Original Message----- From: charlesbricebroadway [mailto:charlesbricebroadway@...] Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 10:00 PM To: stoics@yahoogroups.com ...
Hello Mr. Broadway, ... Your argument seems to be that Prohibition was relatively successful, and that it is better to try and fail than not to try at all. I...
My computer has been down for a few weeks but I am not back on line. A brief note on this interesting text. This text has clearly been influenced by Platonic...
Dear Mr. Bamford I anticipate that you will find a diversity of opinion among Stoics on these matters. Moreover, I hope we can resist the temptation to ...
Hello Kenneth, ... choice is bankrupt. (If the woman was not raped, then she had a choice.)<<< Your remark in parentheses would appear to ignore the facts of...
Here are my thoughts about these subjects... CREATION SCIENCE: Is not a science, and should not be taught as a science. It is mythology, and nothing more. It...
On Sunday 07 April 2002 11:37 pm, R&F Bamford opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: hello all, i have been reading from the web for a few months, and...
1. It seems that the hot button topics have yielded a truth. Stoics reflect the society at large when it comes to the diversity of opinions concerning matters...
Hello Mr. Broadway, ... Of course. Those opinions stem from actual convictions, and are backed up by good arguments on most sides. It is unsurprising that...
Greetings Stoics, I agree that too much thinking is done in terms of labels, but since this is so, let's discuss the shortcomings of public debate without...
"The question for me is not whether people are oppressors or victims. It is how we as humans can construct social and political systems that empower their...
regarding thoughts on abortion and men talking about it --- I was in a class waaay back when I was in a little bible school. We were discussing abortion and...
. Christian theology embraces Christ in ... Suffering is equal to innocence. !!!!! Wow!! This really explains guilt trips laid out by all those old church...
... I would argue that it is equally ridiculous to assume that abortion never touches men personally. Would you consider Dr. Seddon not to have been touched...
Stoici et amici, I must congratulate Brother Broadway for continuing to supply contributions that provoke thinking, and thank Conrad for responding to B's most...
I am not familiar with Ms. Nussbaum's work, but I have no disagreement with the concept of rights or universal rights. I also do not think that the Left is...
... My sense is that often--and like many generalizations this one will not fit every case--often the legitimate interest of the male partner in the life of a...
On Mon, 08 Apr 2002 00:55:12 -0000 "charlesbricebroadway" ... Some *academic* leftists in the U.S. (mainly in literature departments) have been influenced by...
Mr. Broadway, I've seen you use the phrase "cosmopolitan ideal" a few times. I'm not familiar with the meaning, could you please explain? Peace, Robert Tyner...
Charles Broadway said: <<<IMO, these two strains of thought have merged to form something that is inherently flawed. It is the victim as oppressor. In other...
On Monday 08 April 2002 09:03, Kenneth Sibley opened a general hailing ... as a stay at home father who grows very tired of people who ask "so what else do you...
Dr. Garrett and Dr. Seddon could probably give a more complete answer, but I will share my understanding of the concept. The Stoics taught that all people are...
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Caleb Williamson
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Apr 8, 2002 2:54 pm
Do we have to go as far as pacifism? Believing that a genuine victim who is victimized in a serious way can use violence to end his victimization doesn't...
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Caleb Williamson
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Apr 8, 2002 3:22 pm
I'm not sure that groups like the NAACP can properly be characterizedas Nietzschean, or that groups like the NAACP should be held responsible for gang...
Geoffrey, May I take issue with what seems implicit in your personal story here, that you cannot understand what another person has been through if you do not...
... The tenets of pacifism warrant serious attention, and their adherents deserve our respect. I myself find pacifism appealing, but not compelling. I agree...
Hello all, ... To address an old issue, this would be the heart of my defense of fiction. Really good fiction captures and relates the experiences of others,...
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On Tuesday 09 April 2002 16:42, Kenneth Sibley opened a general hailing ... i am only a pacifist if you accept some definitions, the zen definition for ...
