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re: Humanism?
Incidentally, that interview was in 1999.
Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 8:37:41 PM
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Would like to see an update of his views on Islam.
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What is morality?
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ER
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9/10/2006 12:33:09 AM
re: What is morality?
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azstrummer
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9/11/2006 11:02:38 PM
Interesting take, novel approach...
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ER
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9/12/2006 12:47:07 AM
Morality. (A very technical definition)
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/10/2006 11:29:54 PM
Can you imagine Yogi Berra with PhDs in philosophy and semiotics?
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ER
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9/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
Don't question answers to questions because it creates more questions than answers.
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/11/2006 12:31:16 AM
re: Humanism?
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Raoul
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9/10/2006 7:53:17 PM
Incidentally, that interview was in 1999.
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 8:37:41 PM
re: Humanism?
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ER
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9/10/2006 8:35:14 PM
re: Humanism?
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 8:45:19 PM
almost a great line.....
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Publius
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9/11/2006 10:18:22 PM
re: almost a great line.....
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Tom Brosz
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9/12/2006 5:42:32 AM
Now you leave Andy's little boy out of this
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Laurie Street
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9/12/2006 3:55:01 PM
On the other hand...
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 8:33:58 PM
re: femine gods....!
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Raoul
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9/10/2006 9:05:21 PM
What is morality?
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Publius
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9/10/2006 1:09:41 PM
Religion does have something to contribute.
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ER
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9/10/2006 2:01:41 PM
OK, so let's go pre-Socratic........
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Publius
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9/11/2006 2:36:12 PM
Socrates got what he deserved.
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ER
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9/11/2006 7:43:36 PM
re: Socrates got what he deserved.
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Publius
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9/12/2006 9:13:57 PM
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce.
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ER
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9/14/2006 12:15:20 AM
Addendum: Read the IF Stone NYT interview
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ER
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9/14/2006 1:41:50 PM
That's my biggest argument against multiculturalism
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Lee
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9/11/2006 10:13:44 PM
The problem with the Ten Commandments
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ljk
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9/10/2006 6:07:15 PM
The Ten Commandments deal with contracts.
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Mary Anne
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9/10/2006 6:52:50 PM
No, I forgive you. Just don't let it happen again.
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ER
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9/10/2006 6:51:39 PM
We have two gods on this forum?
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ljk
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9/10/2006 7:06:21 PM
Of course! For every Vishnu, a Lakshmi. For every Durga, a Shiva.
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Mary Anne
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9/10/2006 7:20:53 PM
Then there's that Garden of Eden bit
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LJK
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9/12/2006 3:01:23 PM
Yes, and the Pandora bit.
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Mary Anne
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9/13/2006 5:24:10 AM
re: What is morality?
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 7:02:28 AM
I can accept that.
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ER
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9/10/2006 12:02:31 PM
A proper moral code isn't just about other people.
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 6:08:24 PM
A third alternative
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ER
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9/10/2006 7:29:33 PM
Not really.
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 8:18:25 PM
The post was just a goof, Tom,
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ER
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9/10/2006 8:39:52 PM
re: The post was just a goof
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 8:47:27 PM
Anything's OK as long as no one gets hurt.
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Mary Anne
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9/10/2006 3:17:20 PM
re: Anything's OK as long as no one gets hurt.
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Publius
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9/10/2006 10:58:32 PM
You don't have to be religious to have morality.
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Lee
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9/10/2006 3:18:23 AM
It's an existential thing
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ER
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9/10/2006 4:01:59 AM
I do wonder sometimes...
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Lee
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9/10/2006 4:35:50 AM
Another "behind the veil" moment
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ER
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9/10/2006 12:58:18 PM
Rachel Carson, trying like hell to see a dog where there isn't one.
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 6:09:50 PM
From the edge of the sea
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ER
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9/10/2006 6:37:50 PM
re: From the edge of the sea
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 8:21:51 PM
Quote from some guy
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LJK
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9/12/2006 2:45:48 PM
A feature, or a bug?
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 7:34:07 AM
Naaah.
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/11/2006 1:03:12 AM
"There is no chaos in the universe." Q.E.D.
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Tom Brosz
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9/11/2006 4:09:55 AM
Tom's famous spotted dog!
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ER
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9/10/2006 12:11:41 PM
re: Tom's famous spotted dog!
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 6:21:45 PM
You could be right.
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Lee
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9/10/2006 8:02:02 AM
If somebody offers you two colored pills, let us know.
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Tom Brosz
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9/10/2006 8:16:33 AM
An issue. Involves empathy, which is lacking in True Believers.
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Bowser
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9/10/2006 3:11:31 AM
Can you spell Hijack?
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ER
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9/10/2006 3:53:54 AM
re: Can you spell Hijack?
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azstrummer
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9/11/2006 10:44:44 PM
How do you spell "topical relevant example"?
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Bowser
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9/10/2006 6:17:28 AM
How do you spell "topical relevant example"?
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Bowser
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9/10/2006 6:17:26 AM
re: How do you spell "topical relevant example"?
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ER
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9/10/2006 11:52:02 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.