beware of greeks bearing gifts.
Everyone has weaknesses, and this has been the subject of many conversations recently.
I have sort of divided the Obamaites into a couple categories- those who are too stupid to know any better, those who understand what he’s doing and are complicit in the evil, and a new category that pascal and I just discussed this evening.
The intellectual.
The Intellectual should be bright enough to figure out the nonsense, but the flattery the Won bestows on them makes them blind. “he likes me! he must be smart. I have to support him” this is the kind of academic and intellectual that gives us Warren Buffet saying Obama needs to collect more taxes from the mega rich. God save us, as Pascal says, from “Smart” people.
The other thing that I find remarkable is that no matter what it is, people will accept a gift- and if it’s not a horrible gift, they will take it into their home.
in this manner you could place grenades in every home in the country disguised as ornate clocks.
Whether it’s a gift or a compliment, like the Won’s flattery of his academic supporters or the “Gift” of healthcare, it is only those of us immune to flattery and devoid of the sense of entitlement that realise that the flattery and gifts are toxic.
68 comments Og | Uncategorized
No, I can prove you missed the point. Please, in one sentence, describe my point.
You cannot, because you have missed it.
I don’t need to miss or not miss your point, this began with my assertion and the discussion regards my assertion, not yours.
Holy Smokes. 51 comments. No wonder I stop in here a few times a day- to learn.
The Prince of the Air is here, real, and busy. Hard times are a comin’.
A quick, close quarters shotgun blast to the chest’ll cure ’em.
#52
Dick: I like the scattergun myself. Pump or auto?
Hey Cond. This probably supports your point as well.
In other words, “Pascal knows I’m right too, but is too tied to his beliefs to admit it either, and choses ot derail rather than accept the truth”
Heck Og, it’s supports your point as well, the hard part is that it’s a point you made on another day and you’d disown it today. Because you would miss your point today, which I guess, kinda proves your point. Tomorrow, I’ll get your point.
Only one conversation at a time, please.
Fuck feelings.
Show me real numbers.
The rest is fuckin’ bullshit.
“Please, in one sentence, describe my point. ”
Well, since its THAT simple, why don’t you do it and spare me the trouble of you saying (yet again) that I ‘missed your point entirely’.
“And, of course, I’m failing, proving my position to be true. As usual. ”
…yet Meryl yourish proved your position (about yapping) to be false:
http://neanderpundit.com/?p=4487#comments
There is your one example of ‘someone successfully changing another person mind’.
You can’t wiggle out of this one, Og.
You are wrong. Words, and only words (without actions) can change peoples minds.
Sometimes.
Pascal should continue yapping. It does make a difference.
Sometimes.
Cond: Until now, we have been having a discussion. You are on the verge of becoming insufferable.
You have one chance to redeem yourself: Do as I ask- describe the point of this post in one sentence, or admit that you are wron g and you have missed the point utterly., the link to the other post illustrates your ignorance of the subject, for it specifically describes a situation outside of the scope of the discussion.
Anything other than the sentence for which I asked, or the apology, will be deleted, and all subsequent comments you make will be deleted.
Nope.
Those were quotes out of your post.
I didn’t ask you to quote the post. I asked you to write a sentence showing that you understood it. Or admit that you have no fucking clue what I’m talking about.
I see. You cannot. Well, it’s been nice knowing you.
NO matter what I say, Og, it will be ‘wrong’.
You said goodbye a while ago – I just didn’t catch on.
Nice knowing you, too.
Actually, I had sincerely hoped that you could prove me wrong by letting go of your assumptions and learning. Instead, you perfectly demonstrated the truth of what I say.