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  • in reply to: Philosophical background #1948238
    Ben.
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    Well, that would be impossible, chronologically and logically.

    PoMo, to quote Moe is “being weird for the sake of weird”. It means that you lost confidence in the big answers, the big tales of Modernity.

    It erupted in the early 70’s, after the Prague Spring and the Yum Kippur-war (oil crisis). The 3 big tales of the 20th century don’t provide any answers: fascism doesn’t, communism doesn’t either and liberalism, well, ****-uyama thought liberalism now was the only big story still available. Non-sence ofcourse. His book is rubbish. Together with Huntington’s clash of civilizations it’s the most respected book on contemporary history. I ask why :confused:

    Post-Modernists however don’t believe in any of these tales.

    The only thing that comes close to PoMo is the 19th century feeling of Fin-de-siecle: Oscar Wilde, dandyisme. Wilde only focussed on arts though, he didn’t care about politics, nature, or life in general (which he all found irritating). Pomo’s are not so cynical, they are just being critical towards the big answers.

    In some way, we are all Post-Modernists. Being modernist is quite naieve I guess: marxism, nationalism, liberalism. None of them has the status of gods. But that doesn’t mean we throw everything away. One can be religious, or spirutalist (New Age is PoMo), but PoMo is more than hippy BS. It means that we organise our life “a la carte”, we only take what we need from Religion (when we are ill we go to church), politics (we are to lazy to vote but we still want to blaim gov’t), economics …

    So to answer your question: there first has to be Modernism before there can be pomo :D. That is however a very un-pomo thing of me to say because I am putting too much faith into chronological thinking. 😎

    The phisophical holocaust erupted.

    in reply to: General Discussion #383300
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    Holy **** I’m really a romantic : both on the philosophy AND the sex test

    http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=2472&first=yes

    You scored as A Romantic.

    You’re a romantic through and through. You may not ever have very many partners, but it’s ok. You know that it’s about the person who you’re having it with, and that the sex is more of a fun biproduct – a very fun biprodict. You know how to make your partner happy, and that’s what it’s all about.

    A Romantic – 70%
    Virgin 35 %
    Sex God – 50% :dev2: :dev2:

    Proves that these tests are BS. I’d rather sit in the couch eating nacho’s than buying roses for my GF, and even if we go out to the movie which is the summum of romance (Sin City!!!) I’ll still be eating those horrible stinking nacho’s 😉

    The new 21th century Werther has arrived

    in reply to: Philosophical background #1948249
    Ben.
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    Holy **** I’m really a romantic : both on the philosophy AND the sex test

    http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=2472&first=yes

    You scored as A Romantic.

    You’re a romantic through and through. You may not ever have very many partners, but it’s ok. You know that it’s about the person who you’re having it with, and that the sex is more of a fun biproduct – a very fun biprodict. You know how to make your partner happy, and that’s what it’s all about.

    A Romantic – 70%
    Virgin 35 %
    Sex God – 50% :dev2: :dev2:

    Proves that these tests are BS. I’d rather sit in the couch eating nacho’s than buying roses for my GF, and even if we go out to the movie which is the summum of romance (Sin City!!!) I’ll still be eating those horrible stinking nacho’s 😉

    The new 21th century Werther has arrived

    in reply to: General Discussion #383317
    Ben.
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    Noo, spiritualism is more than just new age BS. Actually the origins of christianity is also about spiritualism

    in reply to: Philosophical background #1948261
    Ben.
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    Noo, spiritualism is more than just new age BS. Actually the origins of christianity is also about spiritualism

    in reply to: General Discussion #383540
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    Where’s the guitar player from Busted?

    in reply to: Under-rated Guitarists? #1948360
    Ben.
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    Where’s the guitar player from Busted?

    in reply to: General Discussion #383913
    Ben.
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    I’m the one on the right 😉

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    in reply to: Pictures Of Yourself. #1948555
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    I’m the one on the right 😉

    C:Documents and SettingsHPCOMPAQBureaublad

    in reply to: General Discussion #384009
    Ben.
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    Ah,

    I see its one big happy family in the EU to quote Rodney King “Can’t we all get along :p ”

    Really boy this is funny so much for the United States of Europe what a crock of BS when will the Citz. of Germanu start demanding a real vote on the EU.

    RER

    PS My money is on Lux 😮 😀

    Who’s talking about the US of E? It’s alled the EU, resembes more like the SU :diablo:

    http://www.standaard.be/assets/images_upload/zaza_030605b.gif

    Mum “Kiddy, it’s not your fault”
    Dad “Europe is to blame”

    in reply to: France says no to EU constitution #1948590
    Ben.
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    Ah,

    I see its one big happy family in the EU to quote Rodney King “Can’t we all get along :p ”

    Really boy this is funny so much for the United States of Europe what a crock of BS when will the Citz. of Germanu start demanding a real vote on the EU.

    RER

    PS My money is on Lux 😮 😀

    Who’s talking about the US of E? It’s alled the EU, resembes more like the SU :diablo:

    http://www.standaard.be/assets/images_upload/zaza_030605b.gif

    Mum “Kiddy, it’s not your fault”
    Dad “Europe is to blame”

    in reply to: General Discussion #384607
    Ben.
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    Yeah, it’s war. Last time we had a problems like this was in 1839 :D. De Gucht is what we call a moron. In the 6 months he’s FM now he already achieved to start a diplomatic fight in the UN, the Congo (not welcome anymore :)) and Holland. De Gucht is arrogant and stupid, but for once, he was right too.

    Arthur, please be gentle to me if the invasion starts. (it actually already started some decades ago when rich dutchmen moved to b in order to avoid taxes)

    in reply to: France says no to EU constitution #1948866
    Ben.
    Participant

    Yeah, it’s war. Last time we had a problems like this was in 1839 :D. De Gucht is what we call a moron. In the 6 months he’s FM now he already achieved to start a diplomatic fight in the UN, the Congo (not welcome anymore :)) and Holland. De Gucht is arrogant and stupid, but for once, he was right too.

    Arthur, please be gentle to me if the invasion starts. (it actually already started some decades ago when rich dutchmen moved to b in order to avoid taxes)

    in reply to: General Discussion #384748
    Ben.
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    Yes, but it’s also arrogant (and wrong) to say Brussels is controlling everything while it’s not. Bringing in arguments is not arrogant. The nice thing about “history” is you can use it to back any argument, using single facts. Facts can prove anything, H. J. Simpson once said. Well, it this national consciounce is soooooooo important and we are all so sure about our national history, than why be afraid of counterarguments. If there’s one thing I’ve learned here so far after studying nearly 3 years history is a nice tool of propaganda, widely used. In fact, you don’t even need to lie, just forget certain events. 11th july 1302 for example, the date Flanders defeated the French King. 11 july is now our national holiday. Shame though the King conquered Flanders two years later again and 🙂

    If you want to use the argument of “national consciousness” one should not be afraid of adding in arguments which don’t find in that narrow concept of a state.

    The Ottoman Empire existed for over 400 years. The Armenian Genocide was during WWI. However, in the 16/17th C the Empire was a haven of tolerance compared to the rest of Europe. After the expulsion from the Jews in Spain and Portugal most of them moved to Holland or the Ottoman Empire.

    in reply to: France says no to EU constitution #1948923
    Ben.
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    Yes, but it’s also arrogant (and wrong) to say Brussels is controlling everything while it’s not. Bringing in arguments is not arrogant. The nice thing about “history” is you can use it to back any argument, using single facts. Facts can prove anything, H. J. Simpson once said. Well, it this national consciounce is soooooooo important and we are all so sure about our national history, than why be afraid of counterarguments. If there’s one thing I’ve learned here so far after studying nearly 3 years history is a nice tool of propaganda, widely used. In fact, you don’t even need to lie, just forget certain events. 11th july 1302 for example, the date Flanders defeated the French King. 11 july is now our national holiday. Shame though the King conquered Flanders two years later again and 🙂

    If you want to use the argument of “national consciousness” one should not be afraid of adding in arguments which don’t find in that narrow concept of a state.

    The Ottoman Empire existed for over 400 years. The Armenian Genocide was during WWI. However, in the 16/17th C the Empire was a haven of tolerance compared to the rest of Europe. After the expulsion from the Jews in Spain and Portugal most of them moved to Holland or the Ottoman Empire.

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