I really have little interest in having another discussion with you for the above described reasons. A debate with you over topic X is simply a debate with you over you.
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I really have little interest in having another discussion with you for the above described reasons. A debate with you over topic X is simply a debate with you over you.
We've always known what to call Keats: a genius. "Intellectual" is a demotion.
You have missed the point of the post. I did not mean simply to respond about one little thing. I was pointing out what seemed to be a problem in discussing anything with you. If I plainly...
I cannot adequately explain how much it means to see you write this. Look, I know you think I "have it in" for you, but what I don't think you understand is that my biggest disagreements on this...
Look, M, I understand your frustration; I really do. I also understand that I am a large part of that frustration. It is, of course, inappropriate for me to get into a fight in a public space. I...
Look, Morpheus, you have the power to end this conversation right now. Just say that when you used the words "anti-intellectual" and "intellectual" in regards to this discussion in general, and...
Keats is describing a revelation, not an intellectualization.
There's no contradiction in what she's saying. You're just making poor assumptions in order to pretend otherwise. Your accusation was that Miyako was clearly stating that all one needed was...
The essence of a word is a metaphor--something that is likely to be difficult for a literalist goon with a Cliff Notes understanding of literature. I find it hilarious that some moron who pretends...
This is precisely what I'm talking about. You're trying to obscure the disagreement by conceding a point that I'm not making. I wasn't simply making the point that the Kalam was valid. I was...
Don't pretend to instruct me in language, ignoramus.
The above is an example of another straw man argument. I was not claiming that words adhere to their original derivations or to this...
HAHA! What an idiot. You're right. The root word had nothing to do with the actual word, even if we were all trying to point out the essence of the root word, and there were several posts...
Surely, you understand that being "technically proficient" involves technique, right? If you are making the point that the discussion wasn't about "modern" poets, then I will concede that was not a...
You mean the definitions that demonstrated you didn't understand them since you missed that they hinged upon the inclusion of the word "intellect" whichi was the very point of contention? Dur....
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Okay, idiot, we are now officially at odds. I'm so sick of your uneducated, overconfident person pretending to have half a clue about what he's saying. Oh, so you think the Romantic poets are aptly...
1. The conversation largely concerned dead poets.
2. This is perhaps one of the first reasonable things I have seen you say.
3. The other thread concerned whether one was born or became a...
Oh, puhlease! So if I say I'm so hungry I could eat a horse and it turns out I can't literally eat one, then I'm wrong?
This is what I find so bizarre about this site: there's a bunch of people...
The "last century" was an arbitrary hyperbole you chose to interpret literally, something I find prevalent among the younger generations. I wasn't trying to misrepresent the conversation; you tried...
I suspect this thread has come about because of my recent comments in another one. If that is not, in fact, the case, then please excuse me for what I'm about to say.
I think it is a gross...
Look, I can't claim to know the whole story concerning Miyako, but I have the impression that she has been under siege on these forums. Can you not understand how she might be overly defensive and a...
I mostly agree with this. Morpheus will probably think I'm simply beating up on him, but I really think the whole "intellectual" debacle derailed the discussion.
She's right about that.
Perfect Riposte. There could be no better rejoinder. Bravo!
I think that's false. I think adolescents feel exaggerated shallow emotions. For instance, take the song "Strange Fruit" which is about a lynching. The psychological and emotional landscape...
Emotions, sensitivities, etc. aren't interchangeable. This discussion reminds me of the debate over design in the universe. An atheist physicist once said in a debate that every person was an...