Re: Anti-Theism (was MD Is Morality Relative?)

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Fri Dec 03 2004 - 22:35:33 GMT

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    Interesting Sam,

    We do all indeed read through our own prejudices (or schemata) It probably
    shows (as Ant McWatt previously noted), that Bill Hicks made interesting
    philosophical reading / listening / watching.

    Certainly the passage you quoted is identical bar the odd word to the
    transcript of Rant in E-Minor (I've just checked.)
    The next line is as I said, though the paragraph after that goes on to
    complain that the Love of God viewpoint gets in the way of good solid
    national government policies based on fear and WMD (10 years before WMD was
    coined BTW). Either way he is being ironic.

    Anyway comedy is nothing if not ambiguous.
    Ian
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Sam Norton" <elizaphanian@kohath.wanadoo.co.uk>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:53 AM
    Subject: Re: Anti-Theism (was MD Is Morality Relative?)

    > Hi Ian,
    >
    > > Hmm - irony indicater needed I think.
    > > You, me and Bill Hicks all.
    > >
    > > If I've got the right quote from "Rant in E-Minor"
    > > Hicks' next line is ...
    > >
    > > "Now if that isn't a danger to this country, I don't know what is."
    > >
    > > As you say, "Quite so."
    > > Ian
    >
    >
    > Hmm. The handicap of communicating by e-mail. I was quoting from p244 of
    'Love all the people', not
    > sure if that's the 'Rant in e-minor', but it could be.
    >
    > I don't think he was being ironic in saying it, I think he was being quite
    serious. But maybe I'm
    > just reading it through my own prejudices. Wouldn't be the first time.
    >
    > Sam
    >
    >
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