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s slavery now an acceptable practice? (Of course not.)
There are those who would argue that physical slavery has been replaced by economic slavery. In the USA, anti-trust laws are often ignored, and economic polarization has created a new class of slave owners. It is as if Jeffersonian physical ownership of slaves has been replaced by Hamiltonian ownership of capital.
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no Geoff, it ped+ant+ic Ant like feet..
(she just didn't mention if she had 2 or 6) i don't want to cast aspersions, but we did have archie, the famous typewriting cockroach post.. so it possible she could be a queen ant. (being coddled like a queen ant, giving birth to every being in her known world, could lead her to think she is a godess...)
i think being a queen ant, with 6 ant like feet, might be more attractive than having an ectoskeleton, on her 2 lower appendages...
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...this is no place for a philosophy thread
Whaddya mean? This is exactly the place for a philosophy thread...especially when it seeks to define specific terms, but especially if we are talking about "right and wrong" (one of the most miscellaneous subjects on the planet)
And may I add, philosophy is thoughtful inquiry concerning the source and nature of human knowledge--what could be a more wholesome topic!
And you were not planning to go through all of Kierkegaard's "Stages on Life's Way" or dissect his "Either/Or", were you?
A little bit of philosophy is preferable to some nasty things on this board anyway.
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the person know as Keiva, who recently posted on this thread, was banned, for flaming. he forced his way back into this forum by implied threats to Anu Garg, the founder of AWAD. this same person has also been know, for certain, to post under the names AphonicRants and KeivaCarpal.
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Keiva, go away. You are not welcome here.
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Once upon a time, not so long ago, this was exactly the place for philosophical discussion. In fact, that was why most of us were here. It was a forum for discussion of ideas about words and about words as a means of expressing ideas.
Most of us left when it became clear that we would no longer be able to do that without daily - indeed, hourly - destructive and insulting interference.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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and all most any place, we accepted some word fun, like Geoff's pointing out ModestGoddess (MG, from here on, i think!) claimed to be pedantic, and broke that down to ped (feet) antic (tricky).. i clearly responded to Geoff post, by using his name, and like wise i too played with the word pedantic.. and said it meant ped (foot) ant (same) ic (a suffix that can mean "like"), and that MG was claiming to have ant like feet.
i don't think anyone here though i was 1) really talking about ants, or 2) think MG has an extoskeletan, or even the remote possiblity that she is an ant, or has 6 legs!
mind, though, looking at the subject line just now, i might go off on the tangent of Waxing.
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Go away, Keiva. You are not wanted here.
You raped my identity with your faux handle 'AphonicRants.'
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In chorus: Keiva, go away.
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