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DrMaddVibe Offline
#51 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 12:21 PM EST
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ALL are necessary.

"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as to seem not worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it." - Bertrand Russell

Johnny shows up and all he has is disparaging remarks or inflammable topics. While there might be some twisted humor, its lost in the mix. The convulted soap opera that Johnny likes to live in isn't my world.

I liked the wasted bandwidth with his links too! Of course a university is going to promote that. They want your money. After you have the degree, then what? Teaching is all that's left!
spence28 Offline
#52 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 12:28 PM EST
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Can someone give a previous post for background on this whole thing?
Also, do you people know each other personally, or have you come to hate one another over the internet?
Don't mean to but in.
jdrabinski Offline
#53 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 12:37 PM EST
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cwilhelmi Offline
#54 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 12:37 PM EST
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Mag - I was defending your profession just as much as I was defending John's. They're all necessary as I said...

What's your deal? We've smoked together and I consider you a friend. On the same note I've corresponded with John and would love to have a cigar with him in the future. As far as DMV, he'll be sending me a nice 5pk when the buffs clobber the noles and I would like to be able to smoke them with him. There's really no one on this board that I wouldn't enjoy having a cigar with!

It just doesn't make sense to me why you guys have to be at each other’s throats like this. Like I said, it's understandable to disagree and in some cases dislike people on the board, but why waste bandwidth just to get blood pressure rising?

In any event, I'm not helping things as I had intended so I'll let you guys quibble along on peace....
donutboy2000 Offline
#55 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 12:52 PM EST
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Deja vu all over again.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#56 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 1:45 PM EST
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It's a shame CBid deleted your "best" work Johnny. That's the one that really got the whole thing started. You also said that you wouldn't post here again too.

The "knife" doesn't cut both ways Johnny. You started the whole mess. Like it or lump it. There are those that have longer memories and can recall exactly what kind of childish games Johnny likes to play.

Just let me know when you start sobbing again Johnny. That was my favorite part. "Poor me, look what everyone has done to me! Why?!" I can't wait to hear that phrase again!

xibbumbero Offline
#57 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 1:55 PM EST
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Geez...more blah blah blah. Give it a rest already. X
Tobasco Offline
#58 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 2:15 PM EST
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Johnny, you are such a crybaby. Trying to get simpathy from others because you need someone to hold your hand and make you feel secure.

I can take you on alone, I dont need to post new threads to cry out to others, for help. Thats what you did.

I never called your wife anything. You will never be able to back that up, and I believe that anyone thats been on these boards for any decent length of time, knows I'm not a bigot as you claim I am.

Too bad you wont drop it. Loser

Mag

PS Chris, sorry I posted what I did towards you, I was a little pissed and took it out on the wrong guy.
Tobasco Offline
#59 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 2:29 PM EST
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This is what started it all. This FALSE ACCUSATION!!

This goes way back, I have more but you will get the reason why he pissed me off. Here it is:



"Nice try, Mike. Did you think I wouldn't know that email is from you? Anyone can open a new email account at Yahoo.

Unbelievable. You know, if you are going to drop a racial slur on my wife, at least figure out how to correctly spell the 'N-word.'

I don't mind trading insults. It is fun, in fact. But dropping the word '****' (or 'niger' as you spell it) in an email about my wife...yes, she's black, whatever, come into the 21st century...is neither funny nor interesting. Pretty unreal.

You are lucky you live where you live. If I was in the Bay Area, you'd be picking up your teeth from the driveway. Your truest colors have come out. I hope everyone reads this post and knows the truth about you.

John"

Thats the first accusation he posted with no facts to support it. There were many others too. How would any of you like to be accused of such a terrible thing if you didnt do it?
billyjackson Offline
#60 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 3:39 PM EST
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Once again...I have nothing to say, but I wanted to at least have my name in this thread. Give 'em hell, guys!
xibbumbero Offline
#61 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 3:45 PM EST
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. X
eleltea Offline
#62 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 4:06 PM EST
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Somebody wake X when it's over.
Robby Offline
#63 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 5:08 PM EST
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I think funjohnny made the most intelligent observation...
Tobasco Offline
#64 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 5:30 PM EST
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I think funjohnny is right too.

Give me the addy to the swingset, my boxing gloves, and I'll be there...hehe!

Seriously though, I will make this MY last post on this matter. I'm sorry to the rest of you guys for having to put up with this crap.

Now, if you guys just quit responding and topping it, this thread will dissapear in no time.

Mag
Robby Offline
#65 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 5:45 PM EST
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No, not the gloves! I meant, "Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame." That's a great quote.
tailgater Offline
#66 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 2:50 AM EST
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I think it's ridiculous that Fox News fought Franken for those words. They should have known it would only boost his sales.
But if the courts won't support them, why allow the TM to begin with??

Professor, why the snobbish view of muffler sales? Do you look down your nose at everybody that doesn't have a college degree? I realize your intent was to attack an individual, but the result was a broad stroke of the brush. For a supposededly well-learned guy you don't think very clearly.

As for Philosophy as a subject, I think it's great. I took a philosophy course once. It helped boost my GPA. Kinda like gym class.

Doc, be sure to let us know when you finish your book. I'd be very interested in reading it. I've never read anything by a vengeful philosopher before.

Here's a title suggestion: "I whine, therefore I am"



DrMaddVibe Offline
#67 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 2:57 AM EST
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Actually the working title is STFU!
HockeyDad Offline
#68 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 3:45 AM EST
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...A self-declared Socialist philosophy professor talking down to an auto mechanic? That doesn't sound very social to me. It sound more like dictatorship of the proletariat.
jdrabinski Offline
#69 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 6:31 AM EST
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tailgater,

I didn't really mean anything about mechanics as a whole, obviously. Just trying (successfully) to get under Mike's skin. I have the utmost respect for humans, whatever their profession.

Funny that you scold me for mocking Mike's profession, then do the same to me. The contempt for the intellectual arts on this board is absurd.

This term 'whine' is a favorite of wackos on this board, thrown out randomly as an 'insult.' Curious where I've 'whined' in this thread or others? Oh, but that would ask you to do something beyond random 'insults' (can't you come up with better stuff?). Too much to ask.

And, tailgater, what puzzles me is your lack of self-esteem. If you did well in philosophy, why does that mean it was 'easy'? Maybe you are intelligent and insightful, and that's why you did well. I'd bet on the latter, unless you just had a bad professor.

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently did a study of reading and writing skills development in college/university education. You might be interested in the outcome...philosophy majors placed third (behind english and art history) in terms of highest development of reading and writing skills, from first year to graduation. You know what majors placed last?

Two majors actually saw a decline in skills over the college career of the students...shameful, really, and a failure of universities to those students.

Know which majors? Hazard a guess?

John
Robby Offline
#70 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 7:15 AM EST
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Ahh the Plebeians and the Patricians and the inherent tensions therein. Would that it were any other way, we would be but Stepford wives, all perfect in our others eyes. Without an inclination for deprecation, without imagination or reservation. Without innovation, a stagnant nation…
choner Offline
#71 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 7:47 AM EST
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Edumacation is just plain dog doo doo. We be fine not having those things they call books.
xibbumbero Offline
#72 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 7:58 AM EST
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Me got sent to school,me got given books but me eat the covers. X
jdrabinski Offline
#73 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 8:46 AM EST
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X, yet another bit in the case for school lunch programs.

John
xibbumbero Offline
#74 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 10:44 AM EST
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LMAO. X
funjohnny19 Offline
#75 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 10:52 AM EST
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Robby

"Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame." - Ben Franklin

One of my favorites.....
cwilhelmi Offline
#76 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 10:58 AM EST
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Another good Ben Franklin Quote...

"If you are willing to give up freedom for safety you deserve neither."
Penguin13 Offline
#77 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:19 AM EST
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Here's one of my fav quotes that I have up on my office wall:

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
- Winston Churchill

KC
uncleb Offline
#78 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:36 AM EST
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Wow, this is some funny ****. I help out on a regular basis in my kids' elementary school classes and they have nothing on you guy's when it comes to childish behavior.

The one that gets me most is this "DRMADDVIBE" character. He's the kid standing off to the side saying "hey Mikey, did you hear what he just called you. You can't take that. You gotta call him something back. Come on. Don't be a ****."

BTW DRMADDVIBE- I believe MAGNAFIDE at one point said he was not going to post anymore because the forum was becoming to aggressive for him. Why aren't you directing the same question to him that you directing to JDR- "Why are you back here? You said you weren't going to post anymore". Shouldn't it work both ways or does only one participant have the right to change their mind?

Time to go, I think I hear the recess bell going off. Don't want to be late to class or somebody might narc me off to the principal.
tarheel4lyf Offline
#79 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:57 AM EST
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What is funny to me is that Magnifide stated "Who cares?...not me...there are more important issues in the world to dwell on, than petty crap like this.." and then commenced to talk **** for the remainder of the thread. I have never gotten into any of the trash threads, but I have noticed that magnifide does have bigoted tendencies.

He seems to try to rally folks behind him, but only makes himself look more like a middle-aged juvenile. JMHO.
jjohnson28 Offline
#80 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 4:23 PM EST
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Alright! Which one of you sum-b*tches was mocking Machinists? :0)
DrMaddVibe Offline
#81 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 4:58 PM EST
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It was HIM! Over there with the striped shirt on, no not that one. The one with the "I'm ugly and my mother dresses me funny t-shirt"...yeah that's him!

LMFAO!
jdrabinski Offline
#82 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 6:51 PM EST
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I only wear t-shirts under a sweater or dress shirt, and none of my shirts are striped, so it couldn't have been me.

John
tailgater Offline
#83 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 2:40 AM EST
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Prof,
I've reread my post.
Where is the self esteem issue?
And I never said it was easy, merely that my grade was higher than my others. And for the record, I was just bustin' ya. I thought the "gym class" comment would reveal that, but I was wrong.

If self esteem is the subject du jour, then please look no further than the mirror. I don't recall anybody else on this forum using some bogus statistic to "prove" their field of endeavor scored third overall in reading comprehension.

I'm glad that you enjoy your profession. Everybody should. But there is no need to justify it to everybody if you are truly happy.

We should discuss this in more detail over a fine cigar. I'll even let you buy me a drink...

plabonte Offline
#84 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 7:24 AM EST
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When I was in college I took a class in philosophy to fill some general credits. It was by far the biggest waste of time and money I've ever encountered.

I would have much rather taken a class to repair cars.

Then again I've been ripped off by mechanics in the past but never philosophers. So I guess it all comes out in the wash.
Mr.Mean Offline
#85 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 10:27 AM EST
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Paul, you could teach a class called "How to look surprised when looking down a girls shirt"
plabonte Offline
#86 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 11:09 AM EST
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I was just surprised because I'm not use to seeing so much "stuff" down a womans shirt.

Come to think of it I probably was looking down a lot of shirts in my philosophy class too.
rookie139 Offline
#87 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 3:09 PM EST
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Unbelievable
Robby Offline
#88 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 3:13 PM EST
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Go away! And stay this time... People are emotional, irrational, expressive, repressive, depressive. We don't all fit in to your nice little boxes... What's unbelievable is your swoop in, piss piss piss, and swoop out...
rookie139 Offline
#89 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 6:20 PM EST
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Wow...Sounds like someone didn't have their nap this afternoon...Poor baby...Deal with it Robby..I wasn't aware that there were a minimum of time I needed to stay here continuously (was here the day the forum started...do a search), so worry about yourself more than others...Get a life
rookie139 Offline
#90 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 6:20 PM EST
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Oh...BTW Robby...(piss piss piss) for ya!
jdrabinski Offline
#91 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 6:37 PM EST
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tailgater, sorry that I misunderstood your sarcasm. BBS posts can be tone-deaf.

Robby, are you talking about me? OK, I'll stay this time so I don't get fingered as a swooper. That would be bad.

Plabonte, bummer about your class. Don't blame the discipline. Blame the bad luck of a bad professor. People have been writing and discussing philosophy since the dawn of the written word. Can't be bull**** if it lasted thousands of years, no?

John
plabonte Offline
#92 Posted: Thu, Aug 28 2003, 5:13 AM EST
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I believe the Tarot cards and Psycics have been around just at long jdrabinski so that can't be bull**** right?

Seriously, its not for me. To me its a waste of time to sit around asking questions that can't be answered. If others want to do that more power to them. But I would prefer to spend my time in a more practical manner. (like fantasizing about those Olsen twins...I'm a bad man).
plabonte Offline
#93 Posted: Thu, Aug 28 2003, 5:13 AM EST
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I believe the Tarot cards and Psycics have been around just at long jdrabinski so that can't be bull**** right?

Seriously, its not for me. To me its a waste of time to sit around asking questions that can't be answered. If others want to do that more power to them. But I would prefer to spend my time in a more practical manner. (like fantasizing about those Olsen twins...I'm a bad man).
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