tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8719742515440456573..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Absolutism, True and FalseGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84871726117760222952016-06-01T08:01:09.574-07:002016-06-01T08:01:09.574-07:00"So in reality, everything is either ordered ..."So in reality, everything is either ordered to the Absolute in a hierarchical way, or else we are reduced to a kind of absolute disorder about which we can make no true statements at all. Which is why to be a genuine Absolutist is to be a Truthist as well."<br /><br />A fine example of the casual destruction in which "we are reduced to a kind of absolute disorder about which we can make no true statements at all", is <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Text-of-Obama-s-speech-at-Hiroshima-Peace-7949145.php" rel="nofollow">President Obama's Hiroshima Speech</a>. People have tried picking out particular words to oppose, but it's what he didn't say, that speaks loudest - the vast hierarchy of Good and Bad he makes no mention of, except in the most perceptual level sympathy with physical fact of the bomb's victims. <br /><br />Was there a reason for its being referred to as 'The last good war'? Swept away in silence.<br /><br />An eloquent leveling speech of destruction.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85727913911284563792016-06-01T07:22:46.924-07:002016-06-01T07:22:46.924-07:00Wow. Facebook is going to crack down on hate speec...Wow. Facebook is going to crack down on hate speech, but posting pics of <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617200/Man-killed-girlfriend-posted-pictures-dead-body-covered-blood-Facebook-site-refused-36-hours-didn-t-violate-terms-conditions.html" rel="nofollow">your murdered girlfriend</a> doesn't violate any of their terms and conditions.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30403273437398557572016-06-01T00:45:46.562-07:002016-06-01T00:45:46.562-07:00Some absolutists are frankly intolerable -- Islami...Some absolutists are frankly intolerable -- Islamists, social justice warriors, Black Lives Matter, campus crybullies, etc. So, how do we determine the difference between a healthy and functional absolutism vs. a fascistic and dysfunctional one? How do we know that my Absolute is worthy of reverence and respect, while yours deserves to be kicked in the balls?"<br /><br />This made me laugh like crazy, lolAllenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998933457283434204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5335529236659531642016-05-31T19:37:21.336-07:002016-05-31T19:37:21.336-07:00One reason why multiculturalism is such an abomina...<i>One reason why multiculturalism is such an abomination is that culture itself presupposes certain absolutes upon which everyone agrees.</i><br /><br />Right. It's what holds the culture together. Within the culture, it is possible to have respect for differences. mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-918494831888623132016-05-31T14:04:53.153-07:002016-05-31T14:04:53.153-07:00Glenn Reynolds is correct that "political cor...<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/05/31/donald-trump-politically-correct-speech-codes-column/85163810/" rel="nofollow">Glenn Reynolds</a> is correct that "political correctness" is way to benign a term. Better to call it Stage 3 Invasive Metastatic Liberal Mind Cancer or something...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55507714943305796962016-05-31T10:41:57.250-07:002016-05-31T10:41:57.250-07:00Ha! That means a lot coming from you. I was actual...Ha! That means a lot coming from you. I was actually keeping it low key, just a place for me to express my none-sense.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27558796568372383972016-05-31T10:29:04.739-07:002016-05-31T10:29:04.739-07:00Ted, I read your blog, you magnificent bastard. K...Ted, I read your <a href="http://twistingthetailofthecosmos.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>, you magnificent bastard. Keep it up! Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73175880248591615272016-05-31T09:52:03.458-07:002016-05-31T09:52:03.458-07:00Simple: our Absolutism means openness to the Absol...<i>Simple: our Absolutism means openness to the Absolute. In other words, it is a vertically open system in which we are always relative to the Absolute. </i><br /><br />I'm reminded of a puzzle game called <a href="http://armorgames.com/play/4998/starlight" rel="nofollow">starlight</a>, where a seemingly-random pattern of stars must be rotated. From the right perspective, the stars form an image. From any other, they are insensible. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65875723966373952462016-05-31T09:42:14.189-07:002016-05-31T09:42:14.189-07:00Lots of good nuggets in this post.
And when I say...Lots of good nuggets in this post.<br /><br /><i>And when I say "idiot," that's not an insult, rather, literal, for "the ancient Greeks actually used the word idiotes... to describe anyone who insisted on seeing the world in a purely personal and private way."</i><br /><br />It is as though they believe that it is perfectly normal and reasonable for each person to have their own gravity, unrelated to anyone else's (unless they decide otherwise) nor even - <i>especially</i> - that imposed by the very planet upon which they live, move, and have their being.<br /><br />Astronauts aside, the world is only liveable here when up is up and down is down. It isn't a matter of collective agreement, it simply is.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com