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John Henry · 03-24-2004, 03:53 PM

Very clever. I appreciate what you're saying here, but I really don't feel that I was infringing on anybody's freedom by posting on two boards, so this would seem to me to be an argument against authority, because of its tendency, in some instances, to restrict freedom more than it preserves it.

But then there is the very valid bandwidth/server space/relative exposure argument.

Just for the record, I posted this on both boards because I was interested to see how the philosophy crowd would respond compared to the politics crowd. I felt that it was both a valid piece of political philosophy and a valid piece of philosophical politics.

I had thought that posting the same topic on two fora was within tfp rules and I have to concede that I haven't brushed up on the stickies for a while.

If it was just the fact that I posted this on two fora that was the problem, would it be possible to shuffle it back to philosophy and off politics, as it's abstract and the politics board tends to be more heavily contextual and knowledge-based?

If, however, it's simply not appropriate for the philosophy board, I would appreciate a bit of guidance on what is and isn't suitable.

Thanks very much and apologies for the mix-up.

03-24-2004, 03:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
John Henry Addict Location: Grey Britain	Very clever. I appreciate what you're saying here, but I really don't feel that I was infringing on anybody's freedom by posting on two boards, so this would seem to me to be an argument against authority, because of its tendency, in some instances, to restrict freedom more than it preserves it. But then there is the very valid bandwidth/server space/relative exposure argument. Just for the record, I posted this on both boards because I was interested to see how the philosophy crowd would respond compared to the politics crowd. I felt that it was both a valid piece of political philosophy and a valid piece of philosophical politics. I had thought that posting the same topic on two fora was within tfp rules and I have to concede that I haven't brushed up on the stickies for a while. If it was just the fact that I posted this on two fora that was the problem, would it be possible to shuffle it back to philosophy and off politics, as it's abstract and the politics board tends to be more heavily contextual and knowledge-based? If, however, it's simply not appropriate for the philosophy board, I would appreciate a bit of guidance on what is and isn't suitable. Thanks very much and apologies for the mix-up. __________________ "No one was behaving from very Buddhist motives. Then, thought Pigsy, he was hardly a Buddha, nor was he a monkey. Presently, he was a pig spirit changed into a little girl pretending to be a little boy to be offered to a water monster. It was all very simple to a pig spirit."