rofl

that escalated quickly

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!

my favorite was everybody patting Calvin on the back for the laffs and pacino being mad because he thought they were still talking about the original argument

thinkin pac's just havin a rough day

I like pacinos political arguments because he's not a partisan hack and has criticized Obama openly on points of disagreement.

I like Calvin's retorts and he is obviously a valued member of this forum.

I like the Philliez too and Philadelphia in general. Back to work.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Reading the Leviathan is terrible.

I hate Hobbes so much.

You couldn't be more wrong. Leviathan is Awesome! Lots of great one liners, like a good action flick. It's the Die Hard of political theory. And it's really snarky in parts.
"Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, RELIGION; not allowed, SUPERSTITION."

"I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of Power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

I could go on and on.

TenuredVulture wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Reading the Leviathan is terrible.

I hate Hobbes so much.

You couldn't be more wrong. Leviathan is Awesome! Lots of great one liners, like a good action flick. It's the Die Hard of political theory. And it's really snarky in parts.
"Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, RELIGION; not allowed, SUPERSTITION."

"I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of Power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

I could go on and on.

I don't agree with his conclusion, but I enjoyed the Leviathan when I read it.

did pac ban himself for real?

there were horses and a man on fire and i killed a man with a trident

Our new work-study student is a dead ringer for the pretty teen on Modern Family. Except mid-20s with a big racc

Woody - I don't fuck around when it comes to misery. It's the inner Slav coming out, we are only truly happy when we are totally miserable.

Woody wrote:LG that sounds like the cold open of a new AMC drama

Jesus

Yes, with cheaply made bamboo chopsticks. The irony is delicious, like a top notch General Tso's chicken.

The Savior wrote:

Luzinski's Gut wrote:On top of all the drama with my dog being put down this morning, I get to move into a windowless office in the bowels of the Pentagon on Friday. Better start taking the Vitamin D supplements tomorrow I guess.

is that where we'll be hacking the chinese to their deaths?

CalvinBall wrote:did pac ban himself for real?

i hope not because i voted for him. this is going to create a headache with the HOF rules and regulations

kruker wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Reading the Leviathan is terrible.

I hate Hobbes so much.

You couldn't be more wrong. Leviathan is Awesome! Lots of great one liners, like a good action flick. It's the Die Hard of political theory. And it's really snarky in parts.
"Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, RELIGION; not allowed, SUPERSTITION."

"I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of Power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

I could go on and on.

I don't agree with his conclusion, but I enjoyed the Leviathan when I read it.

To clarify, it's the language and not the content that I hate.

I don't understand why a literal translation of 16th century italian to english goes down more smoothly than 17th century english does, but it does and it pisses me off.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:

kruker wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Reading the Leviathan is terrible.

I hate Hobbes so much.

You couldn't be more wrong. Leviathan is Awesome! Lots of great one liners, like a good action flick. It's the Die Hard of political theory. And it's really snarky in parts.
"Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, RELIGION; not allowed, SUPERSTITION."

"I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of Power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

I could go on and on.

I don't agree with his conclusion, but I enjoyed the Leviathan when I read it.

To clarify, it's the language and not the content that I hate.

I don't understand why a literal translation of 16th century italian to english goes down more smoothly than 17th century english does, but it does and it pisses me off.

A literal 21st century translation of a 16th century work will use 21st century grammar and vocabulary. Most editions of Leviathan do only minor editing on spelling, if they do any at all. That being said, some editions of Hobbes are a little more user friendly than others.

Speaking of Hobbes, has anyone else heard of the "prepping" movement--these are people preparing for the collapse of civilization. But they really have some dumb ideas--one article I saw involved uses for bananas. But if there one thing you're not likely to have in an apocalypse, I'd think a banana is pretty close to the top of the list. http://www.thereadystore.com/diy/6505/1 ... r-bananas/

Anyway, if these preppers read Hobbes, they'll realize that there's no amount of preparation that will really suffice. Military units and motorcycle gangs are going to fight it out. (And if you really do want to prep, your only realistic chance is to form a band of about 50 people you can trust.)

like the Polyphonic Spree?

Not a fan of Yahoo's new webpage set up

let some stuff at work pour over into posting, which is never good. my fault, calvin. i apologize publicly.

i am going to step down as mod because my occasional assholery shouldnt besmrich the site.

knock it off