Camus

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“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest - whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories - comes afterwards.”-- Albert Camus, "The Myth of Sisyphus

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camus who?

[pigshitpoet]

i think reckless killing and senseless torture is somewhat of a serious philosophical problem as well but on a social not individual level. there is a whole mystery murder cult following around it... so when turned inward, it becomes suicidal

kirkegard examined social psychological contexts so who did camus follow? was it freud or jung? or some other such phenomenon of the time? nietzsche?

i blame it all on the catholic church and roman empire. caligula

; '

RE: camus who?

[hardblue]

If your first step is 'I think, therefore I am", then it seems reasonable that your next issue is whether you really want to continue to be.

RE: camus who?

[pigshitpoet]

uh-oh, i'm in deep...

self-realizing

[cinnamontoast]

Camus is right. It's a vexing problem. It's sort of simple though. You weigh the pros and cons and come up with the answer. Then, after your decision is made, you make your second decision and do what you feel what is right for you emotionally. Humans are not rational beings.

I haven't forgotten our discussion. I haven't been busy or anything, I just haven't been thinking about it. I'm trying to take some time away from thinking about identity-driven politics and look at some of the bigger pictures, like the effects of globalism. I'm also thinking about doing a podcast.

[hardblue]

Please, don't feel obligated on my account. I'm not really looking to spend much time and effort on that myself. I'd just as soon focus more on literature and philosophy,

[cinnamontoast]

I lost the plot on the post anyway. I think the long and short of it is because what I said is objectively true and must be treated as if it is objectively true if we are going to solve the current problems. There has to be a shift in the way that Islam is perceived. There has to be a shift in the same way that there was a shift in the way that Christianity was perceived. There are no sacred cows, I don't respect their god any more than anyone else's, and people can't shout "racism" about a religion.

Accusations of "racism" are nothing more than the modern equivalent to accusations of blasphemy. It isn't doing any good. Most people who cry racism over Islam are just trying to shut down conversations, they aren't trying to solve any problems, they just want the other person to shut-up. It's ridiculous. It's not like I've never experienced it before. I've been an atheist for a long time.

Can you really tell the difference between someone who is Greek, Italian, Moroccan, Algerian, Iranian, Egyptian, Portuguese, Israeli or is from

[hardblue]

I think people can tell the difference between someone who is white and someone who is not.

[davesmusictank]

I have that book by Camus somewhere.

[hardblue]

Maybe it's behind the "Charmed" or "Buffy" DVDs. ;)