What are the other two movies, Berti?

In reply to this comment by berticus:
there are maybe.. 3? movies i can think of that have utterly destroyed me and made me cry almost uncontrollably, and this was one.

bjork was just sublime.

there are maybe.. 3? movies i can think of that have utterly destroyed me and made me cry almost uncontrollably, and this was one.

bjork was just sublime.

That is because I am not apologizing. I am saying

Namaste.

Sayonara.



In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
SUGGESTION: (I would have thought you would have learned this from the last time you erred so.) You might consider refraining from saying something in so called private, ON THE SIFT OR INTERNET, that you would not say out in the open.

"A" mistake? You are characteristically kind to yourself.

Apologies,...you aren't meaningfully or properly capable. Obviously.
In reply to this comment by bareboards2:
Namaste.

I made a mistake.

I would have apologized for it. However, your response to me in this very public forum (versus the lounge, which has few visitors) leads me to say....

Namaste.

And sayonara.


In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
I generally make it around to the Lounge to keep up so to speak but I appreciate not missing your performance today particulary.

You calling me irrational is pathetically and funnily ironic.

You calling me names is cowardly telling on you as well.

You stupidly, crazily, and erroneously accusing me besides, typical for you.

I, as a rule, let the pitiful and banal pass. However, out of appreciation, please, allow me....

To quote Richard Farina, "I beg your sublimely idiotic pardon." Contrary to your bleating, I never made a comment in the poll thread, not one. Why would I bother. Therefore, I did not delete any either. If you care to educate yourself, refer to the previous dupitus thread. There you will find my comments intact. Unlike your sanity, intelligence and character, at least with me.

Namaste.

I made a mistake.

I would have apologized for it. However, your response to me in this very public forum (versus the lounge, which has few visitors) leads me to say....

Namaste.

And sayonara.


In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
I generally make it around to the Lounge to keep up so to speak but I appreciate not missing your performance today particulary.

You calling me irrational is pathetically and funnily ironic.

You calling me names is cowardly telling on you as well.

You stupidly, crazily, and erroneously accusing me besides, typical for you.

I, as a rule, let the pitiful and banal pass. However, out of appreciation, please, allow me....

To quote Richard Farina, "I beg your sublimely idiotic pardon." Contrary to your bleating, I never made a comment in the poll thread, not one. Why would I bother. Therefore, I did not delete any either. If you care to educate yourself, refer to the previous dupitus thread. There you will find my comments intact. Unlike your sanity, intelligence and character, at least with me.

Beautiful... sublime even.

The mix of art and engineering in these is sublime

This is quite sublime. Dapper and period-perfect singer, certainly, but the musicianship is equally first-rate. I love those "coversational" solos. Very tight band. Instantly I'm a fan. *promote

Sublimation anyone ?

*edit
Nope, I know its one of those fancy words.

I like Harris--he is witty, brilliant, and quite thoughtful. But I also think that it is quite appropriate and telling that the man introduces him as an "iconoclast"--that is, in the good ol' (Biblical) tradition of the ban on images, Harris would seem to want a world where all religious images, institutions, ideologies, etc., would be prohibited from reaching the public.

In my view, one could deny science AS WELL AS religion their sovereign roles, and would not necessarily enter into moral relativism. There is NO discourse that can determine good and evil, because this binary (good/evil) is already a tension that is working at its most fundamental level in human language and experience: it is a tension that, while not representable by language or scientific discourse, is nevertheless common to everyone on an individual as well as shared level. But the problem is that no one field or way of thinking alone (and science is included here) can name this tension, as if to do away with the "problem" of disagreement and dissensus once and for all. Can't be done. Shouldn't be attempted. Why does he use these extreme examples of cultures who poke out children's eyes and shit? Well, he is talking about difference, here, isn't he? And whatever one might think about such ways of living, it is simply UNNATURAL to try and SYNTHESIZE and sublimate difference (on any level) within a single, unifying discourse. Ultimately, to attempt this would be both naive and would run counter to human experience and potential.

The FUNDAMENTAL problem I have with this kind of approach, is that it assumes we should, or even COULD, have a universal ethical system. And even beyond that, it ASSUMES that if such a system were ever to exist, it should (or could) be overseen and mediated by a single interpretive regime (science, religion, philosophy, etc). By INSISTING that we need to find a "system" somewhere, it seems that Harris is falling into the same trap that religious fundamentalists do. Its so reactionary: "Well, where are you going to find a moral SYSTEM then? To whom or what will you answer?" Sounds like the question my friggin bible study teacher used to ask. And in my opinion, Harris is already operating from that mindset.

The below quote from Sartre is inspiring to me. Although Sartre is kind of dated, I think he still proves useful as a reminder of what what is at stake in any discussion about "universal" systems. Sartre believes that the only "universal" and "transcendental" system we could ever have is our own need--which is never our own, but which is always both interior AND shared--to surpass our situation, which is not specific to a given approach or system, but which is a fundamental (in)capacity of man. This capacity, importantly, is also our incapacity. When things like science and religion get out of control (which they always have and will), who will be there to check them if not man, which is the only being who both strives beyond and knows his limits? (...) "Man is all the time outside of himself: it is in projecting and losing himself beyond himself that he makes man to exist; and, on the other hand, it is by pursuing transcendent aims that he himself is able to exist. Since man is thus self-surpassing, and can grasp objects only in relation to his self-surpassing, he is himself the heart and center of his transcendence. There is no other universe except the human universe, the universe of human subjectivity. This relation of transcendence as constitutive of man (not in the sense that God is transcendent, but in the sense of self-surpassing) with subjectivity (in such a sense that man is not shut up in himself but forever present in a human universe) – it is this that we call existential humanism. This is humanism, because we remind man that there is no legislator but himself; that he himself, thus abandoned, must decide for himself; also because we show that it is not by turning back upon himself, but always by seeking, beyond himself, an aim which is one of liberation or of some particular realisation, that man can realize himself as truly human." -Jean-Paul Sartre, "Existentialism is a Humanism" (http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm)

>> ^Trancecoach:

For anyone who's interested, the mental disorder that he's exhibiting is part of a subsection of paraphilias called frotteurism.


The healthiest thing this man can do is use Sublimation and become a part of some sort of sex show. Until then he's going to keep running into problems with the law.

Some other Paraphilias:
Pedophilia - sexual urges towards children
Exhibitionism - recurrent desire to expose genitals to a stranger
Voyeurism - sexual pleasure from watching other who are naked, grooming, or having sex.
Sadism - sexual pleasure derived from others' pain
Masochism - sexual pleasure derived from being abused or dominated
Fetishism - sexual focus on objects (transvestite falls in here)
Frotteurism - male rubbing of genitals against fully clothed woman to achieve orgasm, subways/buses (what is apparent in this video)
Zoophilia - animals preferred in sexual fantasies or practices
Coprophilia - combining sex and defecation
Urophilia - combining sex and urination
Necrophilia - preferred sex with cadavers
Hypoxyphilia - altered state of consciousness secondary to hypoxia while experiencing orgasm. (Autoerotic asphyxiation, etc.)

Firstly, to deal with issues - any issues - in a christmas-list style prioritized manner is absurd. You point out some valid issues that do necessitate a response, but the idea that we should exclude "lesser" problems from consideration until the big ones are dealt with is, I'm sorry to say, patently ridiculous. You simply cannot defend that approach rationally in any way that holds water.

Secondly, the premise that these people have choice, and that they are destroying their lives and becoming indoctrinated by their own election : yes, they are. There is something vaguely audible in me which says "when people are the architects of their own suffering or misfortune, let them suffer". However, humans are not sublime creatures and are flawed in a great many fatal ways. People's minds are accessible by the forces of manipulation, indoctrination and propaganda. These people are not acting autonomously. If they were, I would agree with your idea that they're making these decisions independently, for themselves, as intelligent and self-determining agents. I think that argument must fall to pieces when confronted with the fact of how completely people's minds, and intelligence, can be compromised, distorted, abused and subjugated by the sorts of techniques that Scientology employs.

Thank you. And while cognizant of the benefit, it is difficult not to identify with the effort and time one spends to find a submission.

And you are correct, invocation fail.

I, as I am sure others, will enjoy hearing from you more often. However, priorities, right? I hope and trust your studies go well for you.

The star, yes thank you. And I mean thank you a great deal. I owe you and others much still and always. You have made it gratifying here for me.

Ah, and yes, life is good and will get much better soon. I am happy at your happiness as well.

Namaste.
In reply to this comment by bleedmegood:
dont feel bad for the dupeof invocation....i'd rather know asap as opposed to watching the votes skyrocket only to find out a day or two later that it's a dupe...dont know if it was intentional but you invoked the youtube url instead of the videosift url. I'm going to make a concerted effort to maintain correspondence with my sift buddies and fb friends. I've been lagging lately due to my studies, but I have the persistent nagging feeling that I should nurture my on-line friendships. I just realized a couple of days ago that you had been awarded a silver star. That was crazy quick, and well deserved. Congrats! I hope you are finding life to your liking. Mine is currently filled to the brim with happiness and moments of sublime absurdities, and I continue to absorb every last drop...namaste...
In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often. (Mark Twain)

Certainly true for you and I appreciate your well developed economy with words.

I like hearing from you as well, still.

Thank you.

dont feel bad for the dupeof invocation....i'd rather know asap as opposed to watching the votes skyrocket only to find out a day or two later that it's a dupe...dont know if it was intentional but you invoked the youtube url instead of the videosift url. I'm going to make a concerted effort to maintain correspondence with my sift buddies and fb friends. I've been lagging lately due to my studies, but I have the persistent nagging feeling that I should nurture my on-line friendships. I just realized a couple of days ago that you had been awarded a silver star. That was crazy quick, and well deserved. Congrats! I hope you are finding life to your liking. Mine is currently filled to the brim with happiness and moments of sublime absurdities, and I continue to absorb every last drop...namaste...
In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often. (Mark Twain)

Certainly true for you and I appreciate your well developed economy with words.

I like hearing from you as well, still.

Thank you.

Finally a montage of slow-mo that is not just bullets blowing things up. Really quality shooting here. Looks like it would take some takes to get the dog shaking shot, and those hummingbird shots are sublime.

>> ^Yogi:
>> ^mefa:
Except everyone who's played football for over two years in europe in little league has seen someone do this, it's quite good. Won't ever upvote this though...

Except....except what? Where's the beginning of that sentence?


"Beginning" of sentence in bold. Could be written "It's quite good, except everyone who's played..."

Some grammar issues and missing words so I can see how it'd be cunfusing to a drunk.