Spartacus
Banned
:monkey:monkey:monkey kumbaya my lord, kumbaya :monkey:monkey:monkey
You are my Huckleberry. lol
Actually I'm so very humble you wouldn't believe it. I do however have strong opinions as you know, and only to those who don't know me personally it may be mistaken for ego.
I would never however start a thread like Doug did here, having no other useful purpose on OCDO than to strut my stuff, it being painfully obvious to anyone that the stuff strutted is of no value whatsoever except to self-stroke the strutee.
Oh, I think I understood what he (Doug) said (similar to Protias). However if one takes "what Confucius says" at face value...
...then communicating in words and phrases that are not understandable by the average person leads to a dead end as far as continuing either the thought or the action.
Yep, by the average person. Remember that we are all equal - average - or we are not. Confucius was not average, nor was Karl Popper, nor is Angelo Codevilla. I guaranGoddamntee that I am not average, and I am making no effort to communicate at the average mean person.
Insisting on communication in words and phrases one doesn't expect to be understood by the majority of one's audience is simply pseudo-intellectual masturbation . . . whereas real communication is more like intercourse, in which the speaker or writer must seduce the mind of his audience each time. Those who won't deign to do that - or perhaps can't - are of course ineffective in communicating.
(Apologies to Heinlein...)
What he said!Insisting on communication in words and phrases one doesn't expect to be understood by the majority of one's audience is simply pseudo-intellectual masturbation . . . whereas real communication is more like intercourse, in which the speaker or writer must seduce the mind of his audience each time. Those who won't deign to do that - or perhaps can't - are of course ineffective in communicating.
(Apologies to Heinlein...)
What he said!
Though, I cannot find a post with Doug attacking anyone except out of self defense, he may be obtuse at times but does provide some good info and doesn't appear to be out to hurt anyone. I don't have anyone on ignore and Doug would probably be very low on my list. There are others with more angst and inconsideration to be sure. What I do know from personal experience is that even those who may not exactly choose their words so wisely here, are the sort of men and women I am proud to stand with.
We don't exactly live in a happy world and we are not all happy campers for whatever reasons. We are; however, all... as far as I can see, of one mind about Open Carry and that suffices for me. Personality defects; of which I have a few, aside, We seem to be a good bunch of responsible and caring individuals from all walks of life and lifestyles and we need one another.
Carry on
Hardballer out!
I think we need a beer summit like Obama did.
http://sites.google.com/site/barackobamajokes/Eleasha said:The Obama economy is so bad that at the next White House beer summit they'll be serving Natural Light.
Maybe you should try that for once.Yep, by the average person. Remember that we are all equal - average - or we are not. Confucius was not average, nor was Karl Popper, nor is Angelo Codevilla. I guaranGoddamntee that I am not average, and I am making no effort to communicate at the average mean person.
If you remain obtuse and insulting, you will remain uncommunicative.Whoop, up jump de Debbil! Scutta scutta mal popo. Lucky for me I got my Iggy_List on. Ho ho ho. Barack to Dirty Harry Reid Land with you, you NRA you.
Whoop, up jump de Debbil! Scutta scutta mal popo. Lucky for me I got my Iggy_List on. Ho ho ho. Barack to Dirty Harry Reid Land with you, you NRA you.
uh oh, here we go again; Sparicus, get back down to the engine room, your job is there. Spock, quit picking on the humans, you know how that pisses them off.
I thought I was spod'a talk down to the mean level of rhetoric. When I do that the trolls think I'm inviting dialogue.uh oh, here we go again; Sparicus, get back down to the engine room, your job is there. Spock, quit picking on the humans, you know how that pisses them off.