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Forum: Arts and Entertainment 22nd February 2012, 07:05 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 620
Posted By Contrapuntal
Here's one man's opinion. So basically...

Here's one man's opinion.


So basically nobody. Or everybody. Take your pick.

Cite. (http://homepage.mac.com/dmhart/WarFilms/DrS.html#titlemeaning)
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 15th February 2012, 01:33 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 9,383
Posted By Contrapuntal
I don't know where you live, but where I live,...

I don't know where you live, but where I live, had I decided to tailgate for several miles an abortion doctor, follow her out of her car, and get within an arm's reach of her with my video camera,...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 14th February 2012, 12:44 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 9,383
Posted By Contrapuntal
I'm pretty sure that following someone in a car...

I'm pretty sure that following someone in a car and taking a video picture is not justification for assault and threatening deadly force. The guy with the gun is the asshole hands down.
Forum: The Box 9th February 2012, 01:00 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,362
Posted By Contrapuntal
It would if she was the Buddha.

It would if she was the Buddha.
Forum: The Box 8th February 2012, 06:57 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
How the fuck do you know what everybody thinks? ...

How the fuck do you know what everybody thinks? Boy, I hate this. You can be so interesting and informative, but this has gone too far. Adios.
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 12:36 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,445
Posted By Contrapuntal
So that's what the kids are calling it these days.

So that's what the kids are calling it these days.
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 12:33 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
This is your statement that I am contesting. ...

This is your statement that I am contesting.

There is nobody who views meditation that way.

Where "that way" means talking to, communing with, or returning to being the supernatural, the...
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 12:12 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
It's just a flesh wound.

It's just a flesh wound.
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 11:59 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
That's my point. You say this in spite of the...

That's my point. You say this in spite of the cites that you requested which directly contradict your position. In plain, simple, unequivocal English words.

Bolding mine.

Tell me again how...
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 11:29 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
Un fucking believeable. I tip my cap. You are...

Un fucking believeable. I tip my cap. You are without a doubt the most stubborn, pig headed, self reinforcing, relentlessly, determinedly blind to any thoughts other than your own individual I have...
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 10:46 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
As you wish. From Wiki...

As you wish. From Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation) :
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 07:05 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
Got it. Your definition is the only one and...

Got it. Your definition is the only one and anyone who uses a different definition is simply wrong. Aside from a classic beg of the question (You know you are right because other interpretations...
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 06:24 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
I know that because meditation is not an attempt...

I know that because meditation is not an attempt to communicate with anything. Meditating necessarily excludes attempts to communicare with anything else. Meditation is, by definition, a self...
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 06:03 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
I'm sorry. That can't be true, because nobody...

I'm sorry. That can't be true, because nobody does that. Nobody.
Forum: The Box 7th February 2012, 06:01 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
Can you be sure that nobody thinks making a...

Can you be sure that nobody thinks making a sandwich requires magic?[/QUOTE]Absolutely not. Consequently, I would never make such a statement. You, however, are sure of your assertion, so ask you,...
Forum: General Blah Blah 6th February 2012, 02:31 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 522
Posted By Contrapuntal
What were they?

What were they?
Forum: Just the Facts 6th February 2012, 02:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,989
Posted By Contrapuntal
Thanks, Solfy.

Thanks, Solfy.
Forum: The Box 6th February 2012, 01:59 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
My mistake, I was thinking of the other thread...

My mistake, I was thinking of the other thread where you said. "That way" being talking to, communing with, or returning to being the supernatural, the universe, the creator or God.

So nobody,...
Forum: The Box 6th February 2012, 01:21 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
Ken, are you prepared to state, uneqivocally,...

Ken, are you prepared to state, uneqivocally, that no one who practices meditation attaches a supernatural significance to it, or otherwise believes that they are partaking of a supernatural...
Forum: Arts and Entertainment 6th February 2012, 01:16 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,329
Posted By Contrapuntal
It's not the blood, gore, and sex in True Blood. ...

It's not the blood, gore, and sex in True Blood. It's just the (to me) bad acting and the (again, to me) unrealistic reactions to the situations the characters find themselves in, even granting the...
Forum: Arts and Entertainment 6th February 2012, 06:47 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,329
Posted By Contrapuntal
I watched a bit of Breaking Bad early on but...

I watched a bit of Breaking Bad early on but bailed at the scene where they dissolved the guy in the tub and they were sopping up his remains on the floor below. Is there much more stuff like that? ...
Forum: Arts and Entertainment 6th February 2012, 06:29 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,329
Posted By Contrapuntal
Does True Blood Get Any Better?

I've watched the first four episodes and it's mildly entertaining, the two female leads are delicious, and the thesis is quite interesting, bUt I have a hard time buying some of the situations, and...
Forum: The Pit 6th February 2012, 06:22 AM
Replies: 219
Views: 26,197
Posted By Contrapuntal
Things aren't true just because you say they are....

Things aren't true just because you say they are. I am open to being convinced that entities or forces that affect the natural world are not part of the natural world, but the burden of proof is...
Forum: The Box 6th February 2012, 02:36 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 7,440
Posted By Contrapuntal
That doesn't say much for the state of...

That doesn't say much for the state of psychology, then, if validity is determined by what some may believe. I shudder to think what the world would be like if everything that "some" (people) ...
Forum: The Pit 6th February 2012, 02:32 AM
Replies: 219
Views: 26,197
Posted By Contrapuntal
Here is the problem with that : There is no such...

Here is the problem with that : There is no such thing as the supernatural. There is the natural world, and that is all there is.
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