"Knowledge is power" works on quite a few levels, but it had never occurred to me to think someone would use in in a weapons context.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:37 pm
by Losonti Tokash
isn't that op a doctor
his knowledge and training literally give him power over life and death
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:51 pm
by Flagg
Like Cirsie said to Littlefinger after he intimated he knew about the twincest and said "Knowledge is power", "No, power is power". She then demonstrated how easily she could have his throat slit. Power is power.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:54 pm
by Agent Bert Macklin
Losonti Tokash wrote:isn't that op a doctor
his knowledge and training literally give him power over life and death
Sure. But he's saying it's about killing motherfuckers with bombs and shit.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:09 pm
by Djinnkitty83
I'm pretty certain in the 'overthrowing rulers' context, 'knowledge is power' refers to an educated populace realizing there are better alternatives to a dictator and that a ruler with no popular support has no power.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:13 pm
by Losonti Tokash
Knubble tov wrote:
Losonti Tokash wrote:isn't that op a doctor
his knowledge and training literally give him power over life and death
Sure. But he's saying it's about killing motherfuckers with bombs and shit.
it's an incredibly simplistic view of both what knowledge and power both are
i'm just agog
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:16 pm
by Agent Bert Macklin
It would be interesting to ask people what they first think of when they hear that maxim.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:23 pm
by Questor
I think of saturday morning cartoon PSAs, myself.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:24 pm
by Zod
Questor wrote:I think of saturday morning cartoon PSAs, myself.
hongi's morality thread should be interesting. You can't observe certain acts and determine if they are moral?
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:30 pm
by Zod
Knubble tov wrote:hongi's morality thread should be interesting. You can't observe certain acts and determine if they are moral?
Morality isn't apparent until you know why the act took place.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:58 pm
by Agent Bert Macklin
Zod wrote:
Knubble tov wrote:hongi's morality thread should be interesting. You can't observe certain acts and determine if they are moral?
Morality isn't apparent until you know why the act took place.
Yes, and that would fall in the observation of data.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:59 pm
by Zod
Knubble tov wrote:
Zod wrote:
Knubble tov wrote:hongi's morality thread should be interesting. You can't observe certain acts and determine if they are moral?
Morality isn't apparent until you know why the act took place.
Yes, and that would fall in the observation of data.
Only if you have enough data.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:37 am
by Count Chocula
There's only one Data:
Therefore the Data sample will always be too low for a reasonable level of confidence and the question of morality will remain unanswered. Darn.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:41 am
by Count Chocula
zhaktronz wrote:Hahah get the fck out Chocula you ignorant shitstain.
Show us more how racism and bigotry have created your perceptions
And I didn't call you a single mean name. I really rather regret that.
GOOD FOR YOU HERE THE CHORT HAVE A TROPHY
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:41 am
by Agent Bert Macklin
He did. He called him a sociopath.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:44 am
by Zod
that thread is bad and you should feel bad for posting in it
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:22 am
by Questor
hongi wrote:I didn't say child rape can't be called morally wrong. Lots of people do call it morally wrong. But I think child rape can also be called morally right.
WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP!
We've got another one! Call out the troops! DF! Flagg!
are we actually at the point where we're complaining about what is a minority viewpoint on the other board for having a different opinion on what is basically a subjective issue, particularly since, you know, there are statistically-measurable health benefits to circumcision (and its effects on sensitivity and so forth are in fact pretty poorly-understood at best) that make its cost/risk vs benefit as a standard medical procedure a perfectly debatable subject in its own right
re issues of culture and moral relativism
i lol from my ivory tower
I'm just waiting for someone to frame the discussion to my liking:
"Thanas, did Germany just make Judaism illegal again? Just can't quit that habit?"
PS: I am ethnically Jewish and plan to raise my son in Jewish culture (though without the religion--thus, he'd be an American Reform Jew), but haven't had him circumcised. I've gotten some funny remarks over it, but no real shit. As long as he can curse in Yiddish, everyone should be happy.
I suppose any Jews broken enough to live in Germany would have to be pretty hardcore, though.
Re: Godammed SDN
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:44 am
by Zod
Questor wrote:And of course, Mega Upload's on the front page again...
