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If you could have the final say (on any topic of your choice that's been posted on the Forum or published among the articles, or any other topic of your choosing), what topic would you choose and what would you say about it?

For purposes of this discussion, assume that you must use 143 words or less to name and describe your topic and to provide your post.

Also assume that these are the final 143 words that you may use and therefore this is your final post on the Forum, your final say.

In other words, if there were one and only one message that you could post for all Forum members to see, what would be your most important claim and/or conclusion?

For this discussion, once your final say has been posted, it is fair game for others to quote or reply in the same fashion as on any other thread. Logically, you cannot dispute that someone else's message is the most important final say for that person, however you can continue their thread in any other respect (as long as it relates to that person's post).

Because the chosen topics may belong to a variety of discussions, I have selected General Philosophical Discussion for this.

Boa constrictors ought not to be used as baseball bats by first feeding them Viagra an hour ahead of the big game.

And that is my final answer.

Also assume that these are the final 143 words that you may use and therefore this is your final post on the Forum, your final say. I also assume that this is a non-binding assumption.

the end.

-Imp

For me, it's the topic, “What is the secret to happiness?”

Aside from altruism and love, it’s humor that’s needed for happiness:

Costello: Well who's on first?
Abbott: Yeah
Costello: Go ahead and tell me
Abbott: Who
Costello: The guy on first
Abbott: Who
Costello: The guy playin' first base
Abbott: Who
Costello: The guy on first
Abbott: Who is on first!
Costello: That's whose name?
Abbott: Yes
Costello: Well go ahead and tell me
Abbott: That's the man's name!
Costello: That's whose name?
Abbott: Yeah!
Costello: Well go ahead and tell me!
Abbott: Who is on first
Costello: What are you askin' me for? I'm askin' you, who's on first?
Abbott: That's it
Costello: Well go ahead and tell me
Abbott: Who
Costello: The guy on first
Abbott: That's it
Costello: What's the guy's name on first?
Abbott: No, What's on second

-1- wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:30 pm Also assume that these are the final 143 words that you may use and therefore this is your final post on the Forum, your final say. I also assume that this is a non-binding assumption.

Good one!

The Secular Intolerance thread described the spirit killing effects of dominant secular intolerance on the young. Sadly this is the sad final conclusion for me. The demise of the American experiment as a free country is assured. John Adams and Simone Weil explain why.

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams

“Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.” Simone Weil

Nick_A wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:24 am The Secular Intolerance thread described the spirit killing effects of dominant secular intolerance on the young. Sadly this is the sad final conclusion for me. The demise of the American experiment as a free country is assured. John Adams and Simone Weil explain why.

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams

“Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.” Simone Weil

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj wrote:"Can you give a man character, based on full realization of his duties and opportunities at least, if not on the insight into his true being?"

It comes down to duties trumping rights.

The faith is that if folks but focus on the responsibilities, then the system will assure the rights, but it's a dynamic process due to many more variables than a lab type can account for, and forces are intently focused on destroying the system itself, which we see as attacks upon individuals such as Kavanaugh.

Then it's not really the final say, is it?

The (my) final say should be 'The Last Word', not just the jumpin' off point for others.

So, in this thread, the trick is to post sumthin' that cannot be responded to, or, that everyone agrees with and sees no need to respond to.

Gonna have to cogitate on this...

Every say is the last say. Living it cures pettiness.

Why the hell would I wanna do that?

My pettiness is one of my finer qualities.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 3:57 pm Why the hell would I wanna do that?

My pettiness is one of my finer qualities.

True, personal pettiness is the doorway to the performance art-form of pettiness in which pettiness is made accessible to be objectively discovered by independent agents and thus made into truth, which makes one wonder what the best at anything, even pettiness, sees in the world. Mere mortals of life and not the idols of what entertains, who are merely the best unto themselves, fare a smoother road to peace. The why is simply when you have no choice about it.

...cuz I got no clue what you just 'said'.

I figure that makes it worth thinkin' about, maybe even as much as I did.

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