tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post284940500659713882..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Compulsory Miseducation and Ontological DutyGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19332835607919739932012-10-23T06:20:07.391-07:002012-10-23T06:20:07.391-07:00"I don't know about OCD but my 2-yo grand..."I don't know about OCD but my 2-yo grandson was obsessing about not having enough Tinkertoys to build something pictured on the package. "<br /><br />Maybe your Grandson will grow up to be an Architect, Shroom. :)<br /><br />http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1025851/bill4.gif Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64872341768292979352012-10-22T16:37:54.953-07:002012-10-22T16:37:54.953-07:00If the highest value, or base foundation for your ...<i>If the highest value, or base foundation for your beliefs is not Truth, then it must be something other than Truth.</i><br /><br />You would think that would be so obvious that you would not even need to state it. Sadly, that is not the case.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65711088919911146822012-10-22T13:31:06.604-07:002012-10-22T13:31:06.604-07:00The foundation and highest value must be Truth. If...The foundation and highest value must be Truth. If the highest value, or base foundation for your beliefs is not Truth, then it must be something other than Truth. Political correctness is the systematic substitution of unpleasant truths with palliative lies.<br />If the highest value is "save the Earth", or "Equality", Social Justice, or "Healthy Lifestyle" then it is a small matter to distort, or ignore Truth in pursuit of your highest value- saving the Earth, or whatever.<br />Same with any other thing that supplants Truth in any hierarchy of values. Fighting global warming, second hand smoke, racism- all receive a higher value than Truth to the leftist. It is perfectly acceptable, therefore, for the leftist to propagate lies in the defense of the "higher calling".<br /><br />JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65938097420437673562012-10-22T13:10:53.290-07:002012-10-22T13:10:53.290-07:00That, and people have to be willing to believe the...That, and people have to be willing to believe the truth, which is quite often too painful to bear. As Mushroom pointed out, the truth means that one must accept one's own failures - and the consequences of those failures. I'm intimately acquainted with many people who make one disastrous decision after another, but because they usually manage to squeak by without properly suffering the consequences (either through various types of bailouts or just good old-fashioned denial), their lives never seem to get better. Instead, they exist in varied states of noisy desperation.<br /><br />The lie promises to liberate them from themselves.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65832052800823297092012-10-22T12:26:43.469-07:002012-10-22T12:26:43.469-07:00The collective psychological projection of the lef...The collective psychological projection of the left is overwhelming. Where does a person even start to counter the lies? There is little to no common ground to stand on. EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77477359918518835172012-10-22T12:17:18.454-07:002012-10-22T12:17:18.454-07:00I don't know about OCD but my 2-yo grandson wa...I don't know about OCD but my 2-yo grandson was obsessing about not having enough Tinkertoys to build something pictured on the package. I got in trouble for saying he sounds just like his grandmother.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44402345765197416482012-10-22T10:18:14.622-07:002012-10-22T10:18:14.622-07:00One often sees this in squabbles between spouses, ...One often sees this in squabbles between spouses, who get a perverse kick out of plunging in the blade, or who derive sadistic pleasure in playing the self-righteous victim.<br /><br />Absolutely. One side complains that the lawn isn't mowed and then there is an argument for the next 2 hours.<br /><br />True, the Obligation was the catalyst for the argument, but the real cookie can be the fight itself: The Adrenalin of battle and the Dopamine of victory (both of which, I believe, can be addictive and precursors to Obsessive compulsive Disorders and the possibiity of even becoming bipolar).<br /><br />But what do I know.Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80505719952803646652012-10-22T10:12:02.809-07:002012-10-22T10:12:02.809-07:00"That whole 72% thing is just a lie designed ..."That whole 72% thing is just a lie designed to keep you on the Democrat plantation."<br /><br />Yep, Create a dependency.<br /><br />Which reminds me: I think its just a matter of time where Marijuana is legalized and then inevitably taxed. But thats just me.Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36810767353724825912012-10-22T10:07:54.148-07:002012-10-22T10:07:54.148-07:00" More Brits Believe in Aliens Than in God.&q..." More Brits Believe in Aliens Than in God."<br /><br />I know some people who have taken this tack. Its an entrenchment for the Atheist argument. Upon which I say to them, who created the Aliens, whereupon they say that the aliens evolved (Darwin). Just another layered defence to the Religion of Atheism.<br /><br />I could take use Fermis Paradox on them (Okay, if aliens exist, where are they), but again, it too, is an act of Faith, thus Religion.<br /><br />Frankly they watch too much Science Fiction (with the emphasis on the fiction part).Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54271862790206803052012-10-22T09:36:39.012-07:002012-10-22T09:36:39.012-07:00Racism, sexism, unions -- it's an excuse to no...Racism, sexism, unions -- it's an excuse to not face one's own failures. I'm kept down because The Man doesn't like old straight white guys. It's not because I'm lazy or unmotivated. I'm not in debt because I spent more money than I could ever make but because the banks and Wall Street are oppressing me. I can't pay off my student loans for my degree in Ethnic Hat Studies because NASA was forced to cut Ethnic Hat Research from its budget by Evil Republicans. <br /><br />When you think about it, Obama is the perfect president for these people. I can see why they vote for him. He understands them because he is one of them -- a cruising loser who can always find a way to blame someone else for the fact that he is a loser so he can continue to cruise.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85318396088743880542012-10-22T09:33:30.543-07:002012-10-22T09:33:30.543-07:00Seems to me that leftism "softens" the e...Seems to me that leftism "softens" the enemy like air power, so ground troops of the Lie can then go on the attack. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13390383969529761662012-10-22T09:26:32.249-07:002012-10-22T09:26:32.249-07:00Coincidentally: More Brits Believe in Aliens Than...Coincidentally: <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/more-brits-believe-in-aliens-than-in-god-survey-claims-83663/" rel="nofollow">More Brits Believe in Aliens Than in God</a>.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.com