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by Impenitent
Mon Apr 20, 2026 9:42 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: A Failure of Democracy
Replies: 150
Views: 2241

Re: A Failure of Democracy

failure of democracy...

who gets to vote is another question entirely

he/she/it can't vote- they haven't come of age...

just kill it; it isn't a person anyway

-Imp
by Impenitent
Mon Apr 20, 2026 9:25 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Mind
Topic: HUMANS DO NOT ACT, BUT REACT, SO MUCH FOR FREE WILL
Replies: 104
Views: 9122

Re: HUMANS DO NOT ACT, BUT REACT, SO MUCH FOR FREE WILL

"My existence is absurd" - Sartre

no; as I have said many times: Life is a joke, and you are a clown...

-Imp
by Impenitent
Mon Apr 20, 2026 5:36 pm
Forum: Philosophical Counselling
Topic: Gary's Corner
Replies: 1128
Views: 85877

Re: Gary's Corner

If I believe that I don't have any beliefs, then I am mistaken. If I DON'T believe that I don't have any beliefs, then I am correct. One belief I have is that I have beliefs. But how do I believe that I have beliefs? If I believe that I cannot know anything for certain, then I am mistaken. If I DON...
by Impenitent
Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:21 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Fabianism
Replies: 206
Views: 6283

Re: Fabianism

Are you proud of your definition? Oxford is. Cambridge is. Lots of other sources cite the same definition. So why not? You might as well be proud of the sack of potatoes you bought in the grocery store. I had a marvelous sack of potatoes once until they wouldn't stop looking at me https://www.youtu...
by Impenitent
Sun Apr 19, 2026 5:42 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Goodness
Replies: 15
Views: 368

Re: Goodness

phyllo wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 4:49 pm Same issue.

What makes one thing better than another?
talent

-Imp
by Impenitent
Sun Apr 19, 2026 2:19 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Goodness
Replies: 15
Views: 368

Re: Goodness

Johnny

-Imp
by Impenitent
Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:52 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Science
Topic: going to the moon
Replies: 21
Views: 1688

Re: going to the moon

Pete Way was a UFO scientist

Lights out in London!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6jH3sCa3ls

-Imp
by Impenitent
Sat Apr 18, 2026 2:50 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: A Failure of Democracy
Replies: 150
Views: 2241

Re: A Failure of Democracy

Alexis Jacobi wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 2:13 pm ...
Defining the questions is more relevant than shotgunning answers.
not if your aim is good

-Imp
by Impenitent
Sat Apr 18, 2026 2:48 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: A Failure of Democracy
Replies: 150
Views: 2241

Re: A Failure of Democracy

unscrupulous vote counters? unbiased machines will count the ballots oops, we found a van filled with uncounted ballots https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/11/fact-check-van-carrying-ballots-late-night-detroit-normal/10667927002/ can't happen again the second is there for a reason ...
by Impenitent
Sat Apr 18, 2026 1:25 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: US and Israel attack Iran
Replies: 174
Views: 20932

Re: US and Israel attack Iran

where's Mark Knopfler when you need him?

-Imp
by Impenitent
Sat Apr 18, 2026 1:23 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Science
Topic: going to the moon
Replies: 21
Views: 1688

Re: going to the moon

vanishing into thin air?

beam me up Scotty...

-Imp
by Impenitent
Sat Apr 18, 2026 12:00 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Fabianism
Replies: 206
Views: 6283

Re: Fabianism

socialist cats: the hell/utopia of jazz playing government servants

-Imp
by Impenitent
Fri Apr 17, 2026 2:19 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Trump as Jesus
Replies: 15
Views: 382

Re: Trump as Jesus

certainly- we all know the image was one of him shooting lightning from his hands and killing the world

when oh when will the secular state saviors rescue Americans from freedom?!?

-Imp
by Impenitent
Fri Apr 17, 2026 2:50 am
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Lies are better than the truth
Replies: 34
Views: 2122

Re: Lies are better than the truth

Last chance to redeem yourselves come November (if you haven't turned into a bona fide dictatorship by then) and turn Moronica back to America. With the nation mired in a war that may be of existential significance, It may be possible if enough people rally behind the Republicans that the Trump adm...
by Impenitent
Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:26 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Should the Bible ditch the Old Testament?
Replies: 19
Views: 2730

Re: Should the Bible ditch the Old Testament?

"There is no original text." - Nietzsche

-Imp