Comments for Directionless Bones http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com the thoughts of a bag of bones Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Indian Mongooses: Brown, Grey, and Small by Thomas http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/indian-mongooses-brown-grey-and-small/#comment-2694 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:12:00 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=759#comment-2694 Mongooses are cool. The story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is pretty cool too. I liked it, at least.

]]> Comment on Ichneumia albicauda by anand prakash http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/ichneumia-albicauda/#comment-2691 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:41:03 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=626#comment-2691 i found this 3.5foot long animal in india today. in a home next to me which is empty from years.. need your help..

]]> Comment on What is the Opposite of Pleasure? Pain, Displeasure, and Ideology by J http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/what-is-the-opposite-of-pleasure-pain-displeasure-and-ideology/#comment-2672 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:43:34 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=1998#comment-2672 I am glad someone else shares my conclusions. Very good point made that displeasure can encompass pain, but not all displeasure is pain and not all pain is displeasure.

A very good question, however, is what is this ‘good’ that pleasure entails? Why do we, entities that can experience this ‘good’ through pleasure, pursue it? Why are pleasurable things pleasurable?

I am led to the conclusion that ‘good’ is a prime, fundamental thing of the universe that cannot be truly defined in terms other than its affiliates, an a priori if you will. I believe this is what Plato meant by his “form of the good”.

]]> Comment on Can we get rid of the police? by NoOne http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/can-we-get-rid-of-the-police/#comment-2648 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:13:57 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=831#comment-2648 Wow; I make a lot of typos when I’m tired.

]]> Comment on Can we get rid of the police? by NoOne http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/can-we-get-rid-of-the-police/#comment-2647 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:10:14 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=831#comment-2647 Police promote crime; not prevent it. A criminal feels perfectly comfortable committing crimes where police have a presence as laws preventing the individual of protecting themselves are enforced by these police effectively protecting the criminal. In areas where police have no presence, would be criminals are too fearful of suffering the natural consequences associated with affronting an unhindered free man or his family. I must point out I’m referring to un-policed areas with particular demographics. I hate to have to through that in but facts are facts. When disaster struck New Zeeland leaving the people without power or services for several weeks, there wasn’t a single act of looting or violence; New Orleans was a very different story. You know what I’m saying.

]]> Comment on Reflections on Jerry Cohen the Ex-Marxist by Traducción: “Marxismo sin revolución: Clase” | tresrosasamarillas http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/reflections-on-jerry-cohen-the-ex-marxist/#comment-2616 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:44:19 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-2616 [...] la discusión previa en el blog Directionless Bones, las condiciones 1 y 2 le dan al proletariado la capacidad de revolucionar a la sociedad, y las [...]

]]> Comment on The ‘Political Compass’ and Class Politics: A Better Way to Classify Ideologies? by John http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/the-political-compass-and-class-politics-a-better-wa-to-classify-ideologies/#comment-2601 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:04:44 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=1895#comment-2601 Just had an idea that popped in my head. Everyone wants to rule the world! If you’re weak (feeling used by something) then you want the power compass to favor yourself. If you’re strong (feeling in control of something) then you also want the power compass to favor you. So if you’re a strong leader of a company or nation then you want the power compass to favor people like you – less taxes on leaders or executives, comfort based on how much money you earn or how many people you lead. If you’re a (weak) employee working under others, you might want more taxes on wealthy (stronger) people and comfort based on how much you do for others or how much you’re indifferent to your own power over others. Basically, it seems to me that everybody wants power and control, they just want it in different forms so that the end result is it favors them.

]]> Comment on Cruelty, Callousness, Sadism, and Science by huh http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/cruelty-callousness-sadism-and-science/#comment-2588 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:11:50 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=1021#comment-2588 Does science lead to mass murder and genocide? Let’s take a look:

Crusades – caused by religion. Not science
Conquest of Americas – caused by religion. Not science
WW1 – caused by imperialism. Not science
WW2 – caused by imperialism. Not science
Holocaust – caused by nazism. Not science
Collectivization – caused by communism. Not science
Great Leap Forward – caused by communism. Not science
Cambodian genocide – caused by communism. Not science

Wow, that’s a whole lot of genocides and all of them were caused by RELIGION or POLITICS none of them by science. What a big surprise!!

Now let’s see what SCIENCE brought to the world:

Fritz Haber & Carl Bosch – saved 2,720,000,000 lives by invention of synthetic fertiliser
Karl Landsteiner & Richard Lewisohn – saved 1,094,000,000 lives by invention of blood transfusions
Edward Jenner – saved 530,000,000 lives by invention of vaccination of smallpox

So just these 5 scientists alone saved 4.34 billion lives. I think that refutes any argument you may have made.

]]> Comment on Berlusconi and Promiscuity by Berlusconi trial to start | Dear Kitty. Some blog http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/berlusconi-and-promiscuity/#comment-2587 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:36:39 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=1783#comment-2587 [...] trial against Berlusconi, for alleged irregularities in the sale of film rights, has already [...]

]]> Comment on Berlusconi and Promiscuity by Berlusconi linked to Mafia bombings | Dear Kitty. Some blog http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/berlusconi-and-promiscuity/#comment-2586 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:34:32 +0000 http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/?p=1783#comment-2586 [...] was speaking in open court for the first time as part of an appeal by pro-Berlusconi senator Marcello Dell’Utri against his conviction for association with the Mafia. He spoke [...]

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