[lit-ideas] Re: I Take Full Responsibility For Not Being the One to Blame [was: WOdunnit]
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, wokshevs@xxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 19:33:00 -0330
Addendum:
Almost forgot: Misha, Pozdravlyayu tsebya s Dsyen Rozhdeniem! Vsevo Horoshovo.
7:25, Newfoundland time: game time!
Valodya
Quoting wokshevs@xxxxxx:
> 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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