stoneonstone » Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:40 pm wrote:iamwhoiam
"The Flat Earth claim is an absurd notion devoured by ignorant people and is meant to undermine their trust and faith in government and government agencies..."
Wow. You're really going to be THAT arrogant?
And questioning things becomes ignorant devouring?
I live me life outside, working my farm, tending my workhorses. In one moment I can watch a redtail hawk kittling above me, and then two minutes later a C-17 Globemaster can fly only a bit higher in the same space over my head.
I notice the anomalies of the the physical world around. And I have questions about the modelling of what we accept.
The blanket dismissal of questioning is not what I've come to expect on this board, all these years on.
Ban. Burn.
Really?
Fuck, and everyone thought Alanis Morissette was a 'tard for not understanding irony...
Sorry you feel that way, stoneonstone. Certainly didn't mean to come off as arrogant. It's often attributed to my poor writing skills. A great majority of my reading has been of laws and regulations and often my writing reflects their dryness.
But why did you edit my quote? Taken out of context, it presents only a portion of my expression.
The Flat Earth claim is an absurd notion devoured by ignorant people and is meant to undermine their trust and faith in government and government agencies, (as if they needed fantasy to make their case!)
And questioning things becomes ignorant devouring?
Nowhere did I suggest stifling questioning curious things and I encourage the constant questioning of authority - I've spent my whole life calling them on their bullshit - often in court and often winning by either defeating legislation by mooting it or in seeing new protective laws and regulations created that some in government and industry opposed.
By all means, question your government and what they do in your name with your money, do so indeed! Question everything!
I live me life outside, working my farm, tending my workhorses. In one moment I can watch a redtail hawk kittling above me, and then two minutes later a C-17 Globemaster can fly only a bit higher in the same space over my head.
Your lifestyle is admirable. I too, enjoy those very same sights, but only see the hawks daily.
I most sincerely believe there are vastly more important issues to discuss, whether about the current state of international politics, our environment, anomalies of nature, history and architecture and nature, as well as interpretations of our perceptions of our reality, than the ridiculous topic of a flat earth.
I have never looked at a ball on the floor and believed it to be nothing more than a spot.
I think most here would agree that we know little about an atom, something we cannot see. It's a vibrating bundle of energy. Although no one's ever seen one, we all accept atoms are "real" an do exist.
In some cases, when enough like atoms gather together we can perceive them visually and physically and can interact with them tactically, but not always can we see them and those we cannot see we interact with almost always unconsciously - like we do with the air we breathe. It's there, but we can't perceive it - at least not before it comes in short supply.
Maybe you're a lot younger than I am, stoneonstone. Maybe you want to take time out of your life to discuss such flat earth foolishness; I don't.
There's more at play here than you are aware.
