Re: a political (and spiritual) being

Jesus, Jim,
Have you EVER smoked a joint? Or were you the wanker in the corner who
wouldn't touch it for fear that his mum would smell it on him? Get a sense
of humor, then call me & I'll come over & get you high.
tina

>Very stupid response, Tina. Comparing religious experience to drug induced
>highs isn't quite the same as comparing shades of blue from crayon boxes.
>I don't think you can even begin to talk intelligently about comparisons
>unless you've had both. Any two people looking at a streak of blue on the
>same sheet of paper from the same crayon, though, are having the same light
>frequencies hit their retina, even if they don't quite see the same shade.
>
>I wonder if Dennis Miller ever read Wittgenstein?
>
>Jim
>
>tina carson wrote:
>
>>Dennis Miller said:
>>"I stopped getting high, not because I didn't like it but because of the
>>people you get high with. 'How do I know that the colour blue I see is the
>>same as the colour as you see?' Buy a fucking box of crayons!"
>>Surely we couldn't have conversations like these or even conversations at
>>all if it weren't for a difference between our subjective realities and a
>>merging thereof on some levels? Now, buy a fucking box of crayons and
>>let's get on with it.
>>"annoyed with nit-pickers" tina
>>
>>>I can see that. But to make a meaningful comparison -- to say that good
>>>drugs "do the same thing" -- you'd have to have some knowledge of another
>>>person's experience as well, no? Perhaps I read you wrong.
>>>
>>>That's clearly was Huxley was doing in his book, by the way. This isn't
>>>uncommon.
>>>
>>>Jim
>>
>
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