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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (72344)	8/12/2003 11:21:17 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Ah Different tastes Neo. You don't find joy on SI either. You're really different from Rambi and me (and probably Kholt too). I don't think you're ever going to get the differences, no matter how long you wonder. Just like we won't ever totally understand you.

To: Neocon who wrote (72344)	8/12/2003 11:24:15 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I, also, have an antipathy to the phrase. I thought about why, and decided it was because of the very great possibility of misinterpretation and misuse. People who hear those phrases without understanding the particular meanings that the authors intended by their unusual uses of common words. Much like those students interpret Aristotle's stress on happiness as justifying going out and drinking and wenching every night. "But I'm following Aristotle's advice to pursue happiness," they'll say. Or, the more modern ones might say "But I'm following Campbell's dictate to generate bliss in my life." In both cases they vastly abuse the concepts that Aristotle and Campbell intended, but the common usage of the words provides cover for them.