On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 11:42 +0000, james@email-addr-hidden-dot-dat.net wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Mar, 2006 at 06:50AM +0000, tim hall spake thus:
> > Cesare Marilungo wrote:
> >
> > I tend to subscribe to the relativistic position. But I'm not sure about
> > that. I defend my and other people's right to make up our own minds on
> > these issues. I'm sure if there was a nice pat solution we'd have given
> > it a decent shot by now.
>
> I can't help but feel relativism is a big cop out.
>
> Don't take this the wrong way - I'd have to describe myself as a
> relativist, nihilist and existentialist. All at once.
>
> And with all that, I suppose you have to throw postmodern in there
> too.
>
> It's the big cosmic joke, that all of these things we've created (from
> society to gestures like waving goodbye) are arbitrary and yet we can
> argue and kill each other over them.
>
> Okay, I'm not adding to the discussion, just showing off some big
> words.
>
That's it! No more circumlocutorysesquapedalianism ;-)
-- Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner The Fuzzy Dice http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/fuzzy.html "As we enjoy great advantages from the invention of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously." Benjamin Franklin, on declining patents offered by the governor of Pennsylvania for his "Pennsylvania Fireplace", c. 1744Received on Wed Mar 22 04:15:07 2006
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