TSR Philosophy Society (TSR PhilSoc)

Zarathustra

2) You offer sexual favours to our most dominant member at present (Calvin) :wink:

Who says he's dominant? He's a philosophical pussycat at heart. :p:

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wanderer

Who says he's dominant? He's a philosophical pussycat at heart. :p:

You try and scratch my tummy and I'll kick your ass :p:

But yeah. I'm sweet and cuddly so long as I'm not talking.

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Calvin

You try and scratch my tummy and I'll kick your ass :p:

But yeah. I'm sweet and cuddly so long as I'm not talking.

Wouldn't dream of it. Cats are mean.

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so then that makes me.... hey!

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MarcD

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That's a terrible generalisation! Cats can be so cuddly! :p:

But they can also rip your face off :frown:

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MarcD

That's a terrible generalisation! Cats can be so cuddly! :p:

But they can also rip your face off :frown:

Indeed. But when they're being friendly, you know its purely selfish. Its the callous way they suddenly decide they're not interested anymore and wander off. Or worse, violently assault you.

You wouldn't think I was a cat person, would you?

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MarcD

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lol I hate to admit it, but you're right. On the whole they are like that. I met a cat once that was all nice and friendly, let me stroke it etc., then when it reaped all the benefits, it decides to slash my hand :smile:

I know a couple of truely nice cats that wouldn't hurt a fly though :smile:

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Zarathustra

Calvin

You try and scratch my tummy and I'll kick your ass :p:

But yeah. I'm sweet and cuddly so long as I'm not talking.

I stuck with the cat theme for too long in your opening sentence and read 'kick' as ... something more like a cat would do... :eek:

Oh my poor PhilSoc...*shakes head*

ZarathustraX

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Go to sleep. You've quite obviously been awake too long :p:

And when this all began I thought being a philosophical pussycat was a good thing...

Don't suppose anybody can turn this into a philosophical discussion can they I think we're upsetting Zara- she's fragile (like a hamster) she might never recover.

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MarcD

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Zarathustra

I stuck with the cat theme for too long in your opening sentence and read 'kick' as ... something more like a cat would do... :eek:

Oh my poor PhilSoc...*shakes head*

ZarathustraX

haha funnily enough I saw it as that as well, had to read twice to check.

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Zarathustra

Calvin

Don't suppose anybody can turn this into a philosophical discussion can they

Should cats be deemed morally responsible for any pain they might inflict on unsuspecting (or suspecting, in the case of wanderer) persons?
Should we attribute the violent behaviour of cats to an actual violent or evil or "mean" personality, or interpret such actions as instinctual reactions to what they perceive as potentially threatening stimuli?
Can we say that cats hurt us 'on purpose'? Do they have any meaningful sense of purpose? ie. can they direct actions towards self-chosen goals rather than just evolutionary necessities eg. food?
Is there any way someone could suggest a better topic than cats so we don't actually have to answer these pointless and vaguely repetitious questions?

Calvin

Zara- she's fragile (like a hamster) she might never recover.

Excuse me? A hamster? I'll have you know, it has long been established that I am in fact a Slow Loris :redface:

- if you want to go changing my official mammallian representative now, then I'll need to see some hard evidence backing up the choice... :biggrin:

ZarathustraX

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Zarathustra

Should cats be deemed morally responsible for any pain they might inflict on unsuspecting (or suspecting, in the case of wanderer) persons?
Should we attribute the violent behaviour of cats to an actual violent or evil or "mean" personality, or interpret such actions as instinctual reactions to what they perceive as potentially threatening stimuli?
Can we say that cats hurt us 'on purpose'? Do they have any meaningful sense of purpose? ie. can they direct actions towards self-chosen goals rather than just evolutionary necessities eg. food?
Is there any way someone could suggest a better topic than cats so we don't actually have to answer these pointless and vaguely repetitious questions?

*Bows in admiration*

I suggest the topic of 'My stupidity in staying up till past one on TSR when I have a driving lesson in the morning is pre-determined, and has absolutely nothing to do with sheer idiocy on my part. Discuss.'

P.S

Just in case you're wondering, I'm not serious. Or intoxicated.

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Zarathustra

wanderer

I suggest the topic of 'My stupidity in staying up till past one on TSR when I have a driving lesson in the morning is pre-determined, and has absolutely nothing to do with sheer idiocy on my part. Discuss.'

Well, if you're a tsr addict like the rest of us then it could be said to be in some sense 'determined' in that you've passed the stage at which you're freely choosing to come online and stay here so long...but then if we follow that line the dichotomy that you've established between pre-determination and your own sheer idiocy is no longer appropriate, since only sheer idiocy could have led you to get this addicted, thus meaning that your lack of free choice is entirely your own fault...

Does anyone want to hear a joke? I was going to post it in the Subs Joke Thread, but it needs a more specialist audience lol...

An engineer, an experimental physicist, a theoretical physicist, and a philosopher were hiking through the hills of Scotland. Cresting the top of one hill, they see, on top of the next, a black sheep. The engineer says: "What do you know, the sheep in Scotland are black." "Well, *some* of the sheep in Scotland are black," replies the experimental physicist. The theoretical physicist considers this for a moment and says "Well, at least one of the sheep in Scotland is black." "Well," the philosopher responds, "on one side, anyway."

ZarathustraX :biggrin:

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Hey wow that's pretty good for a philosopher joke. Mostly they are so obscure that I feel dumb for laughing at them. Like the anecdote about the man who wrote a letter to Russell beginning "Dear Proffessor Russell. I am a solipsist, why isn't everybody else?"

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Zarathustra

Well, if you're a tsr addict like the rest of us then it could be said to be in some sense 'determined' in that you've passed the stage at which you're freely choosing to come online and stay here so long...but then if we follow that line the dichotomy that you've established between pre-determination and your own sheer idiocy is no longer appropriate, since only sheer idiocy could have led you to get this addicted, thus meaning that your lack of free choice is entirely your own fault...

Does anyone want to hear a joke? I was going to post it in the Subs Joke Thread, but it needs a more specialist audience lol...

An engineer, an experimental physicist, a theoretical physicist, and a philosopher were hiking through the hills of Scotland. Cresting the top of one hill, they see, on top of the next, a black sheep. The engineer says: "What do you know, the sheep in Scotland are black." "Well, *some* of the sheep in Scotland are black," replies the experimental physicist. The theoretical physicist considers this for a moment and says "Well, at least one of the sheep in Scotland is black." "Well," the philosopher responds, "on one side, anyway."

ZarathustraX :biggrin:

A theologian and a philosopher are arguing. The theologian says 'a philosopher is like a blindfolded man in a dark room, searching for a black cat that isn't there.' The philosopher replies 'yes, and a theologian is a like a man who claims to have found it.'

I dispute that I could only become addicted through sheer idiocy. Its all part of an evil master-plan, as is becoming obvious from the Lurker's thread - evryone is first drawn in by one of the useful, healthy sub-forums (the bait), before being lured into the netherworlds of d and d, the societies, or, in the past, the horror that was GC. I started off using the forums to get info about oxbridge, and then *BANG* late night browsing and 'specialist' jokes ...

So, to reiterate - I'm not an idiot. I'm a philosopher.

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Actually, I've just had a thought. Its your fault. Evil uni students, corrupting a helpless, innocent sixth-former. Well, Calvin, anyway, as I suppose Zara doesn't count yet.

I'm old... :frown:

Calvin

I'm old... :frown:

Ancient. But despite my obvious youth and energy, the aforementioned driving lesson is costing me a lot of money, so I'd better make the most of it, wich means heading bed-wards. Night all, stay philosophical.

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