[lit-ideas] Re: Take that, Monty Python

Wittgenstein's performance in that skit is particularly memorable [it's not an 
inter-planetary match, btw, except in the sense that when most philosopher's 
speak a normal response is "Sorry, I'm wanted back on planet earth"] and 
exemplifies W's view that skill on the ball is the same in any language, and is 
something that cannot be said but can only be shown.*

[Murray's performance and that of the winners last night has rightly swept from 
view the penalty shoot-out debacle that ended Team GB's hopes in soccer. Will 
they ever learn?]


D
*Stop me if you've heard this one before..




________________________________
 From: Walter C. Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Sunday, 5 August 2012, 18:54
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Take that, Monty Python
 
This is nothing compared to the inter-planetary soccer match btw the Monty
Python Greeks and the Rationalists. Love it!

I still aver that Hegel's shot to the far corner was in before the whistle went.
Socrates didn't have a chance. And that foul call/card on Kant definitely could
not pass universalizability requirements. Not being able to prove freedom of
the will beyond all reasonable doubt does not justify a one man
disqualification until regulation time. 

Walter O.


Quoting David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Some of you will remember the Monty Python skit in which Scots were declared
> the worst tennis players in the whole world.  Two of them challenge this
> verdict:  "Murray is the first British man to win the Olympic singles gold
> medal since Josiah Ritchie in 1908."
> 
> David Ritchie,
> (no relation)
> Portland, Oregon


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