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Re: All Along the Watchtowers.
by W0rmW00d (allchaka@hotmail.com)
on Feb 17, 2006 - 03:16 AM
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I'm sure you all guessed, but that was me. For some reason I get logged out sometimes while writing. Is this the elusive karma scripting trying to tell me something?
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Re: All Along the Watchtowers.
by Kira on Feb 17, 2006 - 07:40 AM
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"I should hate for you to have to do some more 'grading.'"
Oh, don't worry. I leave the grading to callei. I'm here solely for my own amusement.
"If I am having this much trouble reconciling what I think is the right (read correct, good or whatever you want) mental attitude (i.e. this one) with the real world it cannot but fuck me over further to start trying to impose other ideals upon myself."
But that's what I'm saying. You're having trouble reconciling it because that mental attitude/philosophical school is inherently out of step with the real world. You say you want be free of dogma, and "rigour of thought" but now all of the sudden ideals (which really are different from philosophies or beliefs anyway in my mind) are being imposed upon you? Or you are somehow imposing them on yourself by just considering them? That makes no sense.
"Pragmatism is a very intellectually dull outlook and I find it even more depressing than not being able to live the life that I want rather than a pseudo-life which has been semi-imposed upon me."
Again with the imposing. While I would agree that pragmatism is intellectually a little dull, at least it supplies some answers (or rather, a starting point to discover answers). I don't understand how being pragmatic has anything to do with a pseudo-life being semi-imposed upon someone. Mentioning that there are other philosophies of belief and knowledge is not somehow forcing you to choose it, just putting it on the table for consideration.
Also, while I will attack someone's argument, their lack of support for their argument, their grammar, and/or their writing style, I refrain from attacking people personally. Some people can't separate the two, which is unfortunate but still doesn't make it personal. You can feel free to think I'm a cunt, but saying I'm one probably won't have its intended effect.
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