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thedoc wrote:

Godfree wrote: , but the rest of us find it incredibly boring ,

Then why are you posting here?

Compared to what I was doing , I'm not , I was on here every day , and enjoying it , I havn't hardly bothered in weeks and if it continues like this , I won't be back , I repeat if their intention is to drive people away and lose Philosophynow members , keep it up , your doing a fine job ,,!!!

"I won't be back"
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cya

[theres something in my eye]

Hjarloprillar wrote:"I won't be back"
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cya

[there's something in my eye]

Take the spoon out of your coffee.

That spoon bit made me belly laugh, wasn't expecting it.

SpheresOfBalance wrote:That spoon bit made me belly laugh, wasn't expecting it.

Yes spoon made me laugh. here am i trying to be gungho marine ' i shed a tear'
The 'theres somehing in my eye' is direct quote from flic .

who can name it? [the movie]
Val Kilmer is made for role

doc humor. Great stuff

Hjarloprillar wrote:

SpheresOfBalance wrote:That spoon bit made me belly laugh, wasn't expecting it.

Yes spoon made me laugh. here am i trying to be gungho marine ' i shed a tear'
The 'theres somehing in my eye' is direct quote from flic .

who can name it? [the movie]
Val Kilmer is made for role

doc humor. Great stuff

I honestly don't know, or can't recall, but I'm a fan of the actor, though it does somehow sound familiar.

But it's true, tears have no bearing, such as many might think, quite the contrary! One wouldn't want to face a foe, charging full speed, with tears in their eyes, as their passion might be the death of one. Of course ultimately their knowledgeable command of the task at hand has to be in the forefront, with that conviction following immediately behind; one would have to dig deep, indeed.

Spartan

imdb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360009/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

"Be a good warrior, and don't think, you pay penalty for thinking."

thedoc wrote:"Be a good warrior, and don't think, you pay penalty for thinking."

Why is that?

I suggest that its because half the soldiers or more wound simply drop weapons and go home.
Horrified at what they had done for a flag or a 'cause'
[this applies to both sides]
of who stay 80% are simply too stupid to know they are stupid.
or so conditioned as genotyped waffen ss. or super gung ho marines.

They ask themselves 'what would i be without war'.?
people

Many have said about war.
"it is pointless"

'Shutup boy your granda died fighting tyranny'
USAF moto. Peace is our profession is ironic
war becomes racial suicide.

All 'human' internecine conflict is pointless

Or are we still little kids in sandbox fighting over toys we forget 2 minutes latter.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a world where they will not be judged " to paraphrase M l King.

tho having 4 kid makes him a criminal against earth

Hjarloprillar wrote:

thedoc wrote:"Be a good warrior, and don't think, you pay penalty for thinking."

Why is that?

It's a line from the movie "The Enemy below", the German U-Boat commander is talking to his 1st officer in the captains cabin. The Commander had been in U-Boats in WWI and was doing it again in WWII. His 2 sons were in the military, and both were dead, he was sick of the war and just wanted to go home. He was a smart man and understood what was going on in the world then. If you are a soldier, just do it and don't try to figure out why, you won't be able to sleep.

Hjarloprillar wrote:Spartan

No, I fancy myself an Athenian!
But not because the Spartans required the help of the Persians to finally bring down Athens.

SOB

The flic was 'Spartan' staring Val Kilmer. tho i too am an a athenian.
We live in a western world . a world shaped by Aristotle and Socrates.

And did not the lord say.
"the greek shall inherit the earth" ?

" sorry your 5 minutes are up.
what? that was not 5 minutes just then
im afraid it was.
5 pounds for 5 minutes
oh .. ok. [pays]
that was not 5 minutes just then.
im afraid it was
no it wasn't. yes it was no it wasnt
yes it was. look i came her for an arguement.
no you didn't,'
i did
didn't
did. oh this is stupid.
no it isn't
it is
an argument is a connected series of statements intended to support a proposition
not the automatic naysaying of everything the person says.
no it isn't
yes it is
[ding] sorry your 5 minutes are up
what?

thedoc wrote:

Hjarloprillar wrote:

thedoc wrote:"Be a good warrior, and don't think, you pay penalty for thinking."

Why is that?

It's a line from the movie "The Enemy below", the German U-Boat commander is talking to his 1st officer in the captains cabin. The Commander had been in U-Boats in WWI and was doing it again in WWII. His 2 sons were in the military, and both were dead, he was sick of the war and just wanted to go home. He was a smart man and understood what was going on in the world then. If you are a soldier, just do it and don't try to figure out why, you won't be able to sleep.

Doc

My 1st wife introduced me one day to her gran da. ;you two should hit it off seeing gran da was "in uboats'
we looked at eachother. the sad eyes of experience and the brash eyes of youth.

type VII . i asked [what else is there]
he nods.
from kiel or maybe brest.?
his grow brighter ' brest' you know something of what happened?
I know that the boats suffered horrendous losses. far greater
than land forces.
3 out of 5 unterseeboot never came home.

He was quiet for a bit then said something i will never forget.
'never again'

this held post war Germany in a grip that will fade only in centuries
While the modern german millitary is superb it exist purely as defense.
In Europa to be . the United States of Europe
IT is the machine/industry/soldier. it will never be the political/economic head.
nor does it it wish to be.
israel knows this. there is little 'mossad' presence in the new germany.

kurt jurgens...lol
now thats non sequitar

Hjarloprillar wrote:SOB

The flic was 'Spartan' staring Val Kilmer. tho i too am an a athenian.
We live in a western world . a world shaped by Aristotle and Socrates.

And did not the lord say.
"the greek shall inherit the earth" ?

" sorry your 5 minutes are up.
what? that was not 5 minutes just then
im afraid it was.
5 pounds for 5 minutes
oh .. ok. [pays]
that was not 5 minutes just then.
im afraid it was
no it wasn't. yes it was no it wasnt
yes it was. look i came her for an arguement.
no you didn't,'
i did
didn't
did. oh this is stupid.
no it isn't
it is
an argument is a connected series of statements intended to support a proposition
not the automatic naysaying of everything the person says.
no it isn't
yes it is
[ding] sorry your 5 minutes are up
what?

Clock started:

Yes it's true, those one worded sentences have much to be desired in terms of clarity...

5 minutes later: Clock stopped:
Clock started:

..............................................................

5 minutes later: Clock stopped: Sorry, your 5 minutes have expired!

Like any party among friends we have drifted very far from
"the universe expands."

so on topic.
i was once told the universe will end up as a massive number of black holes all slowly bunching till they hit some critical mass figure.
then boom.. a new universe explodes into being.
considering the number of theories which abound. this seems as likely as the next