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You aren't Plato, Burke, or Madison. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 31/08/2012 10:34:22 AM
They wrote lengthy works because the complexity of their ideas required it; you string together posts that are replete with odd metaphors, incoherent paragraphs, and frankly bizarre exhortations.

Also, I feel compelled to point out that their works were quite accessible for their time; you just write stiltedly.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

Ghavrel is Ghavrel is Ghavrel

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Anybody here ever studied the founding fathers of America? Dark Knight - 30/08/2012 07:34:28 PM 751 Views
Slave-owning, mysoginist, wig-wearing members of the landed elite? Bored - 30/08/2012 07:51:33 PM 502 Views
Ha! Yeah, all personal faults aside Dark Knight - 30/08/2012 07:54:13 PM 444 Views
Not John Adams or Alexander Hamilton.....fool! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 31/08/2012 05:18:05 AM 273 Views
No, never, not even briefly. Joel - 30/08/2012 07:57:39 PM 508 Views
What? Nooooo way Dark Knight - 30/08/2012 08:06:30 PM 508 Views
My US history class was an hour long and I always got distracted by a butterfly or something. Joel - 30/08/2012 08:50:39 PM 459 Views
Did you just kinda compare yourself to the founding fathers? nossy - 30/08/2012 08:08:40 PM 519 Views
Not positively, but I have often thought they were a bad influence on me. Joel - 30/08/2012 08:21:48 PM 540 Views
Funny, my reaction to sentences like those is nearly the opposite. Legolas - 30/08/2012 08:11:34 PM 489 Views
Fair point; it is revealing that none of the Bill of Rights amendments have multiple sections. Joel - 30/08/2012 08:39:24 PM 523 Views
You're projecting. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/08/2012 12:48:12 AM 235 Views
I am aspiring. Joel - 31/08/2012 01:09:40 AM 645 Views
As a personal aside ... Nate - 31/08/2012 01:43:45 AM 565 Views
Yes. nossy - 31/08/2012 01:49:41 AM 582 Views
Like I say, maybe I invest too much in online posting. Joel - 31/08/2012 02:02:58 AM 620 Views
Re: Nate - 31/08/2012 02:27:00 AM 594 Views
Re: Re: Joel - 31/08/2012 02:37:35 AM 598 Views
Well nossy - 31/08/2012 02:54:25 AM 598 Views
It does get repetitive too often. Joel - 31/08/2012 05:07:41 AM 601 Views
Doesn't really matter. You're gonna keep doing it. nossy - 31/08/2012 05:16:23 AM 555 Views
Maybe.... Joel - 31/08/2012 05:03:11 PM 597 Views
Re: Maybe.... nossy - 31/08/2012 05:15:52 PM 420 Views
Re: Maybe.... Joel - 31/08/2012 06:18:32 PM 557 Views
You aren't Plato, Burke, or Madison. Ghavrel - 31/08/2012 10:34:22 AM 515 Views
That is why it is aspiration rather than equivalence. Joel - 31/08/2012 05:01:20 PM 482 Views
I'm not so sure you're entirely right. nossy - 30/08/2012 11:06:39 PM 639 Views
I did. They smelled of mahogany and death. They looked scabby and skeletal. TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2012 12:35:44 AM 537 Views
Sounds like you have a job to do. Joel - 31/08/2012 01:11:10 AM 540 Views
Don't forget Hamilton! The creator of the American economy..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 31/08/2012 05:19:50 AM 283 Views
... and big government. Joel - 01/09/2012 01:54:20 PM 430 Views
I don't really buy that..... Anonymous2000 - 01/09/2012 08:33:28 PM 485 Views
Hamilton loudly and often advocated a central bank, national debt and active federal government. Joel - 01/09/2012 08:41:50 PM 671 Views
I think the entire Age of Enlightenment is fascinating random thoughts - 31/08/2012 06:32:23 PM 464 Views
You realize you just made a great argument for intelligentsia rule, right? Joel - 01/09/2012 01:48:58 PM 556 Views
I would want better intelligenstia first random thoughts - 01/09/2012 02:48:28 PM 611 Views
Ah, the old uneducated>miseducated argument. Joel - 01/09/2012 03:39:07 PM 572 Views
*wonders if we could test* Burr - 02/09/2012 02:45:10 PM 440 Views
no there is a better reason why it wouldn't work random thoughts - 02/09/2012 02:58:18 PM 591 Views
No,no, I was wondering if -we- could test it. Burr - 03/09/2012 04:17:11 PM 489 Views
yeah I am a bit of a cynic *NM* random thoughts - 04/09/2012 03:01:28 PM 246 Views
I expect the rankings would be too subjective for credibility. Joel - 02/09/2012 04:27:32 PM 572 Views
I listen to some of supposed intellectuals talk and I am unimpressed random thoughts - 02/09/2012 02:53:21 PM 483 Views
Being well read does not make one smart, but does facilitate it to a great degree. Joel - 02/09/2012 04:32:05 PM 434 Views
I like the Starship Trooper approach random thoughts - 02/09/2012 05:04:17 PM 548 Views
I run very hot and cold on that one. Joel - 02/09/2012 06:28:44 PM 639 Views
The problem I'd have with that draft for votes idea... Burr - 03/09/2012 04:28:34 PM 565 Views
I am not so sure it would. Joel - 03/09/2012 05:45:39 PM 574 Views
What was that again about "you have a right to your own opinion, not your own facts"? Legolas - 03/09/2012 06:39:01 PM 592 Views
Ah, right; I had forgotten our previous discussion of conscriptions termination in the '90s and '00s Joel - 03/09/2012 06:48:28 PM 528 Views
If you worked with more engineers you might change your opinion on the science degree part random thoughts - 04/09/2012 03:00:16 PM 482 Views
Maybe; I would likely just conclude horse sense is uncommon everywhere, but less so in engineers. Joel - 05/09/2012 12:11:58 AM 404 Views
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