept 'anti-Semitic', to inhibit free thought and impose the tendency for self-censorship on European peoples is part of the total battle,...
I really do not think taking off our clothes, giving a wholly emoted opinion, is in order. I am in mind of the complete loss of trust that helped bury the...
And let us not leave aside that remark that calling Jews racists would be bad because it would sully the true (and presumably 'good') racism of (white)...
Thank you Louise for your thoughful response, I can see that you have thought deeply about this and I do want to understand your point of view.? On a side note...
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Rather depressing, Wil, that you seem to suppose my thought in this regard so crass. If racism is worth discussing, with, say, Socratic carefulness, we shall...
... have thought deeply about this and I do want to understand your point of view.? On a side note I more interested in understanding other people posting then...
Michael, I agree with you that understanding other people's point of view is more important than winning an argument with them. To understand the reality of...
At most, we could say that there is a greater probability of a person of a given race being more intelligent, more industrious, or more prone to crime than a...
... person of a given race being more intelligent, more industrious, or more prone to crime than a person from another race. ... Shall we measure cranial...
Louise, I work as a volunteer in a middle school, there 13-14 years old, anyway I help in the American history class.? Currently we are studying the...
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Delectation of Independence Gotta watch that spell check. Gets you every time. Wil ... From: bartleyoreg@... To: existlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 5 Dec...
What I said was that there were greater probabilities of certain strenghths and weaknesses appearing among races, but that many individuals will very much...
I'm very much a fan of the Declaration of Independance also. Of course, the point of 'newspeak' George Orwell made was how beautiful words can still be...
opps! I knew I should have used the dictionary! In a message dated 12/5/2008 3:43:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, eupraxis@... writes: Delectation of...
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Tom, Well, I understand the save, but this is all still prejudice, in my opinion, if you are explaining such differences (even if they were accurate) as caused...
... course, the point of 'newspeak' George Orwell made was how beautiful words can still be admired, while the practical aplication of such statement can...