tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post8849723893085990434..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: And This Guy Writes For The Times! Vol. MMDLXXXIJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-69073826135642787012009-11-11T20:40:57.487-05:002009-11-11T20:40:57.487-05:00How exactly is metaphysics to blame for anything? ...How exactly is metaphysics to blame for anything? Metaphysics is simply the realm of inquiry related to the non(or not currently)-emperically verifiable aspects fo the universe like free will, physicalism versus dualism, etc. It's very similar and related to epistemology and ontology.<br /><br />Unless you are taking some hard-line materialist or positivist stance that contends to reject the Groucho Engelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-4500539195831369962009-11-11T16:20:01.265-05:002009-11-11T16:20:01.265-05:00Cal thomas: "[W]e .... tolerate virtually e...Cal thomas: "[W]e .... tolerate virtually everything, ... and subscribe to a bogus belief that if radical Islamists can see we mean them no harm, they will mean us no harm."<br /><br />Good idea Cal (with a capital C and that rhymes with P and that stands for___)<br /><br />Cal? Caalll? OH CAL!<br /><br />Please tell me exactly HOW we can convince ANYONE we mean Islamists (his Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-13536471040073915982009-11-10T20:02:45.084-05:002009-11-10T20:02:45.084-05:00And, conversely, we can devise a numbered list of ...And, conversely, we can devise a numbered list of capsule critiques to slap on Bobo after every burst of verbal flatulence: (12) Rampant Ass-hattery, (27) Corporate Shillery, (8) Egregious Fuck-Wittery, etc. Although I admit it's ever so much more satisfying to read your deconstructions in full.Augustus Mullinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-79542298542306184052009-11-10T12:53:11.916-05:002009-11-10T12:53:11.916-05:00It wasn’t the reaction of a morally or politically...<i>It wasn’t the reaction of a morally or politically serious nation.</i><br /><br />Damn, that's remarkably retarded even by Brooksian standards. The politically serious response is to, what, go invade some random country of brown skinned folks?<br /><br />When they start calling folks like the Orlando dude that shot up his old office or the white guy that shot up a church he didn't LittlePighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371773528566240524noreply@blogger.com