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Post by mick on Aug 30, 2024 10:01:00 GMT
I've found religion!
Well, it may not actually be religion because it's got none of the supernatural or regular mumbo-jumbo.
However, it makes perfect sense. I am becoming a Stoic.
Mick
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Post by andy on Aug 30, 2024 10:20:57 GMT
Meh.
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Post by gray1720 on Aug 30, 2024 15:13:24 GMT
I've found Jesus.
He was down the back of the sofa all along.
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Post by Chester PB on Aug 30, 2024 15:29:55 GMT
I've found religion!
Well, it may not actually be religion because it's got none of the supernatural or regular mumbo-jumbo.
However, it makes perfect sense. I am becoming a Stoic.
Mick
Surely you mean that you have discovered school of Hellenistic philosophy that helps you understand life, the universe and everything? Or perhaps, like me, you are just getting older and learning to accept some of the problems that entails. |
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Post by kate on Aug 30, 2024 19:06:15 GMT
It goes well with pragmatism. It's going to happen with or without your intervention, so roll with it. We have unfortunately reached an age where we've been there, done that, got the t shirt, written the book, sent out the warnings, watched them be ignored and so on and so on. So being a stoic is advisable the older we get. Alternatively just say stuff them all and become a hedonist.
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Post by willien on Aug 30, 2024 21:06:57 GMT
It goes well with pragmatism. It's going to happen with or without your intervention, so roll with it. We have unfortunately reached an age where we've been there, done that, got the t shirt, written the book, sent out the warnings, watched them be ignored and so on and so on. So being a stoic is advisable the older we get. Alternatively just say stuff them all and become a hedonist. Bit of both TBH. Edit - In the interests of forumic accuracy I should say that "stuff them" is not precisely the expression I use.
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Post by spinno on Aug 30, 2024 21:52:13 GMT
Me...if it happens, it happens...if it doesn't then God hates me
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Post by willien on Aug 30, 2024 22:35:22 GMT
Me...if it happens, it happens...if it doesn't then God hates me Aw, David. No she does not.  |
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Post by Kath on Sept 1, 2024 12:57:44 GMT
I'm not really all that old, at least I don't think so. A spring chicken at 56. And long may it continue. However I am now starting to subscribe to my dad's point of view which he in turn nicked from Arthur Seaton in the film Saturday Night And Sunday Morning. "Don't let the bastards grind you down" feels more satisfying than 'Turn the other cheek'. Particularly if you chuck in a bit of Kate's hedonism too. Not that my knees are up to that much hedonism these days.
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Post by kate on Sept 1, 2024 13:48:00 GMT
My jaw dropped today at the report on the Beeb that 'the yahoo' actually said that killing 6 (unverified) hostages means Hmas doesn't want a ceasefire.
So does killing 40.000+ mean they do?
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Post by spinno on Sept 1, 2024 15:24:56 GMT
My jaw dropped today at the report on the Beeb that 'the yahoo' actually said that killing 6 (unverified) hostages means Hmas doesn't want a ceasefire. So does killing 40.000+ mean they do? Israel doesn't want to kill anymore than absolutely necessary... |
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Post by zou on Sept 1, 2024 16:37:27 GMT
My jaw dropped today at the report on the Beeb that 'the yahoo' actually said that killing 6 (unverified) hostages means Hmas doesn't want a ceasefire. So does killing 40.000+ mean they do? Israel has killed more Israelis in this conflict than Hamas has, both hostages and on the day it began. It (strangely enough) doesn't appear to have been widely reported here but Haaretz and other Israeli media have given it decent coverage. |
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Post by zou on Sept 1, 2024 16:38:21 GMT
Oh, and Israel's assassination of the Hamas negotiator was surely a sign of how much Israel wants a ceasefire.
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Post by Chester PB on Sept 14, 2024 15:45:56 GMT
All the above only reinforce my opinion that religion is too dangerous for impressionable children to be exposed to. We try to safeguard them from violence, drugs, etc. (with varying degrees of success) but allow zealots with very unpleasant beliefs access to them so that they are indoctrinated by the time that are teenagers (which is when some parents in the USA buy them assault rifles).
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Post by don on Sept 24, 2024 7:51:03 GMT
Oh, and Israel's assassination of the Hamas negotiator was surely a sign of how much Israel wants a ceasefire. Strange that they weren’t thinking about ceasefires when they rode into that festival on October 7th I know it was a different faction but it’s like potato potarto. |
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