Displaying 1,441 To 1,470 Of 3,538 Comments 1.) I have to have my Sparkle paper towels. They’re the best. 2.)I’m all for privacy protection but the internet is the least private thing in existence. Good luck with that. 3.)Kill all the white man 4.)$2,000? God I wish I had $2,000. 5.)Which will come first? Economic collapse or massive climate change? Right now I’m still with massive climate change but, economic collapse has really made up some ground. » Posted By ADONAI On May 26, 2011 @ 1:56 pm Indeed KT. But in clear 2 sided situations he is probably the most truthful option. If he argues one side, then you know the other side is true. » Posted By ADONAI On July 25, 2011 @ 3:46 pm It’s totally a set up question. But that’s the danger of women. They don’t argue fairly. I think it was Chris Rock who pointed out that they file away arguments to use against you later. And men argue simply and to the point. Women are much, MUCH more complex with their arguments. Which is also not fair since women are obviously more in touch with their emotions than men. But Louis C.K. has a great way out of it. Just take her side. It will confuse the hell out of her and cut the argument in half. » Posted By ADONAI On July 25, 2011 @ 3:43 pm That’s a fucked up story! He didn’t really lie though. The state declared him dead. And who knows to whom he owed those debts to. Could be mafia related. Then I suggest that you run and never stop. Lie as often as you have to. It’s the fucking mob! » Posted By ADONAI On July 25, 2011 @ 2:48 pm Here’s how that goes if honesty is the best policy: Woman: “Does this outfit make me look fat?” You: “No. But your ass does. BAM!” At that point I would suggest you immediately duck. Here’s the better answer: Woman: “Does this outfit make me look fat?” You: (at this point you should jam the sharpest object you find directly into your leg) Trust me. It is totally worth it. » Posted By ADONAI On July 25, 2011 @ 2:45 pm Thanks! » Posted By ADONAI On July 23, 2011 @ 3:05 pm I tend to believe that too. It’s not the action you should judge but the intent. » Posted By ADONAI On July 23, 2011 @ 2:51 pm KT, It’s a paradox. If a person lies all the time then you know the opposite of what they say is always true. So, in a sense, this person can be a regular source of truthful information. You just know to do the opposite. you seek a liar to find the truth. » Posted By ADONAI On July 23, 2011 @ 2:47 pm Indeed I did. But I can’t operate on the belief that “lying is a heinous crime”. I can think of many crimes far worse than lying. From the article: Lying isn’t treason. Not to yourself or the person you’re lying to. My theory is that since lying is a natural development that comes to every single human being, denying the ability to lie is in someways denying a part of the natural order. To condemn lying in such a strong manner is really the perversion of the natural order. And if everyone lied the world would be the most honest it has ever been. » Posted By ADONAI On July 22, 2011 @ 6:28 pm I can go with that KT. Deception isn’t necessary in the build up but it can’t be done without during the conflict. And Patton sure did. There’s a story in the blog post I did on him where he was meeting with Ike and other commanders to discuss plans in France and Patton told him he had it covered. Had 3 divisions ready to go as soon as the meeting was over. Well, Ike eventually turned him down. Patton said “no problem, we’ll wait for your command” then left the building, walked straight to a phone, and called in the order to advance anyways, knowing it would force Ike’s hand. Dude was crafty. » Posted By ADONAI On July 22, 2011 @ 4:32 pm Henry VIII didn’t care at all. If I remember correctly, he only did all that so he could get divorced. That’s it! More could have believed whatever he wanted and died a happy old man if he had just publicly said some dumb shit about the King that no one else believed either. Oh well. Pride comes before the fall. I’m interested in hearing the Kant clock tower story too. But I totally agree with Nietzsche. We lie to ourselves more than we do anyone else. It’s the little lies we tell ourselves everyday that keep us going. The first part to a successful lie is it’s believability. It has to sound like it could be true. The Norse god Loki is the best example I know of regarding master deceivers. His deceptions carried truths in them or at least the veracity of the truth. That is the mark of a truly great deceiver. The ability to fool people with the truth. » Posted By ADONAI On July 22, 2011 @ 4:27 pm HA! Thanks wts. I think. 😉 I try my best to avoid big lies. I lie everyday. Little things. “Oh yeah this tastes great.” or “That’s not my weed officer.” Stuff I know can only come back to hurt me alone. But I try to be as honest as I can. Some people get pissed about that too though. I don’t like the term, “brutally honest”. I’m just honest. I do try to spare people’s feelings. But if they demand an honest answer I will give it. Though I find they most often just want you to lie. » Posted By ADONAI On July 22, 2011 @ 4:17 pm I believe you have the right approach KT. It’s not about lying. It’s about not putting yourself in a position where the choice comes up. And Kant had a beautiful philosophical mind but you can never be a slave to your beliefs. It is a well hidden means of robbing you of your free will. » Posted By ADONAI On July 22, 2011 @ 4:11 pm Indeed. But part of war is actually building the will for it. Sun Tzu himself was known to deceive his own leaders to get “agreeable results”. Most often in incidents where he felt a swift strike was necessary but the order was to wait. He simply manufactured a reason to go. Thus, all war is deception. War is more than what happens on the battlefield. » Posted By ADONAI On July 22, 2011 @ 4:07 pm choice, Thank you. And I totally get your question but I just don’t think our physical and technical limitations would apply to them. Could be anti gravity as Caru said or some kind of propulsion we have absolutely no concept of. They’re always shown moving slowly, and that’s understandable, but the hovering isn’t so far fetched. We’re developing anti gravity like technology on this planet right now. We’ll need it to get future star ships off the ground until they can all be built in space. Again, an advanced alien race is probably WAY ahead of us on that front. And remember, Hollywood gets their ideas from science fiction writers. Science fiction writers get their ideas from actual science. » Posted By ADONAI On May 29, 2011 @ 2:41 pm KT, It’s called the Kardashev scale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale » Posted By ADONAI On May 29, 2011 @ 2:26 pm wts, That’s a pretty good theory. I wonder how the governments of Earth would respond. maybe they just appear as helpless victims, then take over in a subtle way. Or, like in the movie They Live, they just slowly mingle into the population unnoticed until they just take over all aspects of our world. That’s a good one wts. Definitely one to consider. » Posted By ADONAI On May 28, 2011 @ 9:01 pm choice, The ships are most likely built in space. That’s why they are so large. You don’t need to be aerodynamic traveling through space. It’s a vacuum. No friction to slow you down. The reason bugs fall so far and aren’t hurt is because they have little weight and mass. The key to velocity. No matter how far you fall, you will reach a max speed, your terminal velocity, and never go over it. For bugs, the TV isn’t very high and the impact of their mass is very small. The attack ships are bit smaller and more rounded to travel through the atmosphere but if they are employing advanced tech, it probably doesn’t matter what their ship looks like. I’m guessing it has so much crap hanging off it because whatever is driving all that energy, you want it as far away from the rest of the ship as possible. Small ships would make sense for some species that just wants to observe us and not draw attention to itself. If it’s an invasion, they’re bringing their capital ships. I cannot stress it enough, if you have mastered traveling between the stars, the word impossible has little meaning to you. » Posted By ADONAI On May 28, 2011 @ 8:58 pm wts, that is highly plausible. Most likely though they wouldn’t want to occupy the planet. All those years in space would make it very difficult to acclimatize to a new planet. They’d probably just pillage it like the Vikings did when they really needed resources. And if they can travel between the stars, energy is not an issue for them. If they need resources then it is simply because they don’t have the means to reproduce it themselves for whatever reason. Better to keep moving anyways. Eventually they’ll run out of what they want here. I see it like the aliens in Independence Day. Just hopping from planet to planet, taking all the resources they find useful. Their numbers probably far exceed ours too so this planet wouldn’t offer a lot of room. Though a refugee situation like in District 9 isn’t out of the question. But if aliens show up seeking asylum, do we let them in? What they’re running from could be serious bad news for us. » Posted By ADONAI On May 28, 2011 @ 8:23 pm jkk, There was a time when this was purely science fiction but, as technology advanced, so to did our understanding of the universe. And the fact we are more than likely not the only ones here. The question is, where are they? We’re finding tons of planets that could possibly support what we think of as life. Now, what about all the planets where life we have no concept of exists? We find things here living in some pretty extreme conditions. Things that can live in the vacuum of space. Who knows what is out there? But I’m in no rush to find out. » Posted By ADONAI On May 28, 2011 @ 7:37 pm KT, I’ve heard him talking about that. I am very much in agreement with him. We shouldn’t be advertising our existence. He’s the first person that made me hesitate about finding alien life out there. » Posted By ADONAI On May 28, 2011 @ 7:30 pm Good stuff Khirad. Khan is a very cool name. I’m not surprised most entertainers take to it. Sorry about the Alexander comparison. 🙂 There was just no one else to even compare with. No one comes close. And I was noticing that about Mongol culture as well as I was reading. That there didn’t seem to be a Mongol empire so much as a confederacy of very different people all ruled by a Mongol leader. But the Mongol culture was pretty young wasn’t it? They were in conflicts with cultures thousands of years older. And they never really set still. From what I understand, they rarely dominated the cities or regions they captured. Many just kept moving. They just let many people be. And that probably is why their empire lasted so long. Sure, they put down their share of rebellions but, many people seemed to openly accept their rule. I’ve never heard of an army take on so many defectors. It’s like they were just waiting for Genghis to show up so they could join him. » Posted By ADONAI On June 26, 2011 @ 12:34 pm After it’s been published? All I ever get is the option to view it. » Posted By ADONAI On June 25, 2011 @ 5:50 pm If it’s not noticeable then by all means don’t worry about it. I;ll just delete the comment where I pointed it out. 🙂 » Posted By ADONAI On June 25, 2011 @ 5:48 pm Kalima, Thank yo so much. But, please, no rush. Enjoy your day off. Here are the sentences: “Around 1201, Temuijin began his campaign against the Naimans.” “In 1206, Jamuka’s armies were routed and he was turned over to Temuijin by his own men.” They’re both in the “Death of Dynasties” section, one right after the other. Again, thank you. » Posted By ADONAI On June 25, 2011 @ 5:09 pm Indeed I have. Love that movie. It’s where I stole the title. 🙂 » Posted By ADONAI On June 25, 2011 @ 1:48 pm The Robert Gates story is what caught my attention the most. I don’t get the defense he’s giving. Our “failures” in Iraq and Afghanistan aren’t an indication that our Army is weak. It’s definitely not an indication that they are underfunded. Undersupplied sometimes? Yes. But that’s a different corrupt problem. Mr. Gates said. “But make no mistake, the ultimate guarantee against the success of aggressors, dictators and terrorists in the 21st century, as in the 20th, is hard power — the size, strength and global reach of the United States military.” Lord knows I understand the need for people who will kill on command, but we have A LOT of them already. And fuck manpower anyways. China and Russia have us beaten on that. We are the most technologically advanced military on the planet. And not by a little bit. Many people play down our military superiority but every great advance that countries like China,Korea, and Russia have made has been from co-opting advanced tech we have long since moved past. I bow to Japan’s robotic and technical wizardry, but DARPA gives them a run for their money. And they are ONLY concerned with military applications. We lose when it’s a long war that devolves to guerrilla tactics. It’s the only way to beat a superior force. So the military is not a good fit for the “war on terror”. Soft force got us Bin Laden. Soft force is rallying change around the Middle East. I think the military gets more than enough money to do what they need to do. Honestly, if WW3 broke out tomorrow, is anyone really banking on the other side? No matter who that would be. Carthage was NEVER going to beat Rome. The South NEVER had a chance to win the Civil War. These aren’t absolutes. The American Revolution has shown that a smaller, less advanced force can repel a far superior one. Same with the Mujaheddin and Russia in Afghanistan and the ancient Greeks and Persians. This all speaks to will. The will to outlast and survive. Armies. Break. Wills. That is not how America will “win the world”. You know what happened after the American Revolution? The British came back. In 1812 they came back, whipped the piss out of us, and burnt Washington. And they just left. Sure, if hey hadn’t accepted peace, it would have been a hard battle but they would have won. No more America. Again, thank France. We have a strong military, we have strong allies. Gates worries too much. (i apologize for the rambling. I was high) » Posted By ADONAI On May 25, 2011 @ 4:36 pm Transcript Theater: Tea Party Meeting, March 2011 Everyone keep saying that! But someone had to be the straight guy. I honestly think Palin is really the least crazy of that group. Most of what she does is just an act. She’s more calculated than everyone else. » Posted By ADONAI On June 4, 2011 @ 9:32 pm Things will have to get worse. It’s human nature. Live in the moment. And things will get worse. Then we’ll see what America has left. And there’s always the chance that it’s too late. It’s always worse than they tell you it is. But we’ll be alright. I still have faith in this place. It’s been through worse. » Posted By ADONAI On May 24, 2011 @ 4:40 pm The fragility and unpredicatability of life…. A Psalm of Life Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is real! Life is earnest! Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Art is long, and Time is fleeting, In the world’s broad field of battle, Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant! Lives of great men all remind us Footprints, that perhaps another, Let us, then, be up and doing, ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Somnio Domini. Et ipsi veniam” Condolences to those affected Abby. Such a sudden loss, comprehending it will most certainly take time. It truly does put things in perspective. » Posted By ADONAI On May 23, 2011 @ 6:15 pmComments Posted By ADONAI
“Once one realizes that lying is a form of treason, one may no longer wish to oppose Kant’s claims that lying is wrong.”
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