ping tempy re: the definition of playing the devil's advocate :)
slider
### - thinking about your reply/reaction in connection with this, it makes me
wonder if you actually understand its usage?
you probably do, but just in case here's a few examples of its true
meaning/history and usual use that should clarify/help...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061001030217AAPprBy
thang ornithorhynchus
wrote:
Hey Slider don't be too harsh on this guy. His obscure narrations are
testament to how he feels and that much confusion is no good for
anyone. I think he is pleasant enough but I cannot for the life of me
tell what he wants or is saying. Its all so damn obscure, but that's
probably because of my nature and erstwhile vocation.
I mean, can you tell what he wants or is saying? If so, convert it to
a sentence or two for me if you don't mind.
thang
"After coming into contact with a religious man, I
always feel I must wash my hands"
-Friedrich Nietzsche, Ecce Homo, 1888
slider
thang wrote...
> Hey Slider don't be too harsh on this guy. His obscure narrations are
> testament to how he feels and that much confusion is no good for
> anyone. I think he is pleasant enough but I cannot for the life of me
> tell what he wants or is saying. Its all so damn obscure, but that's
> probably because of my nature and erstwhile vocation.
>
> I mean, can you tell what he wants or is saying? If so, convert it to
> a sentence or two for me if you don't mind.
### - sigh, i'd say that ultimately tempy wants the same as just about anyone
wants i guess... emancipation & freedom :)
oh and fyi... i HAVE been going easy on him ROFLMAO!!!
(the real ass-kicking comes later haha ;-)
Akhet
>Hey Slider don't be too harsh on this guy. His obscure narrations are
>testament to how he feels and that much confusion is no good for
>anyone
>
-
One has got to adapt to the current scene.
"Two bats are standing still. Is it day or is it night; Not one can see.
From their positions, there is no UP, and no right.
Just blood in their thoughts." -Temporal.
So; I mean; < thang ornithorhynchus >
. Pray tell, from whence derives your nick?
Or do we just have to laugh together.
Maybe the famous Australian fly met a welcoming top paddock...
And remember;
Killing a fly with a Ukulele is probably the wrong thang to do.
;)
Akhet
>
>
>### - sigh, i'd say that ultimately tempy wants the same as just about anyone
>wants i guess... emancipation & freedom :)
>
>oh and fyi... i HAVE been going easy on him ROFLMAO!!!
>
>(the real ass-kicking comes later haha ;-)
>
That's sweet.. ^_^
"When one standing on his hands looks at a happy buddhist,
it's just a sad smile to him. " -Temporal
thang ornithorhynchus
>thang ornithorhynchus smote:
>
>>Hey Slider don't be too harsh on this guy. His obscure narrations are
>>testament to how he feels and that much confusion is no good for
>>anyone
>>
>-
>One has got to adapt to the current scene.
No, as humans we tend to try to make the scene adapt to us. Its more
important to know when to adapt, and when to be rigid. For instance,
resistance in WW2 led to the defeat of real evil. Also,
generalisations have never worked, for anybody, ever. Perilously
close to stereotyping.
>
>"Two bats are standing still. Is it day or is it night; Not one can see.
>From their positions, there is no UP, and no right.
>Just blood in their thoughts." -Temporal.
Bats generally don't stand, they hang. They probably don't think. But
if they could, vampire bats are in the minority, so these are probably
fruit bats which would have sucrose in their thoughts.
>
>So; I mean; < thang ornithorhynchus >
>
>. Pray tell, from whence derives your nick?
Oh, cobbled together a few years ago, the precursor was thang, then
needed a bit of flavour so added the platypusian suffix.
>Or do we just have to laugh together.
>Maybe the famous Australian fly met a welcoming top paddock...
>
>And remember;
>Killing a fly with a Ukulele is probably the wrong thang to do.
>;)
There you go again, more damn obscurity. Out with thee, damn
obscurity. If you read philosophy, which you should if you don't, you
will find the most successful authors (note I didn't say thinkers,
because some very good thinkers are rather obscure) are penetrable and
rather cogent, which you could try to apply to get your points across
a bit more successfully.
cheers big ears
thang
slider
Akhet wrote...
> "When one standing on his hands looks at a happy buddhist,
> it's just a sad smile to him. " -Temporal
### - did you hear about the buddhist sage who went up to a hotdog vender and
said, "please make me one with everything!" :)
slider
Akhet" wrote...
> And remember;
> Killing a fly with a Ukulele is probably the wrong thang to do.
> ;)
### - did you hear about the fly sitting on the toilet seat?
he got pissed off ;-)