Re: a political (and spiritual) being

You're asking the wrong question, Tina. :)

Jim

tina carson wrote:

> 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
>
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>
>
>> 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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