From: S.J. Van Sickle (sjvan@csd.uwm.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 10 2000 - 21:46:15 MST
On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Nicq MacDonald wrote:
> You admit that a life subject to harmonious Apollonian reason is dull- then
> why the fervent embrace of it? I'd rather not fall down into the pit of
> Because and perish with the dogs of Reason- I have a life to live. The
> experiences that I enjoy the most, the most magical, beautiful, and sublime
> events in my life, also tend to be the most destructive, pointless, and
> irrational- yet I do them anyway. I continually ask why, yet reason
> provides no answers... none relevant to my own experiences, anyway.
Well, have at it! Reason does not prevent you from doing any of these
things at all. To paraphrase B. Franklin "What a wonderful thing it
is to be a reasonable man; it allows one to create a reason for most
anything one wants". Shoot, if I didn't have pointless and irrational in
my life...well, I'd probably be wealthy, successful, admired, and bored to
tears.
There is a difference between this, however, and glorifying war, death,
destruction; the march of jackbooted thugs and the roar of the crowd as
yet another counter-revolutionary is seperated from his head.
> I'll let someone else worry about the singularity. I have other things to
> be doing between now and then.
Great! I've got lots to do too!
steve van sickle
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