tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post7752941302833408451..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Open Secretsbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-32372996234382558302018-07-27T23:03:56.694-07:002018-07-27T23:03:56.694-07:00"I know many of you will hold me accountable ..."I know many of you will hold me accountable – from both sides: the more “libertarian” of you on the one side, and the more “conservative” of you on the other. "<br /><br />Only cause' we love ya!<br /><br />:)Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-77896398783873572452018-07-23T21:41:30.913-07:002018-07-23T21:41:30.913-07:00Dear ATL, Thank you for the above comment. I looke...Dear ATL, Thank you for the above comment. I looked at the price and thought, oh no! Then I got a "sample" chapter in the e-version and decided I want to continue reading. So first I will try my local library and if that's a no go, I'll try an inter-library loan. At least then I can read it for a nominal rental fee and decide later if I want to spring for my own copy so I can mark in it. I really enjoyed the sample bit. PegAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-20672931890056198682018-07-23T13:19:54.179-07:002018-07-23T13:19:54.179-07:00Ha! I'm honored that I was able to play a part...Ha! I'm honored that I was able to play a part in encouraging you to take on this project! And though it may end up benefiting humanity as a whole, I confess I did it for selfish reasons: I can't afford the book right now and having you read it is the next best thing to reading it myself.A Texas Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980539931923054404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-27723571833003972352018-07-23T07:35:31.166-07:002018-07-23T07:35:31.166-07:00ATL, I am doing my best to no longer name names in...ATL, I am doing my best to no longer name names in the libertarian community, but, of course, if you want to "out" yourself, that's on you!bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-20196926333379265872018-07-23T07:08:52.904-07:002018-07-23T07:08:52.904-07:00"Whichever one of you convinced me to buy thi..."Whichever one of you convinced me to buy this book, I don’t like you very much right now!"<br /><br />"Did I do that?" - Steve UrkelA Texas Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980539931923054404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-45598859867750504112018-07-23T07:03:27.063-07:002018-07-23T07:03:27.063-07:00Bionic: "maybe you would finally have the con...Bionic: "maybe you would finally have the confession you need to conclude that which you already suspect: the funny farm is where I belong. This post is probably convincing you of the same"<br /><br />"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men"<br />------Old Couplet, best known as a quote from the movie 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'<br /><br />};-)Woody Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174366266746908252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-51069224731734202682018-07-22T19:01:45.778-07:002018-07-22T19:01:45.778-07:00There might be something about the history and phi...There might be something about the history and philosophy departments at University College Dublin that attracts remarkable professors like Gerard Casey. When I was doing some research awhile back on another author with a great mind and encyclopedic knowledge, Malachi Martin, I became aware that his brother, Conor Martin, was professor of medieval history at UCD and also appears to have chronicled a great deal of Irish history. I read the book, How the Irish Saved Civilization years ago (not written by Conor), and when you become aware of these fantastic Irish minds in more recent generations, it is seems plausible that they might have been up to the task. <br />IpseDixithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411994161249414489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-41094794546800191932018-07-22T17:27:15.927-07:002018-07-22T17:27:15.927-07:00The title reminds me of Pilgrim's Progress bt ...The title reminds me of Pilgrim's Progress bt Bunuan. Is that just coincidence?Thomas Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493366024392863302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-37606689702061919792018-07-22T10:51:18.047-07:002018-07-22T10:51:18.047-07:00Starts tomorrow.Starts tomorrow.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-61297073812779299992018-07-22T07:05:30.226-07:002018-07-22T07:05:30.226-07:00I look forward to your individual struggle with th...I look forward to your individual struggle with this!Eric Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-28692964825719863752018-07-22T03:52:24.225-07:002018-07-22T03:52:24.225-07:00I did a little research on Casey and was amazed to...I did a little research on Casey and was amazed to find his reference to Foucault regarding the problem [ or the 'problematization' ] of the self. Starting with Augustine the confession emerges as a technique of dealing with the problem of the self. 'The more we discover the truth about ourselves the more we have to renounce ourselves - the more we want to renounce ourselves'. The question is, is this problematic and problematized self equivalent with the libertarians starting point of the individual ? This is the crux of the matter. Did medieval philosophers working on behalf of the political class take the Christian concept of the problematized self, its need to be confessed - and rework it as the 'individual', the better to control and dominate what were regarded as subjects of political authority ? Did such newly minted individuals in turn use their newly conferred status of individualism, devised as a tool of domination by the political class, and re-purpose it as a new basis for freedom by way of individual rights ? Are magna carta and habeus corpus later expressions of this repurposed individualism ? Foucault points out that psychiatry took the concept of the individual and redeveloped it such that sexuality became the ultimate expression of individuality, of ones 'true' identity. This in turn provoked the whole sexual liberation phenomenon culminating in the absurd ornate taxonomy of lgbtq cis trans gender fluidity. Is liberatarianism guilty of 'reifying' an individuality invented as a tool of power by the political class ? Was Walter Block led astray by this maneuver on the part of psychiatry when he wrote Defending the Undefendable ? Or in fact has libertarianism successfully expropriated the doctrine of individuality and rightly pressed it into service as the ultimate expression of freedom and the free society ? <br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985538497409080098noreply@blogger.com