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Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:12 pm

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:11 pm

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:01 pm
No more or less than the world owes you.

Well, you have life, liberty and property, along with freedom of belief and conscience. That's what the world owes me. So that would mean it owes you nothing more than you've already got.

Funny. I don't remember ever saying the world owed me. Did someone put words in my mouth somewhere?

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:15 pmHenry doesn't want anyone to inconvenience him over having any sort of duty to society other than to protect his property

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:58 pm How can you call yourself a philosopher when your brain is as permeable as a brick?

You know who I’m talking to.

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:20 pm

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:18 pm

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:12 pm Funny. I don't remember ever saying the world owed me. Did someone put words in my mouth somewhere?

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:15 pm
Henry doesn't want anyone to inconvenience him over having any sort of duty to society other than to protect his property (which his body is also apparently a part of).

I assume that was intended as a criticism of Henry's position, was it not? So you must think there's all kinds of other "duties" that Henry is overlooking, there. I just wanted to know what you thought they were.

So the person who opened his mouth on the subject was...you.

Does the word "owe" appear in what I said, oh great swammi?

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:24 pm

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:22 pm

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:20 pm

Does the word "owe" appear in what I said, oh great swammi?

No. But the term "duty to society" does, which implies "owed to society"...so you must think that the individual has some such duty or "owing", and it must be some you think Henry is failing to recognize.

So what is it?

Is "duty" owed or is it something a person does without "owing" it?

promethean75 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:43 pm "And that, kids, is why daddy owns a shotgun."

Noted and flagged. Poster very frequently talks about bazookas, hand grenades of various colors (with a preference for orange) and now shotguns. Also shows signs of complete disdain for authority and government of any form.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:38 pm

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:12 pm

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:11 pm
Well, you have life, liberty and property, along with freedom of belief and conscience. That's what the world owes me. So that would mean it owes you nothing more than you've already got.

Funny. I don't remember ever saying the world owed me. Did someone put words in my mouth somewhere?

You said...

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:15 pmHenry doesn't want anyone to inconvenience him over having any sort of duty to society other than to protect his property

Apparently, there's some kind of duty I have that I'm shirking, according to you.

So: what's my duty?

promethean75 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:54 pm 7xhd58.jpg

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:03 pmIt was an unfair comment.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:27 pm

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:03 pmIt was an unfair comment.

Not unfair: it was wrong.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:41 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:58 pm How can you call yourself a philosopher when your brain is as permeable as a brick?

You know who I’m talking to.

Must be me. Fortunately I am not my brain.

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:02 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:41 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:58 pm How can you call yourself a philosopher when your brain is as permeable as a brick?

You know who I’m talking to.

Must be me. Fortunately I am not my brain.

You’re not the only one

henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:41 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:58 pm How can you call yourself a philosopher when your brain is as permeable as a brick?

You know who I’m talking to.

Must be me. Fortunately I am not my brain.

promethean75 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:43 pm "And that, kids, is why daddy owns a shotgun."

Noted and flagged. Poster very frequently talks about bazookas, hand grenades of various colors (with a preference for orange) and now shotguns. Also shows signs of complete disdain for authority and government of any form.