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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
The forest was shrinking
But the trees kept voting for the axe, because the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was wood, he was one of them. West Asian Fable
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
I like it!
Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Email for vanish magazine arrived today - with an axe on the cover
https://view.joomag.com/vanish-magic-mag......ialfinal
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Reminds me of this cartoon
Tells it like it is: https://condenaststore.com/featured/he-t......oth.html
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Which reminds me of the old Chinese idiom "Suspect the neighbour of stealing an axe"
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
"There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them"
- Orwell |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Magic is an intellectual exercise which derives its humour from the absurdity of nonsense appearing to make sense.
-Tommy
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Jan 23, 2020, magicfish wrote: I don't have a lot of respect for Orwell. Here's some ideas; The Earth is flat. The Earth is hollow, and another world exists inside. The Moon Landings were faked in Hollywood. The US government orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, taking over the planes with remote controls. There were NO planes on 9/11. Holograms covered up internal explosions. Micro atomic bombs were situated under the WTC to cause the collapses. The last one, I can't post, it's political, and will get the thread deleted. -- There are others. You can be as "pithy" as you like, there are some ideas out there that require NO intellectual abilities whatsoever.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
After 9/11 the earth was even flatter than it used to be.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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I don't have a lot of respect for Orwell. I'd be curious to know why not. He seems to appeal to a pretty wide political range from right to left. I know Stalinists don't like him (but I know you're not a Stalinist!) and fascists don't like him (and I know you're not a fascist!) so I was wondering if it was for some other political or other reason.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Here's the line as written: "One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool."
And a little more context "For those who feel deeply about contemporary politics, certain topics have become so infected by considerations of prestige that a genuinely rational approach to them is almost impossible."
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
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On Jan 26, 2020, ed rhodes wrote: Correct. And then there are some that are so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them. |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Jan 27, 2020, landmark wrote: He's a third rate science fiction author. I am a fan. That's enough for me. Besides, he makes "pithy" comments that sound "deep."
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
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On Jan 28, 2020, ed rhodes wrote: Methinks you’re not understanding the quote. |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
Maybe I don't. It seems to be anti-intellectual to me. Whereas I try to be anti-mindlessness.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Mr Salk Special user Tied to 568 Posts |
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On Jan 28, 2020, ed rhodes wrote: 3rd rate? Few authors have woven their ideas into the culture as deeply as 1984 and Animal Farm.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Orwell also wrote about how intellectuals tended to hate their own country - how some felt more at home abroad.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Orwell's six rules for writers:
1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. 2. Never use a long word where a short one will do. 3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. 4. Never use the passive where you can use the active. 5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. 6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On Feb 2, 2020, landmark wrote: Good rules.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Mr Salk Special user Tied to 568 Posts |
Rules to dumb-down your writing. Appeal to all. Kinda like Denny's.
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