Comments on: Government: Part 2 http://www.kurt-anderson.com/main/12/writing/philosophy/government-part-2 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Puck http://www.kurt-anderson.com/main/12/writing/philosophy/government-part-2/comment-page-1#comment-34 Puck Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:28:00 +0000 http://www.kurt-anderson.com/?p=12#comment-34 the andersons: <br/>i agree. in fact, in a later post, i was planning on exploring the notion of political bodies (which would include parties as well as governments) as parallel to organisms.<br/>heh heh.. he said "negro"<br/><br/>bigskyblast:<br/>just because a high priority of an organism [party] is to prolong its own life, doesn't mean that justifying its own existence is arbitrary (or even, for that matter, false). <br/>think of us; from a purely observational standpoint, we exist merely to prolong the species. however, in our brief time here, we find Meaning (justification) for our existence: event x is part of a plan, love gives us reason to live, etc.<br/>the fact that parties do the same thing is a matter of course. our job as constituents is to decide which Meaning we want to believe in and support those who will make the world match that vision. the andersons:
i agree. in fact, in a later post, i was planning on exploring the notion of political bodies (which would include parties as well as governments) as parallel to organisms.
heh heh.. he said “negro”

bigskyblast:
just because a high priority of an organism [party] is to prolong its own life, doesn’t mean that justifying its own existence is arbitrary (or even, for that matter, false).
think of us; from a purely observational standpoint, we exist merely to prolong the species. however, in our brief time here, we find Meaning (justification) for our existence: event x is part of a plan, love gives us reason to live, etc.
the fact that parties do the same thing is a matter of course. our job as constituents is to decide which Meaning we want to believe in and support those who will make the world match that vision.

]]> By: BIGSKYBLAST http://www.kurt-anderson.com/main/12/writing/philosophy/government-part-2/comment-page-1#comment-32 BIGSKYBLAST Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:08:00 +0000 http://www.kurt-anderson.com/?p=12#comment-32 To some, demons are real...they have been seen. To others, there are no demons...no one is looking. <br/><br/>How sad that the generation which embraced and put forth the change philosophy of 2008 believes that the parties are simply "justifying their own existence". I thought the revolution was about honesty, action and change of mindset. You almost had me convinced that Obama could mean something, but you obviously don't believe it yourself. Make no mistake, he IS the party. To some, demons are real…they have been seen. To others, there are no demons…no one is looking.

How sad that the generation which embraced and put forth the change philosophy of 2008 believes that the parties are simply “justifying their own existence”. I thought the revolution was about honesty, action and change of mindset. You almost had me convinced that Obama could mean something, but you obviously don’t believe it yourself. Make no mistake, he IS the party.

]]> By: the andersons http://www.kurt-anderson.com/main/12/writing/philosophy/government-part-2/comment-page-1#comment-30 the andersons Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.kurt-anderson.com/?p=12#comment-30 well, the virtual demons the parties fantasmography to justify their own existences of course! tell me your boogie monster and i'll tell you your politician (it just so happens that in some languages "boogie" means black--yes, *negro* black). well, the virtual demons the parties fantasmography to justify their own existences of course! tell me your boogie monster and i’ll tell you your politician (it just so happens that in some languages “boogie” means black–yes, *negro* black).

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