Posted on 09/18/2001 2:39:18 PM PDT by Single Shot
I think the question is, "coherent to whom"? Knowledge is different in different states of consciousness. You and I are certainly in different states of consciousness, so our ability to make the connections differs.
Obviously, I'm working on a higher level of abstraction where the relationships between the variables are less obvious. However, that doesn't mean the connections, the relationships aren't there. I simply may have assumed too much of a knowledge base in my audience.
Now, as to the Soviet Union and China. What will they do when we act? Well, since they already have multitudes of infiltrators over here, I think the original plan was to create dissent over here and tie us up internally, ala Viet Nam. Of course, we know that didn't work, we have united to a greater degree and those Democratic Socialists in congress wouldn't dare go against the "grain" because that would tend to expose them.
So, I guess the Soviet Union and China will try to keep a low profile and just supply their guerilla insurgents with arms so they can sit back and profit from this new arms race while we become weaker. It all depends on the scale of our response.
You stepped in it with this remark. Knowledge is truth, for knowledge implies facts, and not mere claims, What you are atempting to claim with this statement is in essence that there is no truth, or that truth is relative, or that what is true for one person may not be true for another. On its face, this argument must fail. If one thing is true, the opposite cannot be true. What you are arguing is a humanist position. Francis Schaeffer put it this way. There is a thesis and an anti-thesis. One or the other is true, but both can't be true. What you are attempting to do is called synthesis; in other words, you are attempting to reconcile two opposites into one position. It simply cannot be accomplished while maintaining any degree of intellectual honesty.
Obviously, I'm working on a higher level of abstraction where the relationships between the variables are less obvious.
Your "higher level of abstraction" is nothing more than an simplistic and ineffective defense mechanism for your inability to articulate a position for which there is no support. If you were really all that bright, one would think you could at least offer an understandable argument. In this case, you cannot; mainly because there is no reasonable argument.
However, that doesn't mean the connections, the relationships aren't there.
Here you are admitting you have no reasonable argument and that your claims are based on mere speculation.
I simply may have assumed too much of a knowledge base in my audience.
Quite the contrary; you failed to realize that there are a number (in your case, a very large number) of Freepers who are actually much smarter than you. The problem is not the lack of knowledge on the part of your audience, it is your own lack of knowledge.
Ah well. Guess the jig is up.
Gotta say though, it really sucks being a Soviet agent these days. Since the USSR no longer exists, getting a paycheck is pure hell.
With all your prescient calls it is surprising that you are not working in the CIA or NSAI. Given your extremely pessimistic outlook for the future of America and the world as we know it, may I assume that making predictions of diaster is a way of life for you and that most of your predictions have never panned out. For example, did you envision that America during the Gulf War would decimate Iraq's military in short order with very few U.S. casualties? Let's be honest now!
I'll second that...
I'll second that...
MileHi, thank you for the endorsement.
Single Shot, how many other endorsements would you like. I can find plenty. MileHi is not only a friend, he is also very intelligent as well. There is a very good reason I am 'connectthedots'.
Thanks for that, and good to see you, it has been a while. Hope all is well.
By the way, my pessimism is largely due to one of the most common elements in the universe. Hydrogen is the most common. After that is ignorance.
It has occurred to me that I could work for the government in some capacity like you mention. However, I'd be subject to all the corruption therein. No thanks, I'll stay out here and call it from the bleachers.
Did y'all hear the Israeli intelligence report that reveals that Osama Bin Laden was recruited by Saddam?
I believe I predicted that directly above. Of course, that was an easy one. Following the trail all the way back to the Clinton white house and the actions that stimulated Bin Laden's need for revenge, that's a little bit longer chain of events.
I think this particular response indicates your severe lack of intellectual dexterity. In other words, what in the world does this most recent post have to do with my prior response? Obviously this is nothing more than the drivel of someone who is clearly out-classed.
Hmmmm. . .
Thingy #1. . . I can eat !!!
Thingy #2. . . I can poop !!!
Both are "true". . . and that's about as "opposite" as I care to get !!! :-))
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