tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1886786033001555486..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Ex-apologist, Reppert, and LippardRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-70732883128352735822007-11-18T22:45:00.000-05:002007-11-18T22:45:00.000-05:00So you think I really smoked a cig. if I did so in...So you think I really smoked a cig. if I did so in my dream. Psychologically it was the same.Errorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615233201833238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-29453413058127464472007-11-17T15:40:00.000-05:002007-11-17T15:40:00.000-05:00"Now that's about as ridiculous as me saying that ..."Now that's about as ridiculous as me saying that I really smoked a cigarette because I did so in my dream."<BR/><BR/>No it isn't. If you hooked somebody up to a machine which stimulated the pain receptors in exactly the same way as placing them on the rack, would it be the same experience (in terms of the pain) as being on the rack? Yes, it would, and therefore it would be torture, even absent an actual rack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-85904081546073392482007-11-16T08:55:00.000-05:002007-11-16T08:55:00.000-05:00Lippard has a love/hate relationship with gov't. G...Lippard has a love/hate relationship with gov't. Gov't can't be trusted. That's why we need an omnipotent judiciary. (Gee, isn't the judiciary a branch of gov't?) <BR/> <BR/>It doesn't occur to him that an accountability mechanism is only as good as the accountant. Gov't is only as good or bad as gov't officials. The mechanism won't save us from ourselves. <BR/> <BR/>But, as a secularist, that's the best he can do. <BR/> <BR/>He's like a gambler who is dutifully playing by the rules while the casino is on fire. We musn't leave the burning casino before the other player has had a chance to place his bet. That would be unfair! That would be against the rules! Better that we all burn alive. Rules for the sake of rules. <BR/> <BR/>Bed-wetters like Lippard have no real sense of danger. As a result, they endanger all of us.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.com