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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/10/2007 7:22:40 PM

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ORIGINAL: MuscleyandCute

Insanity is when one tries to rationalize what they cannot, therefor they will have unfounded rationalizations or in other words "delusions".

...sounds more like a definition of faith to me, as opposed to insanity.

i think there is a point however where faith can become insanity

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/10/2007 8:02:29 PM

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Because they beat a subject to death... almost 450 posts

- the testosterone in here is knocking me out lol

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/11/2007 1:25:29 AM

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the testosterone in here is knocking me out lol

I don't know if this thread has been full of testosterone, but I'm certainly glad to be rid of some of the estrogen I'm overly used to. You have to admit- these boards can be incredibly touchy-feely, prone to ignore reason in favor of maintaining some status-quo on emotions. So touchy!

I often see that many have that trait I attribute most strongly to SimplyMichael: that mentioning anything, even modestly, that isn't somehow a negative trait about you, is "beating your chest". It seems like such individuals want to sit around and talk about how depressing life is and cry about it.

Getting down now and then, being a bit angsty- I can't fault that; I'd be a hypocrit. But living by that sentiment? Com'n!

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/11/2007 5:03:06 AM

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If you did - you'd be called a depressive.

And some just like to stew in their own misery - why deny them their kink

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/11/2007 6:23:38 AM

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Because they beat a subject to death... almost 450 posts

In all fairness, there have been several subjects covered in this thread, only a few of which were beaten to death.

And once dead, they're dead.

Contrast this with repeated same-topic threads where people never resolve anything, even after 450 posts.

For me, beating a topic to death in a discussion is a rewarding experience that results in increased understanding of myself and the other participants, our respective POVs, and the topic at hand. It also does not contribute to my insanity in any way, though it may in some cases detract from my insanity; if you buy the term "insane", that is.

Though, if you look one level deeper, you'll find a common cause for both, as I covered on the previous page.

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the testosterone in here is knocking me out lol

Where do you feel there is testosterone being evidenced in these posts?

Surely the large number of posts from female contributors would indicate testosterone was no driving factor?

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/11/2007 6:26:05 AM

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CuriousLord,

I replied to your PM.

I'm wondering if you got my reply, as the board sometimes drops them.

No rush in answering, just checking to see if it went where it was supposed to, rather than the bitbucket.

Aswad.

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/11/2007 7:16:22 AM

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In 1281, the Japanese watched in horror as the Chinese assembled an enormous fleet and set sail cross the Straits of Japan to invade. The Japanese had no military means to repel this invasion, and saw it as the beginning of the end. A storm, later called the Banzai (Divine Wind) blew in and sank almost the entire Chinese fleet before it touched ground in Japan.

Sinergy

Mongols, not chinese.

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/14/2007 4:25:21 PM

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In 1281, the Japanese watched in horror as the Chinese assembled an enormous fleet and set sail cross the Straits of Japan to invade. The Japanese had no military means to repel this invasion, and saw it as the beginning of the end. A storm, later called the Banzai (Divine Wind) blew in and sank almost the entire Chinese fleet before it touched ground in Japan./

Sinergy

Mongols, not chinese.

and you suggest that the chinese ever conquered japan! I laugh at your ignorance.

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/14/2007 6:47:20 PM

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Finally found the quote!

Peut-être ne serez-vous pas compris tout d'abord.

I was right: it was Rodin.

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Was it Rodin who said, "You may not be understood at first"? I can't find the quote, but it's something like that.

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/14/2007 7:02:40 PM

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In 1281, the Japanese watched in horror as the Chinese assembled an enormous fleet and set sail cross the Straits of Japan to invade. The Japanese had no military means to repel this invasion, and saw it as the beginning of the end. A storm, later called the Banzai (Divine Wind) blew in and sank almost the entire Chinese fleet before it touched ground in Japan.

Sinergy

Mongols, not chinese.

You mean the Chinese under the command of the Kublai Khan, the Mongol who took emperorship of China in 1279, no doubt.

The historical term used to describe foreign invaders conquering Japan are the words "I came, I saw, I was conquered." Two generations after any invading force took over, it was impossible to tell them apart from the Chinese they conquered.

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/15/2007 3:26:04 PM

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<quick reply>
If my memory serves me correctly. The Yuan dynasty was the shortest of all Chinese dynasties, but seems to be the only one that westerners are familiar with.
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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/15/2007 3:42:04 PM

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If my memory serves me correctly. The Yuan dynasty was the shortest of all Chinese dynasties, but seems to be the only one that westerners are familiar with.
thompson

That would be the Zhao Dynasty, started by a crazed empress in the middle of the T'ang Dynasty and lasted 15 years.;-p (690-705 AD) You gots to read this, she's nuts.;-)
Just my two genius cents.;-p
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhou_Dynasty_%28690_AD_-_705_AD%29&redirect=no

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/15/2007 6:07:03 PM

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If my memory serves me correctly. The Yuan dynasty was the shortest of all Chinese dynasties, but seems to be the only one that westerners are familiar with.
thompson

The Mongols under the descendants of Kublai Khan were the Yuan dynasty and lasted from 1271-1368.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Dynasty

I stand by my comments about the Yuan dynasty resembling those overthrown within a generation.

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/26/2007 1:40:12 PM

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ORIGINAL: Sinergy

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<quick reply>
If my memory serves me correctly. The Yuan dynasty was the shortest of all Chinese dynasties, but seems to be the only one that westerners are familiar with.
thompson

The Mongols under the descendants of Kublai Khan were the Yuan dynasty and lasted from 1271-1368.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Dynasty

I stand by my comments about the Yuan dynasty resembling those overthrown within a generation.

Sinergy

i thought a generation was thought to be about 60 years or so? i dont think any form of government has survived much beyond 200 though if i remember my history correctly.

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 6/26/2007 4:53:33 PM

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after reading almost every post on this thread, i feel compelled to add something to the conversation to prove my intelligence....so here goes.....

any stupid doms with a dumptruck load of common sense, who happen to be reading this, hiya....it would help if you live in georgia and dig fat redheads.....

now i need an advil.......and i really have enjoyed the debates here(ok most of them, some made me go huh?"

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 7/4/2007 5:26:54 AM

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If my memory serves me correctly. The Yuan dynasty was the shortest of all Chinese dynasties, but seems to be the only one that westerners are familiar with.
thompson

That would be the Zhao Dynasty, started by a crazed empress in the middle of the T'ang Dynasty and lasted 15 years.;-p (690-705 AD) You gots to read this, she's nuts.;-)
Just my two genius cents.;-p
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhou_Dynasty_%28690_AD_-_705_AD%29&redirect=no

Adelphus:
A hooker taking power for fifteen years during a three hundred year dynasty does not a dynasty make. "Wikki" the consensus poll does not an encyclopedia make.
thompson

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RE: So Why Are All The Genius's Insane? - 7/4/2007 12:08:45 PM

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A hooker taking power for fifteen years during a three hundred year dynasty does not a dynasty make. "Wikki" the consensus poll does not an encyclopedia make.
thompson

"Strange women, lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." Terry Jones.

Says it all, really.

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