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theophilus

theophilus

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Grosnick Marowbe said:
Hey Jagg, you'll probably make friends with posters that are diametrically
opposed to your own beliefs? I have posters that I don't agree with and visa-
versa. However, I like them and they like me. I know that's a strange
dichotomy but, it happens. Some times you start out being enemy like
then, for some unforeseen reason, that change's.
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Kind of like teenagers and their parents.

:)
 
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JAGG

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Grosnick Marowbe said:
Hey Jagg, you'll probably make friends with posters that are diametrically
opposed to your own beliefs? I have posters that I don't agree with and visa-
versa. However, I like them and they like me. I know that's a strange
dichotomy but, it happens. Some times you start out being enemy like
then, for some unforeseen reason, that change's.
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Grosnick,

With a slight grin I reply: Yeah, maybe so. I have experienced that a few times
here in CrazyWorld [the Internet]. Thanks for the tip which was a pleasant thought.
I like pleasant thoughts. Music too. And exciting new food recipes. Top quality
movies like Avatar and Prometheus, and books, man alive I do love good books.
I just acquired How To Survive PureX, by Hannibal Lector . . . Chapter One is titled:
"Don't Let Him Get Inside Your Head." .. lol ..
 
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Lon

Lon

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PureX said:
Where does it come from? I've never heard it before.
I sort of get this one: meaning; "regarding your approach to the subject …"

And I asked because I was interested. Not because it was "necessary".
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:doh: "JAGG!" Come-on Purex! Land this plane!
 
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JAGG

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PureX said:
Where does it come from? I've never heard it before.
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I picked up "on your lights" while reading philosophy somewhere on the web years ago.

The explanatory-light that you would shine on a subject as you attempted to make it clearer and
clearer would be "your lights" that you were shining on a point-subject-issue. The phrase is
equivalent to "on your clarity-attempts" or "on your explanations."

I sometimes use the phrase to refer to a position someone holds,
for example I might say, "On Darwinism the human man is
a biological accident of nature, like a housefly."

Or I might say, "On your atheism the human man has the same
ultimate destiny as a house plant."
 
Lon

Lon

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JAGG said:
I picked up "on your lights" while reading philosophy somewhere on the web years ago.

The explanatory-light that you would shine on a subject as you attempted to make it clearer and
clearer would be "your lights" that you were shining on a point-subject-issue. The phrase is
equivalent to "on your clarity-attempts" or "on your explanations."

I sometimes use the phrase to refer to a position someone holds,
for example I might say, "On Darwinism the human man is
a biological accident of nature, like a housefly."

Or I might say, "On your atheism the human man has the same
ultimate destiny as a house plant."
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And here I thought you were using aviator terminology :chuckle:
 
PureX

PureX

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JAGG said:
I just acquired How To Survive PureX, by Hannibal Lector . . . Chapter One is titled:
"Don't Let Him Get Inside Your Head." .. lol ..
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Too late, he already OWNS your brain! :devil:

(Though those obtuse phrases do present some difficulty.)
 
PureX

PureX

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JAGG said:
"What if he is one of the "absurdly authoritarian religiously-dogmatic Christians" though?"__Lon

:) Suppose A says, "He is" and B says, "He is not." How would we settle that debate? Take a vote? . . . lol . . .
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The truth is like a turd, it finds it's way to the surface, eventually, and shocks and disgusts everyone when they see it.

(You can borrow that, if you want to.)

:chuckle:
 
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JAGG

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PureX said:
The truth is like a turd, it finds it's way to the surface, eventually, and shocks and disgusts everyone when they see it.

(You can borrow that, if you want to.)

:chuckle:
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Thanks for the loan.

Btw, its the same problem. A says, "It is a turd" . . . B says "It is not a turd" . . . so its voting time again.
Say, what if my side has 18 votes and your side has only 12? :chuckle:
 
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JAGG

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Lon said:
And here I thought you were using aviator terminology :chuckle:
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Eh, I saw that word "aviator" up-thread a few posts
ago, I sense it has an "inside meaning", and that in
time I shall be blessed to discover what it means.
Feel free to explain it to me anytime. I can hardly
wait to discover its significance.
 
Lon

Lon

Well-known member
JAGG said:
"What if he is one of the "absurdly authoritarian religiously-dogmatic Christians" though?"__Lon

:) Suppose A says, "He is" and B says, "He is not." How would we settle that debate? Take a vote? . . . lol . . .



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Actually, everyone on TOL will tell me within two weeks. I usually just wait until the weekly comes out.
 
Lon

Lon

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JAGG said:
"Aviator"__Lon

"Land this plane."__Lon

?
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For me, it would have made a LOT more sense. An aviator, flying a plane, would use running lights and landing lights.

JAGG said:
[highlight]on your lights[/highlight] -JAGG

You know very well what the phrase "on your lights" means.

[highlight]"On your approach"[/highlight].__JAGG

The meanings are obvious.
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(and JAG was the Air Force/Navy show of the Judge Advocate General)
 
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