Interview a Member Thread

[noguru]

Still makes me mad.

Not me. I am fascinated by animal behavior. I'm sorry you feel that way. It is a part of the animal kingdom, that element of jockeying for position.

 

[Quincy]

If MrRadish represents the youth of this world, or even a small part of them, I have new reason to hope for humanity. What an amazingly intelligent, insightful, open, articulate, honest, and creative mind, for one so young.

One of my favorites on the website, I even added him to facebook. I don't always agree with him, but then again I don't always agree with many people. He presents his view proper and it's always insightful to read.

Occasionally, we get feelings about each other when something is wrong. And, the way we've always met, accidentally, whenever we've not seen each other in a long time borders on creepy. My daughter calls her grandma and her youngest son calls me his big sister. I call her mom.

Aww, that is so sweet. Sometimes it's not the consanguinity that matters but the relationship that is built through time. I can't say I've come across such a thing but it warms the heart to here it happens .

 

[Quincy]

Well, I've never heard of Yahushuan. I'd interview Gerald but he might nuke us into oblivion and nazaroo, I don't know. Can't say I think he'd take it serious, but if he would he should post that he would and I'd send him one

 

[PureX]

I think you should interview PureX, again. His interview was FANTASTIC! I admire every word he writes and I agree with him completely on almost every issue. PureX is just the GREATEST!

 

[serpentdove]

No word from Gerald...

Gereldbug said no. :chz4brnz: He's not very sociable. :think:

 

[MrRadish]

Ahh I see, Serpent Dove. Well, maybe he is shy?
A lot of people act anti social simply because they are shy, I think?

There are many adjectives I'd use to describe Gerald, but I think I can say with confidence that 'shy' would not be among them. lain:

 

[MrRadish]

Really?

He seemed ok but rather quiet during the little time I read his message back to me

Perhaps his public persona is all a front for a secret shrinking violet, then! :chuckle:

Mr Radish, I know PureX highly praised you for your interview, but I would like to tell you Karl Marx approved of using violence to force people to be obedient Communists.

An obedient Communist from a Marxist perspective is essentially a contradiction in terms.

If you are for the violence some in Christianity did hundreds of years ago and what Some fundamentalists have done of other religions - like okaying the killing of infidels - then Communism is for you. You may have to read a lot of Karl Marx to get where he talks about this - but he does indeed write it.

What I've read of Marx (The Communist Manifesto, most of Capital and The German Ideology, various essays, Popper's critique etc) does indicate that he was not opposed to violent revolution in order to precipitate a change in attitudes. I am aware of this, and largely disagree with this particular idea of how his system should be implemented. That in some cases he advocated a more extreme approach to transition than I do isn't enough to undermine my broad agreement with the ideology's moral and socioeconomic foundation, though.

It should be noted that he was writing in very different social circumstances to those that exist today, about countries that at the time were essentially oligarchies or dictatorships in all but name. He argued that a peaceful transition to Communism would be possible in strongly democratic nations, even by the standards of the 19th century.

People often think (mistakenly) that Stalin was off on his own with all the purges. But Karl had already said it was necessary to to be able to control people to make them be what you thought they should be.

A study of Russian history reveals that practically all of the Bolshevik party members who actually ascribed to Marxist thought were completely opposed to Stalin's approach and that Stalin himself actually had a fairly poor knowledge of the proposed ideology. Leninism is more complex, of course, being somewhat more closely linked to Marx's original ideas, but it was still fundamentally marred by its attempts to create a prolatarian state in a country that had not yet undergone an industrial revolution, was suffering from a major famine, and had just suffered the most damage of all the countries involved in the largest war the world had ever seen, and then immediately suffered major assaults by all of its former allies. In such circumstances, it's a miracle that the country survived at all. In any case, there is no comparison between Russia in 1917 and the kind of country Marx described as being ready for socialism.

You are young and Socialism may seem ok - but it is one step away from the reality of Communism.

I won't deny there are major risks involved with the transition from one system to another, and the progression to socialism is no exception. But the route being dangerous is merely a reason to advance with caution, not to refuse to move at all. Especially when the status quo is so destructive and morally flawed.

The Best option in the world is real (and obedient) Christianity

Thank you for your suggestion.

 

[Quincy]

I think you should interview PureX, again. His interview was FANTASTIC! I admire every word he writes and I agree with him completely on almost every issue. PureX is just the GREATEST!

OMG, sitting on my hands..... self love joke...... formulating...... fingers moving.....


Whew, ok I'm past it


Sorry I've not been too busy on the interview thread, guys. I just can't bring myself to do much lately. I even took a vacation from work on wednesday, got a case of the melancholy heh. I haven't done a thing but lay around reading my kindle and throwing cheetos at my sister. But hey, at least they are baked. lain: . The cheetos I mean, not us.

I still have about a week off work, so hopefully I'll get in the mood to get at this again. :e4e:

 

[noguru]

Quincy,
I am sorry if you have felt under the weather and I hope you are feeling better.

I also apologize for talking to MrRad here - this all came about from his interview and PureX giving a two thumgs up for it.
Hopefully you will either say it is ok or you will tell MrRad to take it somewhere else. (Since this is about him)

Mr Radish,

Before I say something about you may I say I am familiar with hearing about idealism in Communism?

One my grandfather's was a Communist.
The son of Olaf, named his son Vladimir.

Back in the early thirties he was an editor on a foreign speaking little newspaper up in Wisconsin and he actually ran for a political office there under the heading of Communist.
Yep.

I never knew him well but he wrote letters to the Pres of the USA regarding dairy farming and milk production and the letters have been saved.

Very Idealistic.

So about you...
You say the Marxist Bolshevik party members were not for the mass killings of
people.
So Stalin was like Russian Communism's Dictator and he had No One who could control him??
Why would you be for communism if it cannot protect you from ruthless power?
Could the Queen do that? Could the PM?

But of course you already have said violence is ok to take over a government.

So why should anyone - especially you - be surprised if the same violence still exits once they become the government?

You know what's funny? I am the one who could prolly generate some respect from crazy liberals if they find out I came from a (real) Communist.

"I kill communists for fun!"

Tony Montana

 

[MrRadish]

Hopefully you will either say it is ok or you will tell MrRad to take it somewhere else. (Since this is about him)

Yes, Quincy. Sorry I started this discussion here and dragged poor rainee into it, what was I thinking? lain:

Mr Radish,

Before I say something about you may I say I am familiar with hearing about idealism in Communism?

One my grandfather's was a Communist.
The son of Olaf, named his son Vladimir.

Back in the early thirties he was an editor on a foreign speaking little newspaper up in Wisconsin and he actually ran for a political office there under the heading of Communist.
Yep.

I never knew him well but he wrote letters to the Pres of the USA regarding dairy farming and milk production and the letters have been saved.

Very Idealistic.

That's interesting.

So about you...
You say the Marxist Bolshevik party members were not for the mass killings of
people.

Some of them were, some of them weren't. Very few of them agreed with Stalin or his motivations.

So Stalin was like Russian Communism's Dictator and he had No One who could control him??
Why would you be for communism if it cannot protect you from ruthless power?

Any political system can fall victim to tyrants. The same's happened to democracy countless times. Not a very convincing argument, I'm afraid.

Could the Queen do that?

The Queen has what's essentially a completely ceremonial role in politics and has no real say in anything the country does. So no.

Could the PM?

Not personally, and whether a democracy is robust enough to withstand an attempt at dictatorship is entirely dependent on the political circumstances. Rather like communism.

[Marx]was not opposed to violent revolution in order to precipitate a change in attitudes. I am aware of this, and largely disagree with this particular idea of how his system should be implemented.

But of course you already have said violence is ok to take over a government.

lain:

You know what's funny? I am the one who could prolly generate some respect from crazy liberals if they find out I came from a (real) Communist.

Somebody who feels they owe someone respect merely for the politics of their ancestors is crazy, I agree.

If you'd like to carry on this discussion - I myself am indifferent about it - then I think starting a new thread for it is a good idea.

 

[MrRadish]

Ok I apologize for saying you were for violence in over taking a government, I should have said you were not overly disturbed by it according to how you wrote about it in an intellectual fashion. And I do no t know how democracy works nor a republic. But with proper checks and balances no one should be able to do things like Stalin or Hitler or Pol Pot (a Cambodian Maoist) did, imo.
I should not have tried to push or shove you away from your position - I'm sorry for being rude like that. I was already stirred up by PureX who considers himself a Christian Taoist, I guess. And no we don't need to take this onward, sorry to have bothered you. Wish you the best.

:e4e:

 

[Town Heretic]

Selaphiel 's The Ten is on the board. :thumb:

 

[Quincy]

It's fine guys, discuss the interviews all you want here, I wish more people were doing it. I quite enjoy reading this exchange . Admittedly have not much in the way of knowledge about Marxism though.

 

[Town Heretic]

It's fine guys, discuss the interviews all you want here, I wish more people were doing it. I quite enjoy reading this exchange . Admittedly have not much in the way of knowledge about Marxism though.

:thumb: Agreed. And I've added links to both this thread and the archive in my signature to keep them in the public eye, so to speak.

 

[noguru]

It's fine guys, discuss the interviews all you want here, I wish more people were doing it. I quite enjoy reading this exchange . Admittedly have not much in the way of knowledge about Marxism though.

Hey Quincy, your avatar is kind of creepy. But I suppose multicolored disembodied heads on a black background might seem kind of creepy to some people as well.

 

[Random]

Hey Quincy, your avatar is kind of creepy. But I suppose multicolored disembodied heads on a black background might seem kind of creepy to some people as well.

Most images from American Mcgee's Alice are pretty creepy.

 

[Town Heretic]

Hey Quincy, your avatar is kind of creepy. But I suppose multicolored disembodied heads on a black background might seem kind of creepy to some people as well.

Mt. Rushmore is creepy. :noid:

 

[Quincy]

Hey Quincy, your avatar is kind of creepy. But I suppose multicolored disembodied heads on a black background might seem kind of creepy to some people as well.

It is creepy and edgy but I think it captures some of that sense that reality isn't non-discordant. Even something as innocent as a girl and her teddy can be tortured beings in this existence of ours. Then maybe I think too much about it and in the end it's just gothic Alice. :idunno:

I jsut noticed those were floating heads. Interesting :think: . I'm guessing that is an album cover that if I had better sense about me I'd probably know?

Most images from American Mcgee's Alice are pretty creepy.

I think if you actually read "Carroll's" work, I think it lends itself more to Mcgee's vision, or at least Tim Burton's. I can't see a story about characters like a queen who wants to chop everyone's head off, a depressed turtle, a melancholy girl and a land full of mad creatures being like the storybook adaptions. It's funny how something so twisted can be made into something to puerile.

I should probably start a thread about the property sometime, as I could easily take this thread over talking about it :chuckle: .

 

[Quincy]

Mt. Rushmore is creepy. :noid:

Especially when umm, done in caricature.


Reminds me, can you believe they put Lincoln on that thing ?

 

[noguru]

Mt. Rushmore is creepy. :noid:

I did not realize how much my avatar resembles Mt Rushmore. It's actually from a modern art work at an art exhibit in Miami where I did the staging, audio and video. I took the picture myself with a digital camera. But the picture does not do justice to the 3D effect the artist had achieved.