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Posted: 14 July 2011 03:02 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 31 ]
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Hey, Eud, thanks, but this is not important.

NV can give as good as she gets. And I can, too.

It’s just fun. Well, as far as I’m concerned it’s just fun. I just took exception to her ‘shithead’ comment. She knew that would provoke a response. That’s why she did it. To spark things up. Create a bit of interest. That’s cool. I was happy to oblige. She doesn’t even know me. And I don’t know her. We just bounce off each others words. Boingg, boingg… If she wants to ride my ass she knows I’ll ride hers.

And you are one of my favorite posters, too. At least you are consistent. Unlike that silly shit-for-brains, NV. One never knows which way that silly bitch will bounce.

[ Edited: 14 July 2011 04:41 PM by Die fröhliche Wissenschaft (Rob) ]
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Posted: 14 July 2011 05:10 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 32 ]
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eudemonia - 14 July 2011 02:51 PM

NV is a good guy Rob. Really. He has ridden my ass a couple of times on here and made be better for it. I have great respect for him. He can get ‘edgy’ at times in my view, but so can I and most others here.

I have enjoyed your commentary here from the outset as well.

Hope you guys can peace out at some point.

Thanks much, You’d. I’ll hope to make it back on to your e-mailing list soon, though I realize we never did that much back and forth. I’ve always liked your posts as well, and admire your unusually energetic intellect. It may be that you’ve influenced this place more than anyone else. As for Rob, I thought I’d made it somewhat clear over the past year or so he’s been posting that I like most everything about his approach. If he really wants to improve himself, he’s welcome to ask me for a serious critique, but he probably has no need for such a challenge.

Anyway, I fully realize that I’ve made some waves around this place since the publication of Harris’ latest. I may be formerly schizophrenic, but I’m not stupid. I know that certain people are not going to take kindly to my seeming antagonism toward Harris, in particular if they’ve publicly lusted over and over about Harris’ loveliness and have developed an excessive emotional attachment to the already married man.

At any rate, I’ll wait for your smashing rehashing of my old posts, Rob, assuming you’re still watching this thread. I realize such a campaign can take a while, so I’ll be patiently awaiting your attempted mockery of mental illness. (Really, you’re not competent enough to actually mock mental illness. Sorry.) Kock yourself out on your research, Rob. Maybe you’ll find something interesting in your reading.

In case anyone has missed it, Rob Brown said asshole things to GAD. I called Rob on his behavior, but I probably should have referred to him as an asshole rather than a shithead. (That’s an apology of sorts.) It’s a little less offensive, but I figured what the hell—might as well go for it and see what happens. Keep in mind that Rob did an asshole thing, and I called him a shithead. Somewhat arguable, but the two are more or less synonymous. Then, he continued talking like an asshole, but added all sorts of shitheadedness, so my original term turned out accurate after all. I, in turn, quickly became somewhat of a fuckwit and somewhat of a jerk, simultaneously.

I wonder if Rob gets a kick out of mocking any other psychiatric or neurological disorders. I feel a closeness to autism, Rob. Are you okay going after that disorder, as well? Why not go after some of them, just to make yourself feel great tonight (this morning, rather.) They’re very expensive to school. You could rant and rave about what a waste of humanity they are. Feel-good stuff, no doubt about it.

As for my posts being full of bullshit, I’d be a fool to argue against that claim for even a thousanth of a second.

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Posted: 14 July 2011 05:50 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 33 ]
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Golly! When I logged off this morning, Rob was recommending more fiber and fruit to Dave.
I have read the whole mess and think you guys have… have… handled it just fine.

I suppose there is a fine line between asshole and shithead. I probably missed that in high school physics, too.

And who the heck got blown away today? Who’s missing?

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Posted: 14 July 2011 06:00 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 34 ]
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nonverbal - 14 July 2011 05:10 PM
eudemonia - 14 July 2011 02:51 PM

NV is a good guy Rob. Really. He has ridden my ass a couple of times on here and made be better for it. I have great respect for him. He can get ‘edgy’ at times in my view, but so can I and most others here.

I have enjoyed your commentary here from the outset as well.

Hope you guys can peace out at some point.

Thanks much, You’d. I’ll hope to make it back on to your e-mailing list soon, though I realize we never did that much back and forth. I’ve always liked your posts as well, and admire your unusually energetic intellect. It may be that you’ve influenced this place more than anyone else. As for Rob, I thought I’d made it somewhat clear over the past year or so he’s been posting that I like most everything about his approach. If he really wants to improve himself, he’s welcome to ask me for a serious critique, but he probably has no need for such a challenge.

Anyway, I fully realize that I’ve made some waves around this place since the publication of Harris’ latest. I may be formerly schizophrenic, but I’m not stupid. I know that certain people are not going to take kindly to my seeming antagonism toward Harris, in particular if they’ve publicly lusted over and over about Harris’ loveliness and have developed an excessive emotional attachment to the already married man.

At any rate, I’ll wait for your smashing rehashing of my old posts, Rob, assuming you’re still watching this thread. I realize such a campaign can take a while, so I’ll be patiently awaiting your attempted mockery of mental illness. (Really, you’re not competent enough to actually mock mental illness. Sorry.) Kock yourself out on your research, Rob. Maybe you’ll find something interesting in your reading.

In case anyone has missed it, Rob Brown said asshole things to GAD. I called Rob on his behavior, but I probably should have referred to him as an asshole rather than a shithead. (That’s an apology of sorts.) It’s a little less offensive, but I figured what the hell—might as well go for it and see what happens. Keep in mind that Rob did an asshole thing, and I called him a shithead. Somewhat arguable, but the two are more or less synonymous. Then, he continued talking like an asshole, but added all sorts of shitheadedness, so my original term turned out accurate after all. I, in turn, quickly became somewhat of a fuckwit and somewhat of a jerk, simultaneously.

I wonder if Rob gets a kick out of mocking any other psychiatric or neurological disorders. I feel a closeness to autism, Rob. Are you okay going after that disorder, as well? Why not go after some of them, just to make yourself feel great tonight (this morning, rather.) They’re very expensive to school. You could rant and rave about what a waste of humanity they are. Feel-good stuff, no doubt about it.

As for my posts being full of bullshit, I’d be a fool to argue against that claim for even a thousanth of a second.

Oh, come on. You can’t be serious. This is the most insipid, weak excuse for bad behaviour I have ever read. Get off the pity pot!

You insulted me. I responded. Then you try to get a free ride on my sexuality. And now you try to twist my joking references to Sam’s cuteness to make out that I am biased in favour of his worldview just because I think he’s cute. Well, that’s typical. Wheel out the big bad gay boogeyman to cover your own bad behaviour. Catholics do it all the time. And so do others in an attempt to excuse their own bad behaviour. Actually, I like Sam’s mind. Not his body. I’m too old to seriously entertain that stuff any more. I like his mind and I think he’s a good person. So what?

And this weak ass shit about your mental illness is just sickening. I’ve never mocked anyone about their illness. I’ve had my own problems in that regard, but I don’t talk about it, and I certainly don’t use it as an excuse for bad behaviour. I have never read such a piss poor excuse. Sickening! You ought to grow up and take responsibility for your own actions and words.

NV, I am happy to play you on an even playing field. I like boxing too. But don’t snipe at me from the safety of the grandstand. I’ll come up form the field and grab you by the neck every time. You can squeal, “Oh, poor me. Look what this horrible fag’s doing to me. And me a sick man!” That means fuck all to me. In real life if someone did that to me I’d drop them where they stood. I wouldn’t first ask if they had an illness or whether they liked fags.

Boy, you go from bad to worse! If you want to apologise then fucking well do so. I’ll accept it. But do not blame me for your behaviour. Your a big boy with a big brain. You don’t need to do that weak sort of shit.

[ Edited: 14 July 2011 06:16 PM by Die fröhliche Wissenschaft (Rob) ]
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Posted: 14 July 2011 06:28 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 35 ]
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Die fröhliche Wissenschaft - 14 July 2011 06:00 PM

Oh, come on. You can’t be serious. This is the most insipid, weak excuse for bad behaviour I have ever read. Get off the pity pot!

You insulted me. I responded. Then you try to get a free ride on my sexuality. And now you try to twist my joking references to Sam’s cuteness to make out that I am biased in favour of his worldview just because I think he’s cute. Well, that’s typical. Wheel out the big bad gay boogeyman to cover your own bad behaviour. Catholics do it all the time. And so do others in an attempt to excuse their own bad behaviour. Actually, I like Sam’s mind. Not his body. I’m too old to seriously entertain that stuff any more. I like his mind and I think he’s a good person. So what?

And this weak ass shit about your mental illness is just sickening. I’ve never mocked anyone about their illness. I’ve had my own problems in that regard, but I don’t talk about it, and I certainly don’t use it as an excuse for bad behaviour. I have never read such a piss poor excuse. Sickening! You ought to grow up and take responsibility for your own actions and words.

NV, I am happy to play you on an even playing field. I like boxing too. But don’t snipe at me from the safety of the grandstand. I’ll come up form the field and grab you by the neck every time. You can squeal, “Oh, poor me. Look what this horrible fag’s doing to me. That means fuck all to me. In real life if someone did that I’d drop them where they stood. I wouldn’t first ask if they had an illness or whether they liked fags.

Boy, you go from bad to worse! If you want to apologise then fucking well do so. I’ll accept it. But do not blame me for your behaviour. Your a big boy with a big brain. You don’t need to do that weak sort of shit.

I’d requote your attempted pick-up lines, but don’t like to repeat myself. They probably won’t go anywhere unless the whole thread goes there with it. Your sexual preference means nothing to me. It’s all schticklock, stupid. Get with the program. I no longer see you as a lawyer simply because you’ve seemed so utterly stupid today. I casually referred to you as a shithead. Live with the name. It fits. It at times fits all who have ever walked the planet, idiot.

As for the mental illness issue, please reread your words before commenting again. You are making no sense. I hope for your sake that you’ve been drunk all day/night today. That you could recover from, in time, perhaps with assistance. Good luck, SH.

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Posted: 14 July 2011 06:36 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 36 ]
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This is sounding like last-word-itis.

I should let them bury you guys in golf clubs and cheap handbags.

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Posted: 14 July 2011 06:48 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 37 ]
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Nhoj Morley - 14 July 2011 06:36 PM

This is sounding like last-word-itis.

I should let them bury you guys in golf clubs and cheap handbags.

Thanks for the gentle advice, Nhoj. I’ll consider it an instruction. Last word will be to my opponent, unless he once again tries to draw me back in.

I hope we were entertaining, at least. I hear no applause—only the silence of my schizophrenia and surrounding autism.

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Posted: 14 July 2011 06:51 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 38 ]
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Die fröhliche Wissenschaft - 14 July 2011 06:00 PM

Oh, come on. You can’t be serious. This is the most insipid, weak excuse for bad behaviour I have ever read. Get off the pity pot!

You insulted me. I responded. Then you try to get a free ride on my sexuality. And now you try to twist my joking references to Sam’s cuteness to make out that I am biased in favour of his worldview just because I think he’s cute. Well, that’s typical. Wheel out the big bad gay boogeyman to cover your own bad behaviour. Catholics do it all the time. And so do others in an attempt to excuse their own bad behaviour. Actually, I like Sam’s mind. Not his body. I’m too old to seriously entertain that stuff any more. I like his mind and I think he’s a good person. So what?

And this weak ass shit about your mental illness is just sickening. I’ve never mocked anyone about their illness. I’ve had my own problems in that regard, but I don’t talk about it, and I certainly don’t use it as an excuse for bad behaviour. I have never read such a piss poor excuse. Sickening! You ought to grow up and take responsibility for your own actions and words.

NV, I am happy to play you on an even playing field. I like boxing too. But don’t snipe at me from the safety of the grandstand. I’ll come up form the field and grab you by the neck every time. You can squeal, “Oh, poor me. Look what this horrible fag’s doing to me. That means fuck all to me. In real life if someone did that I’d drop them where they stood. I wouldn’t first ask if they had an illness or whether they liked fags.

Boy, you go from bad to worse! If you want to apologise then fucking well do so. I’ll accept it. But do not blame me for your behaviour. Your a big boy with a big brain. You don’t need to do that weak sort of shit.

I’d requote your attempted pick-up lines, but don’t like to repeat myself. They probably won’t go anywhere unless the whole thread goes there with it. Your sexual preference means nothing to me. It’s all schticklock, stupid. Get with the program. I no longer see you as a lawyer simply because you’ve seemed so utterly stupid today. I casually referred to you as a shithead. Live with the name. It fits. It at times fits all who have ever walked the planet, idiot.

As for the mental illness issue, please reread your words before commenting again. You are making no sense. I hope for your sake that you’ve been drunk all day/night today. That you could recover from, in time, perhaps with assistance. Good luck, SH.

Yeah, right. Crawl back into your pity pot. Attempted pick-up lines? So quote’em, dipshit!  Go trawl through all my posts to try to sjhow what a big bad boogeyman I am. Won’t do you any good. What a fucking sissy!

If you can’t take it, sunshine, then don’t give it. Grow up!

And know this, girly, you’ll never get a free ride on me.

There. I think I’ll leave it there for now. You’re getting boring. And I have things to do. It’s golf day for one thing.  So, happy sniffling. I don’t feel sorry for you at all.

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Posted: 14 July 2011 09:07 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 39 ]
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Die fröhliche Wissenschaft - 14 July 2011 06:51 PM

. . . Grow up!

I’ll do what I can.

Good night, dear. Please don’t think I’m out to get you.

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Nhoj Morley - 14 July 2011 05:50 PM

And who the heck got blown away today? Who’s missing?

Who, GAD? He’s the one with the formidable IQ. He knows better.

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Posted: 15 July 2011 12:02 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 41 ]
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Ah, and the point of this OP was?

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