Taking the michael? I am unfamiliar with the slang of today's youth culture, it seems...
Taking the michael? I am unfamiliar with the slang of today's youth culture, it seems...
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
taking the mick or taking the mickey as in to make fun of-- its really really old its just up here its taking the micheal.
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Oh. I actually agree with you, I've just been waiting for an oportunity to spring that Watership Down joke since I thought of it this morning. Shut up, it's a good joke.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
it isnt its smug
and is absaloutly opposite to my point because thats unless im mistaken a case of anthropomorphisim basically its a symptom of the nothing is as good as humans so lets have rabitts actting like us. What I mean was rabbits acting like rabbits maybe just as special and capable of abstract thinking as us they just lack the physical capabilities needed to top the food chain.
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
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That was kind of the joke, actually. Nevermind...Originally Posted by Nightshade
So, Watership Down is a pretty good book, eh?
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said:
SILFLAY HRAKA
That's pretty funny.
Can a rabbit write something? This sounds like a very good topic and I would like to read its comment!
Hey Sub. Maybe we are expecting too much from the rabbits. Perhaps they need training and education. You know with enough effort we can make quite an intellectual sort out of these rabbits. Maybe we can then ask Mr. Rabbit if he's as special as a human.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
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No, they lack opposable thumbs. We'll have to teach them to type, and it'll be hunt-and-peck at that.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
I'll prove to you that humans are better and distinct from rabbits. My pet rabit has something to say:out of cage and on to keyboard"ssssssssssssfghsfduyffffffffffffffffdfttttttttttt ttttttttttttttjygssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhh hhhhgvdddddddddd"
That's why he lives in a cage
I have the solution. Kill all rabbits! k-i-l-l a-l-l r-a-b-b-i-t-s!!
CupaJoe - I'm an anarchist too. I actually tried to run for president. It failed because my running mates didn't help much. Every one of 'em did as they pleased.
Are we different from animals?
No, but how about we say that animals have souls too. So there, you atheists, bite around that.
Wow,
In a few short hours... two pages.
Make of it what you will I'm ok being this kind of animal. Why do I need to be any different? I am a part of and a product of this planet and it's ecosystem. I share it with other animals. They are also a part and product of this planet and it's ecosystem. If you have any question to that regard take a walk on the moon but don't forget your space suit.
I am trying to explore what makes a person such a different kind of animal. In one sense we share many things. This isn't a new thing. Archeologists point to using tools etc. Others use various other arguments. Being able to think by itself isn't the answer. If you have ever had a bear double back on you in the woods you will understand how clever they can be. However I think Turk hit the nail on the head with the notion of Ideals. Although I do not think ideals are dependant on God. The notion of God is itself an ideal. Confucius was a statesman with a highly developed sense of ethics. Ethics After all, ethics comes from ethos, which is Greek for customs. The word morality comes from mores, which is Latin for customs! Niether has as it's source any notion of the levanthian "God". In essence then what I am saying is that it seems what separates man from the other animals is the sense of an Ideal.
Quoting Carter and Grammer:
"This is my home, this is my only home
This is the only sacred ground that i have ever known
And should i stray in the dark night alone
Rock me goddess in the gentle arms of eden"
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. - Mark Twain
I would tell my anarchist friends to vote for you, but none of them vote as a matter of principle.CupaJoe - I'm an anarchist too. I actually tried to run for president. It failed because my running mates didn't help much. Every one of 'em did as they pleased.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
Hey Sub. Maybe we are expecting too much from the rabbits. Perhaps they need training and education. You know with enough effort we can make quite an intellectual sort out of these rabbits. Maybe we can then ask Mr. Rabbit if he's as special as a human.
Yes, what was I thinking! Of course rabbits can't write and we, human, ought to teach them, as cuppajoe's suggestion, to type so they could tell us what they think about us. No, this doesn't mean that we, humans, are more special because we can "teach" our other fellow animals to write, to jump over the ring of fire, to identify shapes, to count, or even to speak! As someone posted, humans are just different.
Also, our many greats grandfathers and grandmothers were cool enough to leave those "I was here" signs, even though they are only in the forms of simple drawings. Among other fellows in the entire animal kingdom, I can't recall any other fellow animals which have those ability to record their history, even until this day. Now I think, we are not just different, but we are really really different.
Last edited by subterranean; 10-19-2006 at 07:59 AM.
We didn't say that their logic didn't exist. Just that, probably, they can't think abstractly. Of course, they might have the ability, but aren't showing out that they can for some eeeeeeevil reason, but that is less probable in our opinion.
That does not mean that humans are superior or that other forms of life don't have souls, but humans do. Nope.
Oh, and:
May we invoke the Godwins Law?
If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.
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