tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post9212354530845535719..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: What? No swastika?mregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-82500995308293176042013-01-11T09:32:14.490-05:002013-01-11T09:32:14.490-05:00The irony, of course, is that the poster couldn...<i>The irony, of course, is that the poster couldn't be displayed in an American school classroom-- not because of the hammer and sickle, but because of the cross.</i><br /><br />The real irony is that this is absolutely false, and you know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-43633670231093860442013-01-10T12:45:14.308-05:002013-01-10T12:45:14.308-05:00Well, not precisely "behind your back", ...Well, not precisely "behind your back", but I did sense you were within "earshot".<br /><br />I do accept the label of doubly rude. Triply, even. Quadruply, even quintuply, if it makes you feel better. <br /><br />I'll try to do better in the future. George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-57606910410426629002013-01-10T12:37:11.694-05:002013-01-10T12:37:11.694-05:00You were talking about me behind my back. That'...You were talking about me behind my back. That's doubly rude, dude. <br /><br />Hoo the botAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-8741758489928122552013-01-10T12:27:49.448-05:002013-01-10T12:27:49.448-05:00Well, I'd guess it was embarrassing, given tha...Well, I'd guess it was embarrassing, given that the new members from the east have some practical experience with the symbol. <br /><br />Nevertheless, Communist politicians are an integral part of EU governance. Unless they've kicked them out of the Parliament, of course. <br />George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-61149976691830797192013-01-10T12:18:32.849-05:002013-01-10T12:18:32.849-05:00I remind you that yesterday, I wasn't communic...I remind you that yesterday, I wasn't communicating with you in the discussion about the Turing Test. Until you butted in, of course.<br /><br />And both yesterday and today, you referred to yourself as a bot, an automated tool, a description I wholeheartedly endorse but did not originate.George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-26935606119821077712013-01-10T11:45:01.229-05:002013-01-10T11:45:01.229-05:00Dr. Boggs,
I will remind you that you attacked me...Dr. Boggs,<br /><br />I will remind you that you attacked me yesterday by proposing that I am a bot. You did it again today. Perhaps you should not throw stones if you live in a glass house.<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-60801073597815335162013-01-10T11:43:08.979-05:002013-01-10T11:43:08.979-05:00@Boo:
[So JQ, is it your contention that a govern...@Boo:<br /><br />[So JQ, is it your contention that a government should review art submitted for a contest for political acceptability?]<br /><br />It's a political contest, so of course political acceptability matters. <br /><br />The hammer and sickle has the same genocidal totalitarian denotation that the swastika has. <br />Why one, and not the other?mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-5962409843710697272013-01-10T11:41:31.251-05:002013-01-10T11:41:31.251-05:00If communism were indeed an integral part of the E...If communism were indeed an integral part of the EU, surely the hammer and circle would be allowed to stay. Instead, they were removed as soon as people discovered them. Does not look like an integral part to me. <br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-52135922904372607182013-01-10T11:36:36.886-05:002013-01-10T11:36:36.886-05:00Ah. Lose the argument, attack the opponent. Ah. Lose the argument, attack the opponent. George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-15575143059251276162013-01-10T11:32:53.980-05:002013-01-10T11:32:53.980-05:00Communism is an integral part of the Union, in tha...Communism is an integral part of the Union, in that the Communist left has representation in the EP (at least according to Wikipedia, which is as far as I'm willing to go on this issue). Hence, Communists are an integral part of EU governance (at least until the EU dis-integrates). But that is not necessarily an "endorsement", or an implication of "endorsement". Look that word up, OK?<br /><br />Think of it like this: if there is a small group of Libertarians in the US Congress, they are definitely an integral part of American governance if they cast votes and propose legislation. But that does not "imply" or explicitly mean that the US government "endorses" Libertarianism.<br /><br />See how that works?George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-64031786659272662072013-01-10T11:29:14.051-05:002013-01-10T11:29:14.051-05:00Dr. Boggs,
If your goal was to expnd my lexicon t...Dr. Boggs,<br /><br />If your goal was to expnd my lexicon then you failed. You also failed on a more basic level by providing a definition that is an oxymoron.<br /><br />Retirement tends to dull the mind. I hear that solving crossword puzzles helps. <br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-89372820632430708572013-01-10T11:18:28.452-05:002013-01-10T11:18:28.452-05:00You're welcome. I was delighted to expand your...You're welcome. I was delighted to expand your lexicon.George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-6008203860668204692013-01-10T11:06:34.460-05:002013-01-10T11:06:34.460-05:00"Implied" is not the right word. Dr. Egn..."Implied" is not the right word. Dr. Egnor stated it rather explicitly at the end of the opening post. No need for telepathy. Basic reading comprehension will do.<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-71151583127230831102013-01-10T11:02:38.617-05:002013-01-10T11:02:38.617-05:00Dr. Boggs,
I am not sure that you will find many ...Dr. Boggs,<br /><br />I am not sure that you will find many scientist who are materialists in the old philosophical sense that ou imply. If that is the definition you would like to use, it is pretty useless. One might say it is an oxymoron.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-58040877633364715272013-01-10T10:54:46.964-05:002013-01-10T10:54:46.964-05:00Well, I don't know what Egnor "implied&qu...Well, I don't know what Egnor "implied". I leave that to the mind-readers and telepaths.<br /><br />But I do know what he said - viz., "It serves to remind that although state communism fell in the late eighties and early nineties, the ideology that vitalized it-- atheist collectivism-- is very much alive." - and he is absolutely correct.<br /><br />All one need do to find examples is look closely at the rabble (as repugnant a task as that may be) who attend any anti-capitalism "protest" here or abroad.George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-18235223378681535452013-01-10T10:47:31.549-05:002013-01-10T10:47:31.549-05:00The poster speaks volumes.
The membership of the ...The poster speaks volumes. <br />The membership of the EU elite speaks even louder. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-20595083474022285572013-01-10T10:36:34.963-05:002013-01-10T10:36:34.963-05:00So JQ, is it your contention that a government sho...So JQ, is it your contention that a government should review art submitted for a contest for political acceptability?<br /><br />And yes, Egnor's comments below the quoted portion of the post do indeed imply the poster is evidence of Eu endorsement of Communism.<br /><br />BooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-89714407597910373862013-01-10T09:59:35.380-05:002013-01-10T09:59:35.380-05:00The hammer and sickle is a legitimate symbol of a ...The hammer and sickle is a legitimate symbol of a faith-based community (that oddly persists despite the utter failure of its most ardent adherents). Communism preaches a "Good News"-type salvation story (derivative of the egalitarian principles expressed in the New Testament and the communal nature of the early church) in which a Worker's Paradise and human evolution (i.e., the "New Soviet Man", transhumanism, etc) will be advanced in the terrestrial, material sphere by means of revolution, the abolition of private property, etc.George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-50351712001782273342013-01-10T09:34:06.137-05:002013-01-10T09:34:06.137-05:00Hoo was right? Not our Hoo, that's hoo.
A &qu...Hoo was right? Not our Hoo, that's hoo.<br /><br />A "materialist scientist" is a scientist who also happens to be a materialist.<br /><br />Now that wasn't so hard, was it?<br /><br />But poor old Hoo (who also doesn't comprehend that the term bot* has nothing to do with the Turing Test) incorrectly inferred that a "materialist scientist" is a scientist who thinks that science can be "conducted" without appeal to God. Apparently the Hoo-author wasn't aware that <i>methodological naturalist</i> is the correct term for a scientist who believes that science can be "conducted" without appeal to God.<br /><br />The methodological naturalist, of course, may be a materialist... or not.<br /><br />* The unit "Hoo" actually may be a bot (i.e., an automated tool), which would explain why it can't pass the Turing Test.George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-20904660410972461512013-01-10T08:47:38.850-05:002013-01-10T08:47:38.850-05:00@JQ:
[Doctor, communism and atheism are not the s...@JQ:<br /><br />[Doctor, communism and atheism are not the same thing. There is overlapping, but they are not the same thing.]<br /><br />It was a humorous comment about the hammer and sickle representing atheism. <br /><br />That's true. Atheism is not Communism-- there are certainly capitalist atheists, libertarian atheists, etc.<br /><br />But Communism is atheistic, and Communism is the only political form atheism has ever taken at the level of the nation-state. <br /><br />And atheists seem so disinterested in exploring why it is that the only large-scale political form atheism has ever taken has been a totalitarian hell-hole. <br /><br />'Ohhh... look... there's another Richard Dawkins book signing...' mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-65261139531482922992013-01-10T08:45:34.054-05:002013-01-10T08:45:34.054-05:00God forbid Dr. Egnor travel to Japan. He'd hav...God forbid Dr. Egnor travel to Japan. He'd have a heart attack seeing all the swastikas on Buddhist temples there! <br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-46444259619857624162013-01-10T08:44:57.113-05:002013-01-10T08:44:57.113-05:00If this had concerned an 'official' EU pos...If this had concerned an 'official' EU poster, approved by EU leadership, then I would have been somewhat upset to see the communist symbol. Since it didn't, I'm not. troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05136662027396943138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-11162107154172333462013-01-10T08:10:07.899-05:002013-01-10T08:10:07.899-05:00Actually, after looking at the Wikipedia article o...Actually, after looking at the Wikipedia article on the Swastika, it turns out to be an extremely widespread symbol, including in American Indian tribes and on medieval Christian churches. The Nazis have a lot to answer for. Including spoiling the good reputation of an ancient symbol.bachfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752055891882312204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-43553606516007811322013-01-10T08:09:43.514-05:002013-01-10T08:09:43.514-05:00It was partially funded by the EU. Your link even ...It was partially funded by the EU. Your link even said so. That was Dr. Egnor's gripe. Is that official enough for you? <br /><br />Daniel Hannan's gripe was that it hung on the walls at the European Commission. Which it did. <br /><br />Just once I'd like to see you get upset about the substance of the story, rather than nitpick the details about whether it was made for a Czech competition or not. <br /><br />JQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-21865313005943495932013-01-10T08:06:46.813-05:002013-01-10T08:06:46.813-05:00JQ,
Dr. Egnor don't do nuance.
HooJQ,<br /><br />Dr. Egnor don't do nuance. <br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com