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I'm sorry if my position seems to change. I assure however, that my position has not changed one inch. What has changed have been the terms in which i frame it. Sometimes i say something and i expect someone to understand what i'm saying without realizing that what i said isn't really what i mean. One of the things i value about the tfp is that it has helped me learn how to frame my ideas better.
In first responding to unga, i was responding to the fact that unga had not taken a philosophy course before and seemed unsure about what to expect. Having never read the republic i felt i had no right to comment on that. I don't think my comment on philo in general was out of place since two other people posted about philo in general rather than the book. I was just trying to warn unga about some of the downsides of the philosophical tool that is philosophical discussion- people who are more concerned with obliterating another's perspective than with learning anything. It seems like you are trying to claim that i am the only person who as ever noticed such a phenomena. Probably due in part to my inability to argue for the sake of growth, right?
As for your lack of participation in all of the meaningful discussions available to you, lack of time is really a cop-out. Tell me, what could ever be more meaningful than philosophical discussion? If you really cared you'd make time, right? You're the one who believes all discussion is inherently worth-it and valuable. Did somebody allready state your opinion in the "If you could would you have sex with god" thread? By not participating in all of these discussion your are implying that they lack value to you. I'm just not sure how that could be, since you think that all philosophy is immeasurably valuable.
I'd like to thank flamingdog too. I would've told you, but since you're the person who bandied about the idea for a new thread for this i just assumed you'd be looking for one.
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