Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (Here, kitties! Live chow, a grad student no less).

1/31/2005 | Dmitry Chernikov

[R. Scott]

Backwards, yes – but I’ll bet he made points with his advisors.

[rface]

if you wanted some sort of discusion, then your first sentence shouldn't have stated conservatives = storm troopers.

Anyone can get a piece of paper that has PHD on it - but that doesn't change how you illustrate yourself as ignorant and unimaginative

[Next_Time_NJ]

[Grampa Dave]

You little elitist POS, the people of Iraq have voted and shown the world that a$$holes like you are only worth a blue fingered salute.

Democracy Prevails In Iraq

[CAluvdubya]

Olly, olly, oxen free. Come out, come out, where ever you are!

I am surprised, with your advanced college education (sarcasm) that you are not sticking around to debate your post! What say you?

[afnamvet]

I see the dog ate your homework.

Pity.

[dfwright]

[eyespysomething]

But didn't you hear? Guantanamo is America's Auschwitz! ( rolling eyes )

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1332683/posts

Can they discredit themselves anymore?

[WestCoastGal]

[Conspiracy Guy]

I like the pig. Pancakes and Sausage!

[Hoodlum91]

Philosophers don't debate. They don't deal with facts. It's "concepts"

[FourtySeven]

DUDE! You still haven't responded to ANY of the posts on here, some of which, clearly dismantle your entire thesis!

And as of this writing, you haven't been banned yet! What's wrong, so busy studying Nietzsche, Socrates, and Descartes that you haven't figured out how to click on the "Post Reply" yet?

[blinachka]

Hey Dima!! Ti bolshoi BOLOVAN!!!

[buccaneer81]

If it's not too late, see if you can get your money back, your "education" didn't take.

Oh, yeah, it did. That's the tragedy.

[CAluvdubya]

It's just always more fun for the kitties to bat around a live rat than a dead one. Oh well, just another drive-by post.

[Gingersnap]

"...it has been well established that "conservatives" or whatever it is they call themselves these days (e.g., storm troopers) in matters concerning politics value little more than the state's power..."

Your initial premise is incorrect. The situation you attribute to "conservatives" is, in fact, fascism. Fascism has long been popular throughout parts of Europe (and other places) and so you are probably extremely familiar with it. Since there are almost no Europeans who could be called "conservative" from an American perspective, your mistake may be genuine.

Conservatives have a deep suspicion of state controlled power structures. Although they will work actively with these structures on a few occasions, you will find them more often opposing these structures.

You may want to try to see how conservatives see themselves rather than relying on the definitions supplied by opposing groups. You also need to gain a better understanding of the role of theism in conservative thought. While many conservatives are theists, many are not.

[sassbox]

hey now people, let's lay off the philosophy major bashing. I too am working on a PhD in philosophy, albeit not at such an illustrious institution as Kent State. Silly me, I had to end up doing metaphysics at Rutgers. To see how Rutgers' philosophy PhD program ranks compared to every Ivy League program as well as Kent State's click here. see you on the job market Dmitry! :)

[Charles Henrickson]

Hello? Hello, Dmitry? Listen, I can't hear too well, do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little? Oh, that's much better. Yes. Fine, I can hear you now, Dmitry. Clear and plain and coming through fine. I'm coming through fine too, eh? Good, then. Well, then as you say, we're both coming through fine. Good. Well, it's good that you're fine and I'm fine. I agree with you. It's great to be fine.

Now then, Dmitry. You know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the zot. The zot, Dmitry. The hydrogen zot. Well, now what happened is, one of our site moderators, he had a sort of, well, he went a little funny in the head. You know. Just a little . . . funny. And, uh, he went and did a silly thing. Well, I'll tell you what he did, he ordered his kittens . . . to attack your thread. Well, let me finish, Dmitry. Let me finish, Dmitry. Well, listen, how do you think I feel about it? Can you imagine how I feel about it, Dmitry?

[texasbluebell]

Hey Dmitry!

Don't you know it's not nice to be a hit and run poster? Where's your manners? Don't they teach you anything at Kent State?

Stick around, you might learn something. People are posting to you, you're supposed to reply.

[wolicy_ponk]