TheEncogitationer wrote:

Unseen, On a more serious note, I contend that, whenever and wherever possible, it is best to keep enemies alive, miserable, and distant.

(I say “distant” for self-preservation, “miserable” for spite, and “alive” so you have an alibi when the inevitable shuffling off the mortal coil happens.)

So, of all options, se…

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I saw the e. E is not close to I on the keyboard. It is not the first time i had a strong suspicion that Enco is not first hand familiar with his bugaboos. Regurgitation is unworthy of you.

Enco how about living some of the ideas you espouse? As it stands you are religious without being religious.

Nebulous Categorical Emperative (sic)

The categorical imperative in practice, is the absolute opposite of nebulous. I simply don’t see anything remotely fuzzy about forming a moral law and never breaking it. Enco…honestly, do you ever read up on or learn about any of the stuff you seem to dislike? Honestly, don’t you think it would be helpful to…[Read more]

Davis,

Well, Kant was famous for his daily constitutionals.  He could have done some real good for the world by passing on how to warm up, how to pace yourself, and how to avoid a painful cracked plantar fascia.  (The last insight would have done me better years ago than a nebulous Categorical Emperative.  Fortunately, the cracked plantar fa…[Read more]

Unseen,

On a more serious note, I contend that, whenever and wherever possible, it is best to keep enemies alive, miserable, and distant.

(I say “distant” for self-preservation, “miserable” for spite, and “alive” so you have an alibi when the inevitable shuffling off the mortal coil happens.)

So, of all options, sending P.O.Ws back after a war…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:

Unseen,

I’m sure the WWII German military included soldiers who participated in WWI. I can think of one very famous one in particular.

That famous “You Know Who Else…” was a Chancellor then Dictator during World War II, not an active military fighter. It’s not like he was on the scene of the front lines running over Fran…

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More or less, but to be clear, I’m not just talking colloquial usage.

If we track historical definitions, it’s a word that’s been steadily shifting meaning. There was a time where it probably meant something more like haphazard or erratic. Over time it’s come to refer to a sort of disconnect between an event and any specific outcome. There is…[Read more]