tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post2448474829849325614..comments2023-10-22T04:04:26.768-04:00Comments on REDIRECTED TO MAYBEMAIMED.COM: Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed: The case against supremacyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-21646584010480108262007-08-15T11:36:00.000-04:002007-08-15T11:36:00.000-04:00James "Dizzy":"It is more pertinent to say that yo...James "Dizzy":<BR/><BR/>"<I>It is more pertinent to say that you can easily disprove belief, however they shall not listen.</I>"<BR/><BR/>One of the most useful definitions of belief I have ever encountered is this:<BR/><BR/><B>An attitude of acceptance or assent toward a proposition without the full intellectual knowledge required guaranteeing its truth.</B><BR/><BR/>There are <A HREF="http://google.com/search?q=define:belief" REL="nofollow">many other definitions</A> of a similar variety. The point of which is that disproving anything can only be done to people who listen. If they're not listening, I'm not going to be able to disprove anything to them.maymayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949451039611179843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-32201713716643740562007-08-15T03:08:00.000-04:002007-08-15T03:08:00.000-04:00A very interesting arugement, but I find myself di...A very interesting arugement, but I find myself disagreeing right at the end. Belief is merely an expression of things they think are true (and would come up with some justification if asked), but they want protected against reason and logic that might disprove it. It is more pertinent to say that you can easily disprove belief, however they shall not listen. <BR/><BR/>JamesJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382079930789870325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-13262736859513490312007-07-31T23:24:00.000-04:002007-07-31T23:24:00.000-04:00Not that nowadays aren't nice. But STDs seem such ...<I>Not that nowadays aren't nice. But STDs seem such nuisances. And nancy boys are a forgotten sexual ideal.</I><BR/><BR/>I'll admit to being frightened by the STD fearmongering. I know they are real and scary, but some people are paranoid to the point of ineffective inhibition. Not to mention how insulting the prejudices against gay and bisexual men implied by so many health resources out there are. But that, too, is another post entirely.maymayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949451039611179843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-15078937980663840932007-07-31T23:17:00.000-04:002007-07-31T23:17:00.000-04:00I was a little boy back then.Now, the 1970s ...No ...I was a little boy back then.<BR/><BR/>Now, the 1970s ...<BR/><BR/>No AIDS. Lots and lots of sex and drugs. <BR/><BR/>And even androgyny was appreciated. <BR/><BR/>Not that nowadays aren't nice. But STDs seem such nuisances. And nancy boys are a forgotten sexual ideal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-61993944914128287742007-07-31T22:51:00.000-04:002007-07-31T22:51:00.000-04:00Richard,I was unfortunately not around for the 60'...Richard,<BR/><BR/>I was unfortunately not around for the 60's. Sounds like I might have had a smashing good time. :)maymayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949451039611179843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-474820237899151712007-07-31T22:49:00.000-04:002007-07-31T22:49:00.000-04:00Alexis,You said: While there is little point in ad...Alexis,<BR/><BR/>You said: <I>While there is little point in adding to this pissing contest, I feel I must clarify something. The post of mine that was linked here is the first of about twenty posts intended to formulate a complete argument; an argument which I myself have admitted is not wholly made.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't intend to be pissing on anything with this post (though I do sometimes intend to piss on snow in the winter because I enjoy doing so). This post of mine <I>is</I> a complete argument. <A HREF="http://whyisalexis.blogspot.com/2007/07/conflict.html" REL="nofollow">I thought you'd rather enjoy the challenge</A> I could hopefully offer. I disagree with you, but I don't disrespect you. You're actually one of the only people I've ever even remotely met that seems to think in the ways I do. I'm a little fascinated by you, I must admit, and fascinated at how you could have come to hold such diametrically opposed opinions as I do.<BR/><BR/><I>I am still struggling with the conclusion.</I><BR/><BR/>May I politely offer the suggestion that you consider the possibility that you are still struggling with the conclusion because the evidence you are gathering is, largely, inconsequential and irrelevent to your argument? It does not matter what biology, morality, or any other measure you can research may ultimately lead you to believe if you are still going to be stuck on the notion that the results of such research will lead to the conclusion of <I>inherent unqualified superiority</I> of one thing over another simply due to its nature.<BR/><BR/>That is a flaw in methodology, it is not a lack of research results.maymayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949451039611179843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-31465545882867056982007-07-31T21:23:00.000-04:002007-07-31T21:23:00.000-04:00Trappings of this nature are unfounded reasons to ...<EM>Trappings of this nature are unfounded reasons to justify an act that needs not be justified. </EM><BR/><BR/>Yep. Back in the 1960s someone would've chimed in with "sex is an existential act" or the like. <BR/><BR/>Sex is. While it is fun to explore the origins and sources of erotic love all that really matters is satisfying those longings in a sane way. <BR/><BR/>Generating tosh is mostly a sign of guilt or insecurity. Neither enhance the act or life. And are mostly propagated by people who have nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-67301407368147090802007-07-31T21:03:00.000-04:002007-07-31T21:03:00.000-04:00While there is little point in adding to this piss...While there is little point in adding to this pissing contest, I feel I must clarify something. The post of mine that was linked here is the first of about twenty posts intended to formulate a complete argument; an argument which I myself have admitted is not wholly made. The various posts can be found on my blog between May and July of 2006. They offer evidence. I am still struggling with the conclusion.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-89383127183482561362007-07-31T20:27:00.000-04:002007-07-31T20:27:00.000-04:00The important arguments in the female supremacy de...<I>The important arguments in the female supremacy debate aren't about biology.</I><BR/><BR/>Good point.<BR/><BR/><I>They are a willful distortion of actuality in an effort to achieve a sexual thrill.</I><BR/><BR/>I wish more people were just okay with getting sexual thrills. Trappings of this nature are unfounded reasons to justify an act that needs not be justified. Not to me, not to a government, and not to themselves in any way other than that which feels appropriate to them.<BR/><BR/>Which is, granted, sometimes in what I see as evil rhetoric.maymayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949451039611179843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38888044.post-79596870310891562502007-07-31T20:05:00.000-04:002007-07-31T20:05:00.000-04:00The important arguments in the female supremacy de...The important arguments in the female supremacy debate aren't about biology. <BR/><BR/>They are that women are somehow more ethical. These mostly derive from the lack of political power women have had historically. (And ignoring those that have had.) And ignore instances of malfeasance and incompetence when women have had political or corporate power. They are a willful distortion of actuality in an effort to achieve a sexual thrill. <BR/><BR/>Really I don't see much going on than men trying to justify their hardons with political philosophy. <BR/><BR/>(I ignore women who assert this partly from their potential conflict of interest and the fact that some of them find it quite profitable.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com