|
|
 Up |
|
|
  |
Author: LazarhatLazarhat
Date: Dec 30, 2006 18:50
stumper wrote:
> Lazarhat wrote:
>> stumper wrote:
>> [deletia oblongata]
>>
>>> I did.
>>> That's why I called it kindness.
>>>
>>
>> Still flogging the dolphin of mental masturbation, Stumpy? Good luck
>> with that.
>>
>> Metta,
>> -Laz
>>
>> (For your own sake, at least use some lube, ferchrissake! You'll get a
>> blister.)
>>
>
> I don't joke much. ...
|
| Show full article (0.59Kb) |
|
| |
2 Comments |
|
|
Author: George CherryGeorge Cherry
Date: Dec 30, 2006 18:48
From today's NY Times. Here're just the first two
paragraphs.
Reminds me of the Pali Canon:
All that is comes from the mind;
it is based on the mind;
it is fashioned by the mind.
December 30, 2006
Op-Ed Contributor
Ghosts in the Machine
By DEBORAH BLUM
Madison, Wis.
THE human brain is, in surprising part, an appliance powered by electricity.
It constantly generates about 12 watts of energy, enough to keep a
flashlight glowing. It works by sending out electrical impulses - bursts of
power running along the cellular wires of the nervous system - to stimulate
muscles into motion or thought into being. We're mostly aware of this when
the machine falters, when it short-circuits into epilepsy or frays into the
tremors of Parkinson's disease.
|
| Show full article (1.25Kb) |
|
| |
86 Comments |
|
|
Author: George CherryGeorge Cherry
Date: Dec 30, 2006 18:25
Religion, bah, humbug. If these *******s believe in
heaven and the life hereafter, why are they so damn
afraid of dying?
George
The Associated Press reported 29 Dec 06:
The Italian doctor who cut off the respirator of a terminally ill man
who pleaded to be disconnected from life support could lose his job.
A medical board in the northern city of Cremona, where the doctor is
based, is investigating Dr. Mario Riccio, who assisted in the suicide
earlier this month of 60-year-old writer Piergiorgio Welby.
The bedridden muscular dystrophy patient's euthanasia campaign set off a
firestorm of indignation across predominantly Roman Catholic Italy, but
it also mobilized thousands of Italians and Europeans who held vigils
urging for a compassionate assisted death.
Euthanasia is illegal in Italy and the medical board is expected to
enforce disciplinary action against Riccio.
Medical board president Mario Bianchi questioned the anesthesiologist
before announcing the case should go before the disciplinary committee
Thursday.
|
| Show full article (2.32Kb) |
|
2 Comments |
|
|
Author: George CherryGeorge Cherry
Date: Dec 30, 2006 18:16
>
>
> On Dec 30, 5:50 pm, "George Cherry"
> alum.mit.edu> wrote:>> I realize you can't win a Darwin Award unless you
>> DIE in a stupid accident, and I didn't die in my
>> stupid accident today. But I deserve some kind of
>> award for stupidity. My action also shows that
>> Breathwalk can be dangerous. Oh, I don't mean
>> Breathwalking backwards (which I do) or
>> Breathwalking with my eyes closed (which I also
>> do) or Breathwalking backwards with my eyes
>> closed (which I also do). Here's what I did today.
>>
>> Today was our first heavy snow in Southern Maine.
>> Our plowman hadn't plowed our driveway yet, and
>> I was getting withdrawal symptoms from not having
>> Breathwalked in 24 hours. So, always ready to ...
|
| Show full article (2.57Kb) |
|
no comments
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author: George CherryGeorge Cherry
Date: Dec 30, 2006 14:59
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2:36 pm, "George Cherry"
> alum.mit.edu> wrote:>> I think they oughta hang him, too. He committed
>> war crimes also, didn't he? Actually, I think the
>> hanging of Saddam was barbaric, and all these
>> executions just tend to legitimize murder. Of
>> course that's only my opinion. (But I'm almost
>> always right). Of course, that parenthetical
>> expression is joking, as you all well know. I'm
>> actually ignorant as dirt and have the memory
>> of rubber. But I didn't have to tell you that, did I?
>
>
> (I presume you are speaking of Dubya. Two wrongs don't make it
> right.)
> ...
|
| Show full article (1.17Kb) |
|
no comments
|
|
|
Author: George CherryGeorge Cherry
Date: Dec 30, 2006 14:50
I realize you can't win a Darwin Award unless you
DIE in a stupid accident, and I didn't die in my
stupid accident today. But I deserve some kind of
award for stupidity. My action also shows that
Breathwalk can be dangerous. Oh, I don't mean
Breathwalking backwards (which I do) or
Breathwalking with my eyes closed (which I also
do) or Breathwalking backwards with my eyes
closed (which I also do). Here's what I did today.
Today was our first heavy snow in Southern Maine.
Our plowman hadn't plowed our driveway yet, and
I was getting withdrawal symptoms from not having
Breathwalked in 24 hours. So, always ready to
think outside...
|
| Show full article (1.69Kb) |
|
3 Comments |
|
|
Author: P.K. HarveyP.K. Harvey
Date: Dec 30, 2006 14:48
"Hollywood Lee" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:en6hio$87k$1@news.datemas.de...
> In my own limited experience, I've never seen a fundamentalist of any
> religious persuasion convinced to let go of their beliefs by argument and
> discussion. If anything, they may have a conversion experience that is
> emotional, not logical. But I've just not seen someone argued out of
> their dogmatic beliefs.
I'm not sure it's a matter of arguing somebody out their beliefs. The Dalai
Lama, for instance, never suggests that anybody "convert" from christianity
or whatever to buddhism. In fact, he downright discourages it. That
doesn't mean he doesn't offer them teaching, though. It's more a matter of
a dialectic learning process where you maybe sharpen and clarify one
another's thinking and practice and approach. If nothing else, you can
start the process of humanizing the "other" for both yourself and for the
person with whom you're engaged.
P.K.
|
| |
|
2 Comments |
|
|
Author: George CherryGeorge Cherry
Date: Dec 30, 2006 13:42
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2:36 pm, "George Cherry"
> alum.mit.edu> wrote:>> I think they oughta hang him, too. He committed
>> war crimes also, didn't he? Actually, I think the
>> hanging of Saddam was barbaric, and all these
>> executions just tend to legitimize murder. Of
>> course that's only my opinion. (But I'm almost
>> always right). Of course, that parenthetical
>> expression is joking, as you all well know. I'm
>> actually ignorant as dirt and have the memory
>> of rubber. But I didn't have to tell you that, did I?
>
>
> (I presume you are speaking of Dubya. Two wrongs don't make it
> right.)
|
| Show full article (1.38Kb) |
|
no comments
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author: wolfgangwolfgang
Date: Dec 30, 2006 13:09
> It seems to be almost a rule. Those who say things like 'no beings see
> the real world' end up lecturing as if they can.
If I said you'll die if you jumped off a flying airplane,
will you still question me?
I don't need to have the experience of jumping off a flying airplane to know
the result.
I don't need to be able to see the real world either in order to say:
"no beings see the real world",
because I have already provided you with evidence to prove my point of view.
The evidence is that
1. to an ant's eyes, (A) is round
2. to human's eyes, (A) is octangle
But in real world, (A) is triangular
This tells you that our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and brain are not
able to honestly and correctly depict the real world.
Therefore, if you rely on them to understand the Real World, it is mission
impossible
> wolfgang wrote:
>> to ants' eyes, (A) appears to be round
>> to humans' eyes, (A) appears to be octangle
>>
>> the question is: whether (A) is round or octangle?
>>
>> neither one is the truth...
|
| Show full article (1.92Kb) |
|
no comments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
