re: I Know NothingAnekantavad2024-10-22 | re: I Know NothingAndy the Dionysian, Dancing In Public.Anekantavad2021-01-09 | ...Jordan Peterson and His Collectivism-nessAnekantavad2018-09-25 | Another disjointed ramble that goes on too long.
The only objection I have to his "covert collectivism" is that it IS covert. As in hypocritical, and in a discourse where hypocrisy is not acceptable,Jordan Peterson: Collectivist.Anekantavad2018-09-24 | Ironic, no?Jordan Peterson and MeAnekantavad2018-09-23 | We're both Canadian. We both dislike Political Correctness, identity politics, and the cult of the victim.
There the similarities END. Jordan Peterson is the EXACT OPPOSITE of everything I subscribe to.Can Our Future Be Built?Anekantavad2018-07-12 | What does "voluntary" mean, vs "involuntary"?First-Person Value (Nicolaus de Silentio)Anekantavad2018-07-10 | Response to: youtube.com/watch?v=mqPXHQbatjALove/Hate: False Dichotomy?Anekantavad2018-07-08 | Should it be Love/Fear?Life is MessyAnekantavad2018-07-07 | But she was alive And they were dead.Where is Horror?Anekantavad2018-07-06 | Is it "out there"? Or "in here"? And what does that say about its fundamental nature?Dealing With the Sum of All FearsAnekantavad2018-07-05 | One suggestion: take it slow.Time, Philosophy, and Sanity.Anekantavad2018-07-04 | Are there some doors best left closed?What Is TIme, and Do We Really Want to Know?Anekantavad2018-07-02 | Watch this mad ramble at your own risk.Is Victimhood a Choice?Anekantavad2018-06-30 | ... or ar we all victims of the cosmos?re: Fear of VictimhoodAnekantavad2018-06-29 | Remember: This is a "first person" matter. It is NOT about anyone but oneself.Feminism and Male Victim Mentality.Anekantavad2018-06-28 | And the link is the Guardian, not the BBC: theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/mongolia-reverse-gender-gap-marriage-rate-decline-career-women?CMP=share_btn_fbThe Implications of VictimhoodAnekantavad2018-06-23 | Luc Taylor's video: youtube.com/watch?v=RxM1kg4bsAg&t=0s
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
― Aldous Huxley, Crome YellowAm I A Victim? And Who Decides?Anekantavad2018-06-22 | Answer the question: Do I get to make the call? Or does somebody else?Who Decides If Im A Victim?Anekantavad2018-06-21 | I do, Mr Wormtongue. You most certainly do NOT. And I decline.
Here's why.re: IndmendhamAnekantavad2018-06-20 | Want to understand the psychology of the person who is a victim, in an almost fundamental sense? Inmendham is the best education in that area.Why I Will Probably Never Unsubscribe From InmendhamAnekantavad2018-06-19 | Opposition - even of the vehement kind - has its place. (With all due respect to pyrrho, who I most certainly DO think very highly of)Anthony Bourdain and Why I Choose Life.Anekantavad2018-06-14 | "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. " -Albert CamusToronto Van AttackAnekantavad2018-04-24 | Alek Minassian is not a Muslim name. Does this make you feel cheated?The Patriarchy 3Anekantavad2018-04-22 | Can we be both patriarchy and matriarchy? If not, why not?
The Saptabangi:
1- Arguably, it (that is, some object) exists (syad asty eva). 2 - Arguably, it does not exist (syan nasty eva). 3 - Arguably, it exists; arguably, it doesn't exist (syad asty eva syan nasty eva). 4 - Arguably, it is non-assertible (syad avaktavyam eva). 5 - Arguably, it exists; arguably, it is non-assertible (syad asty eva syad avaktavyam eva). 6 - Arguably, it doesn't exist; arguably, it is non-assertible (syan nasty eva syad avaktavyam eva). 7 - Arguably, it exists; arguably, it doesn't exist; arguably it is non-assertible (syad asty eva syan nasty eva syad avaktavyam eva).The Patriarchy 2Anekantavad2018-04-21 | If we ARE a patriarchy, who is in the most advantageous position in terms of playing the system?The PatriarchyAnekantavad2018-04-20 | There is NO system ever created that cannot be played, including the Patriarchy.Toxic Empathy 2Anekantavad2018-04-18 | Do I have to back down when somebody tells me that their suffering makes it inevitable that they act self-destructively?Toxic EmpathyAnekantavad2018-04-15 | "“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
― Aldous Huxley, Crome YellowDealing With Taboo ViolationAnekantavad2018-03-26 | All rules are hereby suspended for this occasion?
The Pitești Experiment. Read at your own risk: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pite%C8%99ti_PrisonIs Aversion to Suffering Rational?Anekantavad2018-03-25 | I would like to hear arguments that it is.The WHY of Taboo.Anekantavad2018-03-24 | Why indeed is anything taboo?Taboo and Ritual Animal Slaughter.Anekantavad2018-03-23 | ...Thought ExperimentAnekantavad2018-03-21 | Shocking? Remember: this is a THOUGHT EXPERIMENT! :-)White Privilege 2Anekantavad2018-03-20 | Or privilege in general.White PrivilegeAnekantavad2018-03-19 | ... and privilege in general.
The article I refer to
teenvogue.com/story/stephen-hawking-free-from-his-wheelchair-ablistNon-Western ThinkingAnekantavad2018-03-13 | Do we come to LIKE, even prefer, our environment, no matter what it is?Protectress of Vulnerable WomenAnekantavad2018-03-13 | And it's actually Tara Maa, with her jaw and tongue dripping with blood. Having said that. they are usually seen as manifestations of each other.Sanctity and Filth.Anekantavad2018-03-13 | Life is messy. Getting dirty is fun, if one remembers.Varanasi Chants.Anekantavad2018-03-13 | Heard in a narrow street in the Old City of Varanasi.
Before any of them were written down, the Vedas, Puranas, Sastras, Tantras etc all existed only in verse, 'written' on the memories of Brahmin priests.
I believe these chants are young Brahmins learning their 'lines', just as their forebears have done for over 3 millennia.Know ThyselfAnekantavad2018-02-16 | ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΑΥΤΟΝIs Morbidity All That Morbid?Anekantavad2018-02-16 | "Death makes us complete" - Chief Dan George, 'The Dreamspeaker'
Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, India. Where the cremation pyres never go out.Death As Triumph.Anekantavad2018-02-16 | Albeit a nervous sort of triumphalism. The bells - if, indeed, they are bells - seem joyous, but acutely aware of their own profundity.
This is death. About as profound as it gets. Dawn at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, India.
The European-looking spire at lower centre is where the cremations take place.Thoughts on StigmaAnekantavad2018-02-06 | "The problem with reality is that it is frequently inaccurate" - Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyExtended AbsenceAnekantavad2017-10-14 | ... feeling slightly remiss in my social relationships.I Am a Bigot: The Limits of ToleranceAnekantavad2017-08-05 | No church for Andy. Period.re: Eidetic Memory & Analytic Emotions (pyrrho/Connor)Anekantavad2017-06-23 | Response to:youtube.com/watch?v=-c-dSknIZj4&t=200s AND youtube.com/watch?v=Gqy8FbkbM3I&t=5s