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Cary

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49. Nothing I have said is nonsense

Reply to Romulox (Reply #45)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 05:52 PM

Jul 2012

You allow yourself to be mocked by the truth, so why shouldn't I oblige?

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What happened to the art of moderation? [View all] Cary Jul 2012 OP

... ananda Jul 2012 #1

It doesn't work? zipplewrath Jul 2012 #2

But... Cary Jul 2012 #3

Probably need a better word zipplewrath Jul 2012 #22

Actually, Cary Jul 2012 #24

I will try to explain this to you, but it can take years to master Cary Jul 2012 #26

The Tao Te Ching isn't a martial arts manual! Romulox Jul 2012 #29

No one said the Tao was a martial arts manual Cary Jul 2012 #32

I don't agree. Any evidence that Lao Tzu or Chuang Tzu practiced Tai Chi? Did they mention it? Romulox Jul 2012 #34

Do you have any evidence that they were actual persons? Cary Jul 2012 #38

What difference does it make? Neither of Taoism's seminal texts mention Tai Chi. It must therefore Romulox Jul 2012 #40

Nice non-sequitur Cary Jul 2012 #44

The analogy is that neither teacher mentioned these things, while their so-called "followers" obsess Romulox Jul 2012 #47

Your comparison sucks, Lox Cary Jul 2012 #53

If Tai Chi was crucial to understanding the Tao, Lao Tzu or Chuang Tzu would've practiced it. QED. Romulox Jul 2012 #61

There you go again. Cary Jul 2012 #64

having flashbacks zipplewrath Jul 2012 #63

Your ignorance 12 years ago is nothing to be ashamed of. Cary Jul 2012 #65

Your confidence is interesting zipplewrath Jul 2012 #68

The fact that I don't believe I can explain it well to you doesn't mean... Cary Jul 2012 #70

It "doesn't work" in the manner that you expect/require/demand that it does. And patrice Jul 2012 #52

Patrice, it is happening Cary Jul 2012 #54

There's LOTS of stuff that goes on on this board, much of it fueled by our assumptions about one patrice Jul 2012 #57

The proof is in the pudding Cary Jul 2012 #59

And, yes, authentic engagement does very much require restraint. It's just too bad that so many patrice Jul 2012 #58

That's an intriguing passage, but I don't think it speaks to *political* "moderation". Romulox Jul 2012 #4

Corporate backed centrism is not a Virtue n/t Cary Jul 2012 #5

Right. But that's what "political moderation" means. nt Romulox Jul 2012 #7

By whose definition? Cary Jul 2012 #8

Reality (the last 30 years of history, more precisely.) nt Romulox Jul 2012 #10

So you're allowing "conservatives" to define your terms? Cary Jul 2012 #11

"Triangulation" was the euphemism used by Bill Clinton and Dick Morris. Are they "conservatives"? Romulox Jul 2012 #18

I think you and I may be talking past each other n/t Cary Jul 2012 #21

Not at all. You are being rigid! "Restraint begins with giving up one's own ideas." nt Romulox Jul 2012 #30

In this context that would mean giving up the idea that you matter Cary Jul 2012 #33

You can seek exceptions if you wish: "To follow a one-sided opinion is to diverge from Tao." nt Romulox Jul 2012 #36

You're arguing for a one-sided opinion, arent you? Cary Jul 2012 #39

It will be another 10 years, at least. Read Chuang-tzu; become a student first, THEN a sage! nt Romulox Jul 2012 #42

I don't plan to stop learning, ever Cary Jul 2012 #50

It's clear you're not an expert on the Taoist classics. That's all that need be said. nt Romulox Jul 2012 #62

How would you know? n/t Cary Jul 2012 #66

burned out by the cudgel of conformity n/t librechik Jul 2012 #6

We were all brainwashed by Marilyn Manson snooper2 Jul 2012 #9

Anonymity. Igel Jul 2012 #12

Where do you get the idea that things designed by committee tend to be uninspired and lackluster? Cary Jul 2012 #14

I see no evidence whatsoever that peer groups generally come up with corporate friendly to TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #25

"Moderates are hard to pigeonhole on beliefs and policy preferences because there is a yin and yang" Cary Jul 2012 #27

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Tom Paine Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #13

Tom was not a moderate, to be sure Cary Jul 2012 #16

Epictetus is dead to me Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #15

I doubt that Epictetus knew Lao Tsu n/t Cary Jul 2012 #17

Now it's sent to a jury and they can decide if it meets community standards or not. Brickbat Jul 2012 #19

???? Cary Jul 2012 #20

They're playing at puns--as in "FORUM MODERATION". DU3 has done away with it. nt Romulox Jul 2012 #31

You're saying they're humorless? Cary Jul 2012 #35

No. They were making a "pun" (a play on words.) They were referring to MESSAGE BOARD MODERATION Romulox Jul 2012 #37

I'm doing a rather nice job of mocking you. Cary Jul 2012 #41

To what end? I attempted to discuss politics and Taoism with you, but you just started acting out? Romulox Jul 2012 #43

Please... Cary Jul 2012 #48

Nonsense. Most of this is a defensive smokescreen for the fact you don't know Chuang-tzu. Romulox Jul 2012 #60

Nonsense. Most of your schtick is an amateurish, third rate ego play. Cary Jul 2012 #67

Also, if you are "mocking me" by talking nonsense, what are you doing with the rest of your posts? Romulox Jul 2012 #45

Nothing I have said is nonsense Cary Jul 2012 #49

It was replaced with the art of Hosting... SidDithers Jul 2012 #23

And MIRTing hootinholler Jul 2012 #28

What a *strange* sort of train-wreck... nt Romulox Jul 2012 #46

Not really. Cary Jul 2012 #51

It got out of control? nt Arctic Dave Jul 2012 #55

"Control"? Cary Jul 2012 #56

All things in moderation. randome Jul 2012 #69