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xcentrik Donating Member (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:27 PM
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Rush has dissed STAR TREK.
Edited on Thu Jan-15-04 03:28 PM by xcentrik
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:29 PM
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1. I'm sure they feel the same about you, Pigboy
“It finally hit me what really disappointed me the most about this ESPN thing. The respect and admiration I had for a lot of people had been wasted and unwarranted, and to be let down like that is a real disappointment.”
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:29 PM
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2. That's it!
Now he's gone TOO FAR!
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reprehensor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:30 PM
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3. Actually...
L. Ron was writing Sci-Fi when Roddenberry was still jerking off to Hornblower novels...

But Rush is still a wanker.
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xcentrik Donating Member (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:31 PM
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4. More to the point...
L. Ron founded Scientology in 1954. Nice time machine Pigboy has, there.
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brainwashed_youth Donating Member (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:32 PM
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6. dude...and I lie star trek....
but I don't listen to anything that ole anal cyst has to say
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pocoloco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:43 PM
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9. Yep, but much more money in religion!!
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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:32 PM
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5. Phasers on stunned
They never came right out and said it (although they came pretty close sometimes), but I'm pretty sure the people on Star Trek don't worship a deity (which I'd call atheism, but others might disagree).

I think Rush needs a lecture from Tasha and Wesley on the dangers of drugs.
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TheDalaiMama Donating Member (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:33 PM
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7. Rush who???????
dalai
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:50 PM
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10. not atheism
more, pantheism...they basically left religion out of the storyline, but would have episodes dealing with religios themes once in a while
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 04:07 PM
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13. "Who Watches the Watchers"
Edited on Thu Jan-15-04 04:09 PM by arcane1
check out that Next Generation episode, and see exactly how JL Picard felt about "Religion"

JLP rocks!

on edit- the episode "Rightful Heir" is tied w/the above for best Trek religion ep :)
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 05:12 PM
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20. Tasha can come lecture me, but instead of Wesley. . .
she can bring Seven of Nine. I need discipline.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:33 PM
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8. Rush is such a hypocrite!
Edited on Thu Jan-15-04 03:36 PM by Cannikin
“Life is to be lived, grabbed onto and defined by you, nobody else - including your parents. If you let somebody else define your life, and sit around worrying what other people think of you, then you're imprisoned.”

lib·er·al adj.

Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.

n.
A person with liberal ideas or opinions.
Liberal A member of a Liberal political party.


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legin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 04:03 PM
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12. Mmmmmm....
That bit "Life is to be lived, grabbed onto and defined by you..." I can't help thinking there is a tinge of existentialism in there too.
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legin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 04:32 PM
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17. An OKish bit
<<snip>>

Moral Individualism

Most philosophers since Plato have held that the highest ethical good is the same for everyone; insofar as one approaches moral perfection, one resembles other morally perfect individuals. The 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, who was the first writer to call himself existential, reacted against this tradition by insisting that the highest good for the individual is to find his or her own unique vocation. As he wrote in his journal, “I must find a truth that is true for me . . . the idea for which I can live or die.” Other existentialist writers have echoed Kierkegaard's belief that one must choose one's own way without the aid of universal, objective standards. Against the traditional view that moral choice involves an objective judgment of right and wrong, existentialists have argued that no objective, rational basis can be found for moral decisions. The 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche further contended that the individual must decide which situations are to count as moral situations.

Subjectivity

All existentialists have followed Kierkegaard in stressing the importance of passionate individual action in deciding questions of both morality and truth. They have insisted, accordingly, that personal experience and acting on one's own convictions are essential in arriving at the truth. Thus, the understanding of a situation by someone involved in that situation is superior to that of a detached, objective observer. This emphasis on the perspective of the individual agent has also made existentialists suspicious of systematic reasoning. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and other existentialist writers have been deliberately unsystematic in the exposition of their philosophies, preferring to express themselves in aphorisms, dialogues, parables, and other literary forms. Despite their antirationalist position, however, most existentialists cannot be said to be irrationalists in the sense of denying all validity to rational thought. They have held that rational clarity is desirable wherever possible, but that the most important questions in life are not accessible to reason or science. Furthermore, they have argued that even science is not as rational as is commonly supposed. Nietzsche, for instance, asserted that the scientific assumption of an orderly universe is for the most part a useful fiction.

Choice and Commitment

Perhaps the most prominent theme in existentialist writing is that of choice. Humanity's primary distinction, in the view of most existentialists, is the freedom to choose. Existentialists have held that human beings do not have a fixed nature, or essence, as other animals and plants do; each human being makes choices that create his or her own nature. In the formulation of the 20th-century French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, existence precedes essence. Choice is therefore central to human existence, and it is inescapable; even the refusal to choose is a choice. Freedom of choice entails commitment and responsibility. Because individuals are free to choose their own path, existentialists have argued, they must accept the risk and responsibility of following their commitment wherever it leads.

<<snip>>

http://www.connect.net/ron/exist.html
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legin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 04:43 PM
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18. This is a secondary heading under the main one at another site
"The Individual Defines Everything"

http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/

So i'd guess that the 'defines' word is part of the jargon of existentialism perhaps. It would suggest that maybe Rush once read a book, difficult as it is to believe.

Although I'm not sure I am that happy suggesting Rush is an existentialist, it flatters Rush way too much and it insults existentialism.
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 03:51 PM
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11. anybody feel sorry for Rush Limbaugh's "addiction"?
I think he has an unrequited addiction to himself.
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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 04:12 PM
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14. Sad that he would do that, especially considering that
he has the series to thank for defining a great deal about him, Harcourt Fenton Limbaugh, that is.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 04:19 PM
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15. Hmm...his world still revolves around him....
He's still mean and hateful...I think if he was left alone for more that 24 hours, he'd relapse. He shows all the signs on the air, but he has people around him all the time....alone time would do him in.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 04:21 PM
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16. HAHAHA! A classic trekker...I like that!
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 04:54 PM
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19. is it just me
or is this the most meandering, unfocused, pointless piece of writing you've ever seen?

Rush is back on the pills?
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 05:50 PM
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21. Who listens to the drooling ravings of a heroin junkie?
Seriously, is there really a difference between Rush and some gangrene-armed street shooter in an abandoned tenement?
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 05:52 PM
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22. You mean admitted drug abuser Rush Limbaugh?
Wow, he must be hitting some really powerful shit these days.
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 06:00 PM
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23. The thing about the ESPN thing...
Is it allowed FOX of all people to lampoon him. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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