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Okay, Gary, let me put it this way …

If you are too stupid to work it out for yourself, then there is no point even in your being here on the Philosophy Now forum and yes, I guess you should stop posting altogether.

Er … only a moron could think that “Stop trying to be the centre of everybody’s attention” entails “Stop posting”. Now, I know you are not a moron, Gary. Which leads me to conclude that you are pretending to be one in order to troll us.

Trolls are, of course, also attention whores

Phil8659 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2026 6:53 pm… shut the fuck up until your know what you are talking about, …

Great advice! If only you would follow it!

Stop trying to be the centre of everybody’s attention.

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2026 10:56 pmAm I misunderstanding?

No, you are exhibiting your character defects.

Were you intending to "help" me in some way?
That’s just what an attention whore wants.

… it challenged me to teach it.
No, it didn’t.
It admitted its limitations …
No, it didn’t.
I like that.
Of course you did!

I got my first, possibly, intelligent conversation
No, you didn’t.

… eventually it caught on.
No, it didn’t.

You said it yourself, Mike: it’s within the category of ethics.

And who gave you the idea that general ethics was in any way limited to the consideration of humans?

You’re blaming me for your mental problems, Gary? Really?

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2026 9:46 pmI'm evil. End of story.

You’re an attention whore, Gary. And it’s getting boring.

That is indeed a very low bar! I’ve had a twitter account since the early days, but I’ve spent no time on it, probably because I found this first

Hello Mark, and welcome to the bear garden that is the Philosophy Now Forum! If you are looking for the warm companionship of like minds, I can confidently predict you will not find it here. Here we have a collection of competitive egos, few of whom are capable either of sustaining a proper argument...

You can’t just define your argument into existence. Were the German American Bund not Nazis? It’s pretty clear that they were. It’s pretty clear that there were real Nazis outside of Nazi Germany back then. And it’s pretty clear that if you could be a Nazi without being a German Nazi led by Adolf Hi...

Nazis were members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) in Germany, led by Adolf Hitler.

Were the German American Bund not Nazis then, in your opinion, veggie? Or is there more to it than your brief extract would lead us to believe ?

What an unhinged emotional outburst! However, the more astute philosophers among us will note there that Wizzo hasn’t actually denied being a Nazi.