MAGNES strikes again.

[Skirnir_]

Magnes so were you the one that shot Skirnir in the foot with his own AK?

This is reminiscent of Wolf Blitzer's strategy of repeatedly mentioning David Duke's involvement with the Klan - argument via repetition. You had your opportunity to prove your allegations, so either prove them, or bite your tongue.

No, I think he's just been reading a lot of Machiavelli.

Machiavelli laid the foundation, Musashi placed four great bricks though he claimed five, but the author of the Book of Qi divided them into thirty-six. Mushrooms were also involved.

[vacuum]

Doesn't an ancient proverb say "Ye of many words shootith thyself in the foot" or something like that?

[Skirnir_]

Doesn't an ancient proverb say "Ye of many words shootith thyself in the foot" or something like that?

Twain noted that verbosity has its disadvantages.

[AndreaGail]

gonz..thanx 4 th reminder! i hope jed also comes back and that hes well

this!!

[sirgonzo420]

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This is reminiscent of Wolf Blitzer's strategy of repeatedly mentioning David Duke's involvement with the Klan - argument via repetition. You had your opportunity to prove your allegations, so either prove them, or bite your tongue.



Machiavelli laid the foundation, Musashi placed four great bricks though he claimed five, but the author of the Book of Qi divided them into thirty-six. Mushrooms were also involved.

Did one of Musashi's bricks not meet your quality standards?

lol... Brother Magnes gets a bit testy when he asks me for a "source" for something I've posted, and I point him in the mycological direction.

As far as whether or not you've had an AK round through your foot, as the French would say: Je m'en fous. But I know how it feels to have people try to use your posts against you. I, a white man, can identify and sound out SOME hebrew words, and so on this forum there are some who think I'm a jew! lol

[Skirnir_]

Did one of Musashi's bricks not meet your quality standards?

It was composed of void, so I could not use it.

[sirgonzo420]

It was composed of void, so I could not use it.

well played

[AndreaGail]

and enemies, LOL ! Skirnir built Agora with one link, 10 people joined,
we were way ahead of the game for this place Awoke. This is Agora
round II and a total replay of events. LOL !

Skirnir deserves great credit.

gosh that brings back memories...skirnir, JD, book, anty ep, ben shockley wildcard, mkinla, arbeitmachtfrei, naccarato, LS, mamboni, magnes, antonio, brio, rodin, ponce, marketneutral, mjk1971, and others that im probably forgetting

even Masonic Plot tried to post until he was ran off

small, but great group (maybe minus MP and ben lol), glad to see most are still around

[Santa]

I don't have time for you right now but I promise I will make time for you.

Magnes, you poor boy.

You "make malicious destructive stories up"
about other posters, past and present
that have no basis in fact or deed,
over and over and over
Even at the risk of damaging the credibility of friends of yours, and even the credibility of this forum in its entirety.

I don't know what your end purpose or ultimate intentions are and I don't care,

but let's look at what Plato thought of this topic.

Plato's Lie In The Soul

In his famous work Republic, Plato discusses the concept of the `True Lie' or the `Lie in the Soul'. Through a conversation between Socrates and Adeimantus (Plato's brother) Plato defines the `true lie' as believing wrongly about the most important things in one's life. The `lie in the soul' can be understood as Plato's answer to the Sophist Protagoras' famous assertion that "Man is the measure of all things", that, if one believes something to be so, it is so. Plato repudiated Protagoras' claim in virtually every one of his dialogues and Republic is no exception.
The `true lie' or `lie in the soul' can best be explained this way: If one believes, at a certain point, that eating carrots with every meal is the best thing one could do for one's health and, later, realizes that excess in anything can be a bad thing and stops the carrot-eating, that realization would have no long-term negative consequences on one's life. If, however, one believes the person one loves is a paragon of virtue and then discovers that person is a lying, conniving thief, this discovery could undermine one's confidence in oneself, in one's judgment, in other people, and even in a belief in God, in so far as finding out one is wrong about a person one was so certain of would lead one to question what other important matters in life one is also wrong about.

I'll interject here to point out that this is exactly what you are doing to your forum friends, by continuing this charade of deceptions, instead of just coming clean and ending the bullshit.

Plato, therefore, claims the `lie in the soul' is the worst affliction one can suffer from and differentiates this affliction from ordinary `lying' or from `story telling'. When one tells a lie, one knows that one is not telling the truth and when one tells a story one understands that the story is not absolute fact. When one has a lie in the soul, however, one is unaware that what they believe to be true is actually false and so they speak untruths constantly without knowing they are doing so. To believe wrongly about the most important things in one's life renders one incapable of seeing life realistically and, so, incapable of understanding the true nature of existence, of others and, especially, oneself.
In the following conversation from Republic, Plato claims that, 1, no one wants to be wrong about the most important matters in life, 2, an everyday `lie' is not the same thing as having a lie in one's soul, and, 3, that lies in words can be useful in helping friends or in the creation of mythologies which provide comfort and stability to people seeking the answer to where they came from and why they exist. The main problem with having a lie in the soul, as stated earlier, is that, when one holds such a lie, one cannot realize it. In order to recognize the lie in one's soul one must attach oneself to a philosopher and pursue wisdom. In this pursuit, one will come to understand what one's lie is and, once it is realized, will be able to leave the lie behind and move on to live a life of truth, honesty and clarity.

Magnes, you appear to be afflicted with this "Lie in the soul" that Plato speaks of.

You don't seem to realize that you're lying when you make up these malicious stories
about K-os and Zap and Solid and Dogman and Osoab and LT and myself as well as many others, and that these lies are why so many are upset with you.

This is also why the 7th Commandment states, "Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."

[Horn]