[lit-ideas] Re: I Take Full Responsibility For Not Being the One to Blame [was: WOdunnit]
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 18:58:55 -0330
W-e-e-e-lllll, OK ...... I guess I can accept that. ...... Even though Mike
failed to beg forgiveness, promise never to do it again, and offer to make a
contributuion in my name to my favorite charity.
On the weariness of being intimidated by intelligence, talent and learning:
We don't allow such fatigues in this man's army, soldier!! Drop and give me 20
......... valid syllogism forms!!
A-A-A is one. 19 more.
Sgt. Okshevsky
Special Philosophy Unit
Canadian SEALS
Quoting Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> WO:
> > As for Mike G, he persists in illicit exaggeration and gross
> > over-generalization. Neither is a philosophical virtue. I have never
> > written -
> > never mind "often written" - that which Mike attributes to me. Our List
> > archives will attest to that.
> >
> > Nor do I wish to be thought of as one who expresses such judgements about
> > others
> > in such a manner. It's a simple matter of self-respect. Mike has at times
> > expressed forlorn views on philosophical matters, and at times I called
> > him on
> > them. Mike should pay greater heed in the future to the accuracy of his
> > interpretations and formulations of others' views and opinions.
>
>
> I'm pretty sure that Walter is playing here, but I'm not positive, and just
> in case Walter is registering his displeasure and disapproval over remarks
> I've made, I want to assure him that I have only been playing. If I stepped
>
> over a line of propriety within Walter's world, I want him to know that it
> was not an intentional insult and certainly not out of any disrespect for
> him or his profession. I was playing on Eric's triple entendre of "F'ed"
> (or so I took it to be: (1) these are FALSE statements, (2) you FAIL
> academically, and (3) FUCK you.) I found Eric's post very amusing. When I
>
> wrote: "But he's a philosopher, what the fuck does he know?" I meant --
> facetiously -- what does any highly educated person know about life or the
> world -- which is not a position I subscribe to, btw, but a fairly common
> one here in the South -- "educated idiots" is a term long familiar to me --
>
> OK, maybe you have to live here to appreciate it. In any event, in case I
> was misunderstood, or understood but found unacceptable, I offer my mea
> culpa. But I won't ever apologize for my crudities. I strongly believe in
> crudity. In fact, I promote it. But that's for another post.
>
> Also for another post -- I fully share Eric's weariness with being
> intimidated over and over again by the intelligence, talent and learning on
> this list. Were Eric not one of the offenders, I think we might be able to
> find common cause and commisserate together. But he is one of them, so fuck
>
> him. So fuck you all.
>
> Mike Geary
> "Barack Obama -- Our Dalai Lama"
> Memphis
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:35 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: I Take Full Responsibility For Not Being the One to
>
> Blame [was: WOdunnit]
>
>
> > Quoting Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> >> EY:
> >> >>Waiting for Walter to write "F." you, and deserving it, <<
> >>
> >> In fact, Walter has often written that as a philosopher I f'ed. But he's
>
> >> a
> >> philosopher, what the fuck does he know?
> >>
> >> Mike Geary
> >> Memphis
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Eric Y will be waiting quite some time for that form of crudeness from me.
>
> > My
> > parents consistently prized good manners at and away from the dinnertable.
> >
> > As for Mike G, he persists in illicit exaggeration and gross
> > over-generalization. Neither is a philosophical virtue. I have never
> > written -
> > never mind "often written" - that which Mike attributes to me. Our List
> > archives will attest to that.
> >
> > Nor do I wish to be thought of as one who expresses such judgements about
> > others
> > in such a manner. It's a simple matter of self-respect. Mike has at times
> > expressed forlorn views on philosophical matters, and at times I called
> > him on
> > them. Mike should pay greater heed in the future to the accuracy of his
> > interpretations and formulations of others' views and opinions. And he
> > clearly
> > needs reminding that my mother continues to monitor my e-mailings.
> >
> > Must run, supper's ready.(Ugh, liver 'n onions!)
> >
> > Walter O
> > St. John's
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:23 PM
> >> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: I Take Full Responsibility For Not Being the One
>
> >> to
> >>
> >> Blame [was: WOdunnit]
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > >>F. If it weren't for us, you'd probably be speaking German today.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > F. (1) Without the Russians, there might not be any Europe. The USA may
> >> > have had to nuke the Nazis. (2) China might occupy the space Russia
> >> > occupies and so we'd probably still be speaking English, but the
> >> > Europeans
> >>
> >> > may have been speaking Chinese. (3) Without the Russians, there would
> >> > be
> >> > no Russia. Without Russia, the land mass of that tectonic plate would
> >> > have
> >>
> >> > moved differently and the regions comprising Eurasia could have
> >> > separated
> >> > as little islands, safe and peaceful as a kitten in a bomb shelter.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > I am right to blame Walter and the Russian people for everything bad.
> >> >
> >> > Neither T or F. "Blame for everything" is itself not right; since the
> >> > blamer cannot stand apart from the thing blamed, they have no authority
> >> > upon which to base their blame.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Waiting for Walter to write "F." you, and deserving it,
> >> > Mr. Illogic
> >> >
> >> >
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