getting to know you, getting to know all about you.

hello.
id just like to know a little more about the fellow posters. some basic stuff what ever youd like to disclose, reveal and elaborate:

<.basics.>
name: (whats in a name?)
location: (if geography matters)
birthplace:
age: (if quantitative time matters)
sex: (if such categories matter)
job: (if working)
school & subjects taken:
sexual orientation/marital status:

fav. philosoper(s): fav philosophical movement: ideal political system: ideal social system: ideal economic system: god/religion?: fav. writer(s): fav book(s): other fav people: fav. film: fav. artiste: fav. song: where youd most like to travel to: where youd most like to retire: is marriage on your agenda: children?: one wish: if you could change one thing bout the world: if you could bring someone to life: if you could kill someone: if you could live a period in history: if you could meet someone currently alive: if you could meet someone dead: if you could tell the world one thing: astrology: fate: big bang: death sentence: (all) war: imperialism/colonialism: (any) killing: abortion: suicide: euthanasia: laws: govvernments: meat eating: afterlife: heaven/hell: reincarnation: souls: one truth:

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation:
freedom/determinism:
life/death:
painful truth/blissful ignorance:
money/love:
knowledge/ power:
moeny/knowledge:
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty:
empiricism/rationalism:
passion/reason:
idealism/realism:

WOO WOO! I get to talk about my favorite subject…MYSELF!

<.basics.>
name: Collin Cusce
location: Outside D.C.
birthplace: Newport News, VA
age: 21 and falling
sex: Often and of the highest quality possible.
job: Another Punk Student
school & subjects taken: George Mason University
sexual orientation/marital status: Mostly Straight / Single

fav. philosoper(s): Soren Kierkegaard
fav philosophical movement: Birth
ideal political system: Republic
ideal social system: Live and Let Be
ideal economic system: Chomskian Socialism
god/religion?: Agnostic / Cop Out
fav. writer(s): Douglas Adams, Gore Vidal
fav book(s): Lincoln
other fav people: Warrior Monk

fav. film: Waking Life fav. artiste: Dali, hands friggin down, Dali fav. song: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd where youd most like to travel to: The Afterlife, but only to visit where youd most like to retire: Suburbs of L.A. is marriage on your agenda: Yes, I need moral support children?: I need a son, but none yet. one wish: More Wishes if you could change one thing bout the world: Popular Culture would not suck by virtue of being popular if you could bring someone to life: Guy I knew, named Sam. if you could kill someone: Warrior Monk if you could live a period in history: I wouldn't. But Ancient Rome, I guess. if you could meet someone currently alive: Noam Chomsky if you could meet someone dead: Jesus Christ if you could tell the world one thing: "Quiet down for a minute, I have a few things I'd like to get off my chest." astrology: nay fate: yay big bang: both death sentence: nay (all) war: yay imperialism/colonialism: yay (any) killing: both...god damn..ask yes or no questions next time! abortion: nay suicide: yay euthanasia: yay laws: within reason...fuck this yay or nay shit governments: within reason meat eating: YAY afterlife: nay heaven/hell: nay reincarnation: nay souls: nay one truth: too complex to y/n, so I guess nay? but yay?

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: evolution
freedom/determinism: determinism, hard
life/death: death
painful truth/blissful ignorance: blissful ignorance
money/love: love
knowledge/ power: knowledge
money/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: rich
empiricism/rationalism: rationalism
passion/reason: reason
idealism/realism: realism
spit/swallow: chew

<.basics.>
name: Matthew E. (of course)
location: San Diego at the moment
birthplace: Orange County
age: 23
sex: Male
job: Waiter (TIP you bastards)
school & subjects taken: San Diego State, Communication and Philosophy
sexual orientation/marital status: A non-homophobic heterosexual (although your answer frightens me Raj :stuck_out_tongue: )

fav. philosoper(s): Ben, HVD, Skeptic, Louise, Marshall McDaniel (Now I’ll never be banned :evilfun: )
fav philosophical movement: Quantum Physics (it’s a stretch, I know)
ideal political system: Democracy, although this really means republic I suppose.
ideal social system: Golden Rule + respect the wishes of others
ideal economic system: Mill’s Capitalism, maybe Socialism
god/religion?: Agnostic
fav. writer(s): Shel Silverstein
fav book(s): The Giving Tree
other fav people: Funny people and beautiful girls

fav. film: Fight Club (just the first to come to mind) fav. artiste: Whoever paints nudes fav. song: So Lonely (The Police), Go With The Flow (Queens of the Stoneage), Scientist (Coldplay), Mellow Mood (Bob Marley). But you said one, so I'll stop. where youd most like to travel to: All over Europe where youd most like to retire: Laguna Beach (can't beat your hometown) is marriage on your agenda: Not for awhile children?: See above one wish: more wishes...duh. if you could change one thing bout the world: Want if you could bring someone to life: *shrug* (I suppose I'm lucky) if you could kill someone: Don't think I could if you could live a period in history: as far back as I could go if you could meet someone currently alive: My future wife if you could meet someone dead: Jesus was a good response if you could tell the world one thing: Everyone give me a dollar astrology: nay fate: yay big bang: yay and nay (infinity, string theory) death sentence: nay (all) war: nay (assuming this would be an end to all wars) imperialism/colonialism: nay (any) killing: yay, given the below abortion: yay, scenario specific suicide: nay euthanasia: nay laws: yay (good ones) govvernments: yay (needed) meat eating: yay afterlife: ?...more nay though heaven/hell: nay reincarnation: nay souls: ?...more of a nay though one truth: I should be studying

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: evolution
freedom/determinism: determinism
life/death: life
painful truth/blissful ignorance: bliss
money/love: love
knowledge/ power: same thing
moeny/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: bad sex rich (guys don’t have bad sex, it’s the poor ladies that do)
empiricism/rationalism: pragmatist
passion/reason: reason, dear god, reason
idealism/realism: pragmatist

Good God Jedi_Pockey! Are you taking applications for a job?

hello.
id just like to know a little more about the fellow posters. some basic stuff what ever youd like to disclose, reveal and elaborate:

<.basics.>
name: (whats in a name?) Marshall McDaniel
location: (if geography matters) Roanoke, Va, USA
birthplace: Roanoke, Va, USA
age: (if quantitative time matters) 38
sex: (if such categories matter) mainly masturbation, er… male
job: (if working) temporary laborer (or capitalist exploitee), currently an invoice clerk, M-F and conduct a running inventory on the weekends. work long hard hours, part of my askesis (see askein)
school & subjects taken: High school graduate.
sexual orientation/marital status: hetero/married

fav. philosoper(s): Nietzsche
fav philosophical movement: ???
ideal political system: democratic socialism
ideal social system: egalitarianism
ideal economic system: live simply so that others may simply live
god/religion?: God fearing atheist.
fav. writer(s): Camus, Hesse, Gasset, Nietzsche
fav book(s): See the thread
other fav people: Jesus, Buddha, Ghandi

fav. film: Forrest Gump fav. artiste: ??? fav. song: ??? where youd most like to travel to: Europe. where youd most like to retire: Europe. is marriage on your agenda: bigamy is illegal here children?: no. none planned, either. one wish: UNIVERSITY! if you could change one thing bout the world: feed the poor if you could bring someone to life: Krishnamurti if you could kill someone: Hitler if you could live a period in history: Ancient Mesopotamia if you could meet someone currently alive: any reputable philosopher if you could meet someone dead: Nietzsche if you could tell the world one thing: Love one another. astrology: no fate: no big bang: yes death sentence: no (all) war: no imperialism/colonialism: no (any) killing: no abortion: yes suicide: yes euthanasia: yes laws: yes govvernments: no meat eating: no afterlife: no heaven/hell: no reincarnation: no souls: no one truth: no

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: evolution
freedom/determinism: freedom
life/death: life
painful truth/blissful ignorance: painful truth
money/love: love
knowledge/ power: knowlege
moeny/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: lotsa good sex & poverty
empiricism/rationalism: rationalism
passion/reason: passion
idealism/realism: realism

i only answered the questions that i had answers for… :unamused: :wink:

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location: (if geography matters) Toronto
birthplace: Toronoto-ish
age: (if quantitative time matters) 19
sex: (if such categories matter) female
job: (if working) sweet jesus no
school & subjects taken: too many, too few
sexual orientation/marital status: hetero

fav. philosoper(s): heraclitus
fav philosophical movement: christianity
ideal political system: capitalism
ideal social system: families/small communities
ideal economic system: capitalism
fav. writer(s): Camus, Drieser, Nathaniel West, Hemmingway, Bioethius
fav book(s): portrait of an artist…
other fav people: marilyn monroe

fav. artiste: goya fav. song: my sweet lod, goerge harrision where youd most like to travel to: chile where youd most like to retire: with my sweetheart if you could change one thing bout the world: free the poor if you could meet someone dead: plato if you could tell the world one thing: don't take things so seriously, no one gets out alive anyway laws: yes govvernments: yes souls: yes

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
freedom/determinism: freedom
life/death: life
painful truth/blissful ignorance: painful truth
money/love: love
knowledge/ power: knowlege
moeny/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: good sex & poverty
passion/reason: passion
idealism/realism: realism

name: Brian Wayne Lewis
location: third stone from the Sun
birthplace: Wake Medical Center, Raleigh, N.C.
age: with or without the womb time? 28
sex: male, and rarely
job:carpenter/sub contractor
school & subjects taken: eleven grades were enough. Quit before graduation.
sexual orientation/marital status: Bisexual, I use BOTH hands. (Hetero)

fav. philosoper(s): This can’t possibly be answered.
fav philosophical movement: from my seat to the refrigerator
ideal political system: anarchy
ideal social system: orgy
ideal economic system: for free
god/religion?: no comment
fav. writer(s): Dustin Ash
fav book(s): Where the Red Fern Grows
other fav people: Jack Nicholson, Stephen Hawking, Malbus, Mark, She, and the Ash

fav. film: Can't be answered fav. artiste: Frank Zappa fav. song: Black Napkins...no, I can't answer this where youd most like to travel to: Mars where youd most like to retire: The Thin Edge Of Staring is marriage on your agenda: sure, but not the paper work involved children?:The world needs me to breed, but it doesn't deserve it yet one wish: that all my wishes would come true if you could change one thing bout the world: nothing...its perfect if you could bring someone to life: Jean-Paul Sartre if you could kill someone: just one person!? That's all I get? if you could live a period in history: now if you could meet someone currently alive: everybody if you could meet someone dead: if I was dead what would it matter? Oh, nevermind. if you could tell the world one thing: STOP. Give me your undivided attention and a moment of your time. astrology: Capricorn/Tiger...the bad ass of the zodiac. No. I don't follow that shit. fate: this is semantics big bang: no death sentence: yes, but the inmate must be allowed a baseball bat to defend himself as they try to escort him down death row (all) war:yep imperialism/colonialism: what? (any) killing: if it's me or you, well, then it's gonna be you. Yes. abortion: "abort mission...abort mission..., I was not consulted first!" shouts the child. suicide: yep euthanasia: yep laws: of physics govvernments: exempt meat eating: red meat, no. afterlife: let's worry about the before life first. heaven/hell: this question doesn't merit a response reincarnation: yes, as a cow, of course souls: James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Picket, etc. one truth: here we go again

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: both
freedom/determinism: both
life/death: what?
painful truth/blissful ignorance: what kind of “pain?”
money/love: money
knowledge/ power: dexterity
moeny/knowledge: money
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: am I allowed to be rich and buy sex?
empiricism/rationalism: de’tropianism
passion/reason: what’s the difference?
idealism/realism: see above

name: Warrior Monk
location: New York
birthplace: San Diego
age: 28
sex: Male
job:
school & subjects taken: Johnny
sexual orientation/marital status: Normal/Single

fav. philosoper(s): Immanuel Kant, Aristotle, & Pascal fav philosophical movement: Transcendental Idealism ideal political system: America of the Founding Fathers ideal social system: Western Judeo-Christendom ideal economic system: Laissez-Faire Capitalism god/religion?: Christianity fav. writer(s): Robert Frost, Charles Simic, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Bowles, Chaim Ben Pesach, Ann Coulter. fav book(s): Nichomachean Ethics, Metaphysics, Critique of Pure Reason, Pensees, The Red Queen, The Iliad, Catcher in the Rye, Siddhartha, Paradise Lost, the Bible, etc.... other fav people: Baruch Goldstein, Godfrey de Bouillon, Slobodan Milosevic, Pope Urban II, etc. fav. film: A Bout de Souffle or Masculin, Feminin fav. artiste: Jan Vermeer fav. song: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste by Bartok where youd most like to travel to: Ibiza where youd most like to retire: Ibiza, Portofino, Vernazza, or Riomaggiore. is marriage on your agenda: Yes children?: Yes one wish: To be happily in love forever. if you could change one thing bout the world: I would make it more pious. if you could bring someone to life: Aristotle if you could kill someone: Too many to count. Just 1 would be Bin Laden. if you could live a period in history: Right now. if you could meet someone currently alive: Chaim Ben Pesach if you could meet someone dead: Aristotle or Jesus if you could tell the world one thing: Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand. astrology: Devil worship fate: Yes and no big bang: Yes death sentence: Yes (all) war: Yes imperialism/colonialism: Yes (any) killing: Yes abortion: No suicide: No euthanasia: Yes laws: Constitutional govvernments: Constitutional meat eating: Yes afterlife: Yes heaven/hell: Yes reincarnation: No souls: Yes one truth: Yes

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: Evolution was Created by God
freedom/determinism: Freedom
life/death: Life
painful truth/blissful ignorance: Painful Truth
money/love: Love
knowledge/ power: Knowledge
moeny/knowledge: Money
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: Good sex & poverty
empiricism/rationalism: Transcendental Idealism
passion/reason: Reason
idealism/realism: Transcendental Idealism

that was interesting… my turn

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name: franz pocky
location: a galaxy far away…
birthplace: singapore
age: 19
sex: female
job: student
school & subjects taken: national university of singapore.
sexual orientation/marital status: bisexual single

fav. philosoper(s): nietzsche. sartre.
fav philosophical movement: i hate logic and structuralism.
ideal political system: anarchy
ideal social system: mutual respect for freedom.
ideal economic system: communism
god/religion?: atheist
fav. writer(s): kafka
fav book(s): crime and punishment, thus spoke zarathustra

fav. film: star wars trilogy fav. artiste: chopin, surrealist artists, MUSE, tori amos where youd most like to travel to: a black hole where youd most like to retire: dont wanna retire is marriage on your agenda: no.stupid contracts. children?: some people shouldnt reproduce one wish: universal happiness if you could change one thing bout the world: break all chains if you could bring someone to life: let the dead rest if you could kill someone: if i kill myself i would have killed everyone else in my mind if you could live a period in history: bohemian romanticism if you could meet someone currently alive: stephen hawkings if you could meet someone dead: kafka/nietzsche if you could tell the world one thing: free your minds astrology: no fate: no big bang:yes death sentence: no (all) war: no imperialism/colonialism: no (any) killing: none without consent abortion: yes suicide: yes euthanasia:yes laws: no govvernments:serve the people meat eating: minimal afterlife: no heaven/hell:no reincarnation: no souls: no one truth: us your truth

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: evolution
freedom/determinism: determined freedom
life/death: death
painful truth/blissful ignorance: truth
money/love: love
knowledge/ power: knowledge is power
moeny/knowledge: knowledge.
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: rich
empiricism/rationalism: empiricism rationalised
passion/reason: passion for reason, reasonable passion
idealism/realism: realisticidealism
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“Again, reason is the sharp edge of the knife that cuts through the cheese, and passion is the force (1) behind the steely blade”

I love you, Marshall. Here, have a nacho, I just made a plate.

What you do not understand, Marshall, is that at the precise moment my eyes came upon your statement there, I was literally biting into a nacho smothered in cheese. I willed those nachos into existence, it was my passion, my microwave, my cheese grater, my valveta. Truth is experienced.

Thank you, Marshall, you are remarkable.

name: Kayla
location: Canada
birthplace: Quebec
age: 17
sex: female
job: not working at the moment… um school?
school & subjects taken: All science, maths, dance, religion, psyc
sexual orientation/marital status: single

fav. philosoper(s): Aristole, Hume
fav philosophical movement: no clue
ideal political system: anarchy
ideal social system: do what ye will harm none
ideal economic system: ?
god/religion?: Wiccan
fav. writer(s): James Patterson, Michael Cunningham
fav book(s): The Hours, Violet are Blue
other fav people: Geri Halliwell

fav. film: Gia, Showgirls, From Hell fav. artiste: Sean Danielsen fav. song: This is War where youd most like to travel to: Egypt where youd most like to retire: Spain is marriage on your agenda: no children?: never one wish: have the grades to get into u of t if you could change one thing bout the world: racism if you could bring someone to life: Authur if you could kill someone: Singer of Coldplay, ro Tragically Hip if you could live a period in history: either Renisance, or like in Cleopatra era if you could meet someone currently alive: Christina Aguilera or Manson if you could meet someone dead: Cleopatera if you could tell the world one thing: not to be so fu king ignorant astrology: yay fate: nay big bang: meh death sentence: yay (all) war: yay imperialism/colonialism: nay (any) killing: yay abortion: nay suicide: yay euthanasia: yay laws: nay govvernments: nay meat eating: yay afterlife: yay heaven/hell: nay reincarnation: yay souls: meh one truth: nay

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: evolution
freedom/determinism: freedom
life/death: death
painful truth/blissful ignorance: painful truth
money/love: neither
knowledge/ power: knowledge is power
moeny/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: i dont care for sex either way
empiricism/rationalism: rationalism
passion/reason: either or
idealism/realism: idealism

*~Kayla

[quote=“jedi_pocky”]
hello.
id just like to know a little more about the fellow posters. some basic stuff what ever youd like to disclose, reveal and elaborate:

<.basics.>
name: Matt
location: Nottingham, UK
birthplace: Harwich, Uk
age: 24
sex: Male
job: Temping
school & subjects taken: Nottingham Uni
sexual orientation/marital status: Single, hetero

fav. philosoper(s): Lots to choose, but I admired Plato the most. fav philosophical movement: Reductionism ideal political system: Benevolent Dictatorship ideal social system: Utilitarianism ideal economic system: Partially regulated capitalism god/religion?: Atheist. Firmly. fav. writer(s): Iain (M.) Banks if I'm utterly honest. fav book(s): Lord of the Rings other fav people: Boris Johnson fav. film: Withnail and I fav. artiste: Never really got into the whole art thing. fav. song: Paranoid Android where youd most like to travel to: India where youd most like to retire: Not thought about it yet, only 24! is marriage on your agenda: Not sure children?: Two minds, they seem great in principle but the reality is they're blooody annoying and a drain on the cash. one wish: That everyone stopped believing in religion. if you could change one thing bout the world: An extra (non- working) hour every day. if you could bring someone to life: Any mass genocist, probably Hitler, so we could torutre them to death. Some times rationality must be thrown out the window. if you could kill someone: There's so many people who deserve to die. Probably Osama Bin Laden. if you could live a period in history: Probably Da Vinci's period if you could meet someone currently alive: Bush, just to know if he really is that stupid and also it'd be cool to meet the most powerful person in the world. if you could meet someone dead: Jesus, sort out this Christianity bullshit once and for all. if you could tell the world one thing: Stop believing religion you plonkers. astrology: Pah fate: Pah big bang: Yes death sentence: No (all) war: Yes imperialism/colonialism: Yes, but only in the past (any) killing: Yes abortion: Yes suicide: Rationally Yes, gut feeling No euthanasia: Rationally Yes, gut feeling No laws: Yes govvernments: Yes meat eating: Yes afterlife: No heaven/hell: No reincarnation: No souls: No one truth: Not in a religious sense.

<either/or:>
evolution/creation: evolution
freedom/determinism: freedom
life/death: life
painful truth/blissful ignorance: blissful ignorance
money/love: love
knowledge/ power: knowledge
moeny/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: Latter in 1st half of life, former in rest
empiricism/rationalism: They are mutually exclusive?
passion/reason: Depends on the situation
idealism/realism: realism

Ladies and Gentlemen of ILP,

Raf took the liberty to correct my signature quote. As I said in the post where I mentioned it, I wasn’t exactly sure if I were quoting verbatim, though I did have the basic gist of it. I apologize to Mr. Lawrence for the misquote.

By the good graces of Raf, I give you the new and improved quote…

You, too, can reap the benefits of becoming a member of my cult! Join now, and be corrected for the rest of your life!

Spelling and grammar excluded, offer void in Tennesee, Canada, or wherever it is Warrior Monk hails from. Offer excludes freedom of choice. By reading this, you are signing your soul over to me to be tortured and abused. You will like it, goat boy commands so!

I was bored.
<.basics.>
name: John
location: Belfast, NI
birthplace: Belfast, NI
age: 15
sex: Male
school : Grammar school
sexual orientation/marital status: hetrosexual

fav. philosoper(s): Schopenhauer
fav philosophical movement: Taoism
ideal political system: Anarchism
ideal social system: Autonomy
ideal economic system: Syndicalism
god/religion?: Atheist agnostic
fav. writer(s): Martin Amis, Joyce, Camus, Ballard, Bellow

where youd most like to travel to: Pyramids (Egypt or South America) where youd most like to retire: Bay Area is marriage on your agenda: No, it's expensive children?:See above if you could change one thing bout the world: Conformity if you could bring someone to life: Timothy Leary if you could live a period in history: 1960s if you could meet someone dead: Wilhelm Reich if you could tell the world one thing: 23rd December 2012 astrology: No fate: No big bang: No (plasma cosmology) death sentence: No (all) war: No imperialism/colonialism: No (any) killing: No, except with consent abortion: Yes suicide: Yes euthanasia: Yes laws: Yes govvernments: No meat eating: Yes afterlife: No heaven/hell: No reincarnation: No souls: No one truth: No

<either/or:>
evolution/creation: Evolution, but not for humans.
freedom/determinism: Both
life/death: Life
painful truth/blissful ignorance: Painful truth
money/love: love
knowledge/ power:
moeny/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: latter
empiricism/rationalism: relativism
passion/reason: passion

Too indecisive to answer them all.

ok me… the one you’ve all been waiting for :wink:

name: zoe/zoe-may
location:UK
birthplace:UK
age:15
sex:female
sexual orientation/marital status: straight/unmarried

fave philosopher: Plato
ideal political system: republic
god/religion: God/Catholic
fav writer:(hence my nickname) Jostein Gaader (I can’t spell his 2nd name ok…)

where you’d most like to travel to: somewhere sunny and tropical by the sea
where you’d most like to retire: France or Italy
is marraige on the agenda: Not yet but I’d like to marry before I die
Children: Not yet but I’d like a few before I die

If you could change on thing about the world: Ban prejudice
If you could bring someone to life: My grandmother
If you could live in a period of history: 1960s for footie (I support celtic)/19th century IF I could be a rich man
If you could meet someone dead: Isnt that the same as if you could bring someone to life?
If you could tell the world one thing: ‘Love actually is all around’ (from the film)

astrology:nay
fate: nay
big bang: yay
death sentance: yay
(all) war: only some wars
imperialism/colonialism :imp: : Nay
(any) killing: nay
abortion: see (any) killing
suicide:nay
euthinasia: nay
laws: yay
governments: yay
meat eating: Isn’t morally wrong but I don’t eat red meat for health reasons
afterlife: yay
heaven/hell: yay
reincarnation: nay
souls: yay
one truth: yay

evolution/creationism: theist evolution
freedom/determinism: freedom
life/death: life
painful truth/blissfull ignorance: blissful ignorance
money/love: love of a rich man :wink:
knowledge/power: knowledge is the key to power
money/knowledge: money
bad sex and rich/ good sex and poor: no sex and rich
passion/reason: passion
idealism/realism: idealism

can’t be bothered to answer them all.
that was fun :smiley:

hello.

<.basics.>
name: Mike Distler
location: Canada, Ontario
birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
age: 24
sex: Male
job:
school & subjects taken: York University (Philosophy Major) - an assortment of Astronomy, Psychology, Computers, Law, Ethics, etc.
sexual orientation/marital status: Straight/Single
fav. philosoper(s): Plato, Aristotle, Fuller, Hume, Descartes, Locke, Agrippa, and Kant.
fav philosophical movement: tough to say, the most important movements that I believe have been made in philosophy are also the ones I hate most. E.g. Existentialism
ideal political system: My own.
ideal social system: My own.
ideal economic system: Never delved into economics enough to think one up, the ones I did learn about when I took business in College didn’t appeal to me. Nor did systems I learned about in Philosophy of Economics (Part of Philosophy of Law class).
god/religion?: My mind has always been open to God. I have always believed in a higher power that I feel, though I know nothing about it. Lately, however, I have been believing more and more in God.
fav. writer(s): Dale Carnegie, Buckminster Fuller, Orson Scott Card, Dostoyevsky, Peter C. Newman, Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Aldous Huxley.
fav book(s): Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Miracle Mongers and their methods, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Crime and Punishment, Celestine Prophecy, Ender’s Game/Shadow, Plato’s Complete Works
other fav people: Buckminster Fuller, Dale Carnegie, and Bruce Lee

fav. film: The Matrix fav. artiste: fav. song: where youd most like to travel to: where youd most like to retire: is marriage on your agenda: Yes children?: Yes one wish: To be able to be me without impinging on anyones rights and freedoms while also everyone else not impinging on my rights and freedoms if you could change one thing bout the world: I would change the way in which people live with each other and with nature. if you could bring someone to life: Buckminster Fuller if you could kill someone: if you could live a period in history: if you could meet someone currently alive: if you could meet someone dead: Buckminster Fuller if you could tell the world one thing: Live so that you don't impinge on others rights and freedoms (as far as possible), as well as, don't impinge on Nature's survival (as far as possible). astrology: yay fate: yay big bang: yay death sentence: nay (all) war: nay imperialism/colonialism: nay (any) killing: nay abortion: nay (except for extreme health circumstances and rape) suicide: Relative to each person euthanasia: yay, as long as they are sane laws: yay govvernments: yay meat eating: yay afterlife: heaven/hell: reincarnation: souls: one truth: an ever changing one

<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: evolution
freedom/determinism: both :wink:
life/death: life
painful truth/blissful ignorance: both :wink:
money/love: love
knowledge/ power: knowledge (though I do believe that knowledge is power)
moeny/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: lotsa sex & poverty :stuck_out_tongue:
empiricism/rationalism: both :wink:
passion/reason: both :wink:
idealism/realism: both :wink:

What’s your take?

De’trop. Truth is experienced but nachos rule. The power of cheese is not for the faint of heart. (Marshall silently regrets not having multiple pictures arrayed in Warrior Monk fashion of Beavis and Butthead consuming Nachos.)

name: mary ann
location: usa
birthplace: usa
age: 16
sex: f
job: student
school & subjects taken: the required and then some
sexual orientation/marital status: single (like you really care… :unamused: )

god/religion?: i don’t believe in God…but i am looking
fav. writer(s):
fav book(s): shawshank redemtion things of that nature
other fav people: that would imply i actually like people

fav. film: lol…shawshank, bandits…
fav. artiste: me!
fav. song: Jimi Hendrix “the wind cried mary”
where youd most like to travel to: FRANCE!
where youd most like to retire: i wish to not get old thank you
is marriage on your agenda:if i feel its right
children?: only adoption

one wish: wow… like upon a star!!! the wish everybody wishes for! TO HAVE 100000000 MORE WISHES!
if you could change one thing bout the world: in evening gown on stage WORLD PEACE crowd goes wild ok no… i shouldn’t ask for such things as to have a single one thing to change about the world especially if i have to do it all by myself!
if you could bring someone to life: the 1st dali llama (can’t spell…can you tell??)
if you could kill someone: GASP!
if you could live a period in history: biblical times… i wanna see if the bible is the shit i think it is

astrology: both (i think knowing your astrology daily has an effect on how the day actually is) fate: yay big bang: yay death sentence: yay (all) war: indifferent (things happen for reasons) (any) killing: yay abortion: yay suicide: yay laws: yay govvernments: yay meat eating: yay afterlife: yay heaven/hell: maybe reincarnation: yay souls: yay one truth:

evolution/creation: …
life/death: death
painful truth/blissful ignorance: painful truth
money/love: love however a lot of people love you if you ahve money!
knowledge/ power: knowledge is power…duh!
moeny/knowledge: knowledge (anybody who reads and actively participates in this forum in going to say what i did)
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: personal here and i’m only 16…which means strong and very opinionated! can’t i be rich and have GREAT SEX!!!
passion/reason: both! (can’t you be both at the same time?)
idealism/realism: idealism ( everything starts with an idea)

France? But it’s full of French people! Quite a nice place I suppose. But out of the whole world France???

And Magius, we’d never have guessed about old Bucky balls! :wink:

I mean Gadfly.

Look, you’re confusing all the newbies here.

And me.

Go back to Magius. Now!