I watch rugby league to avoid being lined up against a wall and shot.

At a rugby match, anyone can express their opinion, bar questioning the referee.

 

I went into Sid's, back in the day, to watch the Calcutta Cup, a few minutes late, and English Steve ("the only thing that would make me vote SNP is English C***s like you" / "Good - F*** off ye Scotch Barstit") was there.  "How's it going, Steve?" / "Alright, but the referee's bent" / "You can't say that, just because he's homosexual" /"I don't care if he's a f***in' p**fter" and at this the two English blokes sitting next to us pricked up and took offence, being younger and more woke than me and Steve put together, and I stirred the coals a little bit more "Steve, if you're going to start a fight, I'll hold their jackets"

Don't question the referee. 

9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

My mind is always going a mile-a-minute, intellectualizing, as is my normal bent.

Everybody’s does. When it stops doing so, one is brain dead. It does not mean one is special or, gawd forbid, some goddam intellectual. Even the Buddha’s mind went a mile a minute. He could not turn it off. The monks are talking bs when they say he did so. What he did was deflect and turn it down by not focusing on the ‘stream’ anymore. He let it go. When people go all superior in thinking they might be an intellectual, that is just donkeyfied ego. LearnEd types just means they can focus and organise their dumb monkey-on-a-pole mind more efficiently. 

3 minutes ago, jvs said:

Gamma,are you a Menza member?

Try that first before telling us how smart you are.

Menza?

1 minute ago, jvs said:

Gamma,are you a Menza member?

Try that first before telling us how smart you are.

 

Are you entirely sure that you know the meaning of the NOUN, intellectual?

 

I already provided you with two slightly differing definitions.

 

Here is another...

But, still, I would not restrict the meaning of the intellectual to this narrow a definition.

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Menza?

 

Pisa....?

 

How would we know if we are truly an “intellectual”?

 

If you have to ask that question, then you probably are not. 

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

... this is not something you need to trouble yourself with if your Sundays are spent posting sprawling, self-congratulatory manifestos like this !!!!! Faux excentricity is massively overrated - it is not a mark of intelligence, especially when it’s as obviously performative as your marathon of frogs, Google Talks, and James Brown musings.

 

Perhaps your next urgent philosophical enquiry should include: “How does one know if one qualifies as a fruit-cake?” - though posting as above is more than enough evidence....

 

 

 

Not everyone uses this forum to constantly put other members and thai people down all the time.

 

You have some serious anger issues.

2 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Not everyone uses this forum to constantly put other members and thai people down all the time.

 

You have some serious anger issues.

If youre not here to put down others then what would you say you do here? LOL

5 minutes ago, angryguy said:

If youre not here to put down others then what would you say you do here? LOL

You will never hear me putting down our Thai hosts.

Heights of rudeness showing up uninvited in a new country only to constantly put down the locals.

7 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

anger issues

 

ANGER...!

He smiles......

 

His fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground......

 

Hendrix was an intellectual.

 

Watch his interview with Dick....

 

Dick Cavett, that is.....

 

 

13 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

You will never hear me putting down our Thai hosts.

Heights of rudeness showing up uninvited in a new country only to constantly put down the locals.

I guess if youve burned your bridges back home and have nothing to lose. Cant be criticizing your masters

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

True.

And, if not at dawn....

Even more hollow, one's claims.

 

It is dawn somewhere in the world, whenever you're shot

33 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

It is dawn somewhere in the world, whenever you're shot

 

As you say....

 

 

At dawn, then.....

Don't be late.

 

 

Don't be late.

 

8 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

As you say....

 

 

At dawn, then.....

Don't be late.

 

 

Don't be late.

 

We can't all keep rushing to keep up,  as my late mother would tell you

Personal attack removed.

 

@Alpha4

 

Discuss the thread topic & not other members.

6 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Not everyone uses this forum to constantly put other members and thai people down all the time.

 

You have some serious anger issues.

Awww… the grade A1 cokwomble troll trying his hardest to trigger response again… so droll…

 

Isn’t it time for another one of your monger hooker threads to troll the forum with ? 

6 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Not everyone uses this forum to constantly put other members and thai people down all the time.

 

You have some serious anger issues.

True, some keep notes and files on other members, then twist that data around to make themselves feel better by trying to put down moral behaving people who treat women and children well. I would say yes, that's hidden anger from the past.

11 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

14 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

“How does one know if one qualifies as a fruit-cake?”

 

I know I would know, you know.

After a good few beers the levels of my fruit-cakery would never be in doubt....  & back in the day, quite legendary !! 
🤫

 

Don’t tell Macly - he’ll file it and weaponize that statement months from now… 

9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Who is Rossini?

 

I am sure I don't know.

 

I rather rest my case!

19 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks,

 

Here are a few simplistic thoughts Concerning Being and Intellectual:

 

a.   How would we know if we are truly an “intellectual”?

b.   What is our responsibility to Society, if we decide that we qualify as one?

c.   Might we die an early death, as a result of carrying this burden?

 

Also, what is the definitive definition of an Intellectual?

 

Here is just one definition:

 

“An intellectual is someone who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about society, and who uses their mind to work with ideas. They often deal with abstract and complex problems, analyzing them to propose solutions or new perspectives. Ultimately, their aim is to understand the world, question accepted norms, and contribute to public discourse and knowledge.”

 

IN ADDITION, here is one more definition which, I would say, incorporates aspects of both Searle’s and Noam’s intellectualism….

 

“An intellectual challenges powerful, established systems by revealing their core deceptions, whether they be technological or political. They use rigorous methods—like a philosophical thought experiment to distinguish simulation from reality, or a deep analysis of public records to expose propaganda—to dismantle the arguments that sustain these systems. Ultimately, their goal is to show that a system claiming to possess true understanding or to be acting on democratic principles is, in fact, merely an empty imitation serving a hidden agenda.”

 

I hope you might, if you have time today, watch these glorious presentations on Google Talks, offered up by JOHN SEARLE….(I love this one. Google Talks has deteriorated, much, since those good old days of Google Talks.  Searle outdid himself at Google…That Day, for sure…BIG TIME….!!!!!  So, please enjoy the talk, if you will.)

 

 

I have no idea how you spend your time, but I have spent most of my life wrestling with conflicting thoughts about the meaning of life, and the purpose, if any, of the Universe, and also the meaning of frogs croaking near my house during the Raining Season, among other important considerations.

 

Also, even though I do love Sundays, since Sundays are quieter, due to less traffic in my area, still, Sundays are never a rest day for me….My mind is always going a mile-a-minute, intellectualizing, as is my normal bent.

 

AND-Also, Sundays, for most TV members, provides us a respite to step back and analyse our progress, to date, about the most mundane things. For example: What might we have done wrong during the past seven days?

 

I love to post Topics on Sundays, too.

 

Manic Sundays come to us far too infrequently, IMHO…..

 

So…..

Have a Good One…..FOLKS…!!!!

 

Also, would you say that you are, at heart, nothing but another intellectual?

 

I do hope so, since I hate being alone…

Although, I am NEVER lonely, as long as I have my thoughts to accompany me.

 

Best regards,

Gamma

 

Important Note:  Very Sorry if being an Intellectual is just …Not your Bag…..though….

 

James Brown was one of the greatest intellectuals of recent times.

 

 

I FEEL GOOD......

 

Hope you will, too, tomorrow, Sunday morning....

 

I feel nice,......

 

Note Two:  Soul is PARADISE......on a Sunday morning.....

 

 

 

Surely it is obvious?

Compare your credentials  with a known self proclaimed  genius !

 

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Awww… the grade A1 cokwomble troll trying his hardest to trigger response again… so droll…

 

Thanks for your response.

Again.

A true intellectual would not be posting on AN. 

 

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