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[dicksbro]

Would that mean eating meat raw or could you still fry it up?

[gekkogecko]

What if it meant sucking out the innards of your still living victims?

[dicksbro]

Sounds a bit sordid don't you think?

[gekkogecko]

Is the more sordid, the better?

[dicksbro]

I suppose some would think so, don't you?

[gekkogecko]

What do the prudes think?

[kleclere]

Do we care what the prudes think?

[gekkogecko]

Far more alarming: are the prudes in charge of what we think?

[dicksbro]

Do they work for the government?

[gekkogecko]

Does that make any difference?

[dicksbro]

Doesn't it?

[gekkogecko]

Is control by an individual different from control by a group?

[dicksbro]

Probably not too much ... just more in a group that could result in stronger control or more division. Right?

[gekkogecko]

Have you often considered the structure of society?

[dicksbro]

You mean there is some?

[gekkogecko]

Is it demonstrable that there is no complete anarchy?

[dicksbro]

Not likely. Just look at Seattle, Portland, New York; etc., etc. Aren't they evidence to the contrary?

[gekkogecko]

Are we talking past each other again?

[dicksbro]

Indubitably, don't you think?

[gekkogecko]

In other news, what do you think of the current activity exploring Mars?

[dicksbro]

I think it's a good investment. Do you agree?

[gekkogecko]

Will we eventually find a way to get off this rock?

[dicksbro]

I can't imagine us or mankind giving up on such an undertaking, can you?

[gekkogecko]

What will we take with us when we go?

[dicksbro]

Maybe some warm clothes and enough food ... ya think?

[gekkogecko]

Would we need other things, as well?

[dicksbro]

Wouldn't air and water be good ideas or at least a way to collect/create them?

[gekkogecko]

Is this a good start?

[dicksbro]

Sounds like a pretty good start to me. Don't you think so?

[gekkogecko]

Does it matter what you think if you're dying of lack of oxygen, starvation, or dehydration?

[dicksbro]

I know I wouldn't want that .. would you?

[gekkogecko]

Have we covered all the basics?

[dicksbro]

Sounds like we have, don't you think?

[gekkogecko]

Do you have plans in light of the new CDC guidelines re: masks?

[dicksbro]

The sooner they're gone the better. Wouldn't you agree?

[gekkogecko]

Wouldn't that depend ont he behavior of the most idiotic part of the populace?

[dicksbro]

You're probably right on that. America seems to have lost a lot of common sense over the past decades. Oh well, I guess good things don't last forever in this life anyway ... right?

[gekkogecko]

Does "nothing" lasting forever include things like "common sense" ?

[dicksbro]

I wouldn't have thought so, but circumstantial evidence suggests the opposite might just be true. What do you think?

[gekkogecko]

Is rare chaos the opposite of common sense?

[dicksbro]

I wouldn't think so, would you. Everyone sometimes slips, don't they?

[gekkogecko]

What if what you slipped was your vertebral disc?

[dicksbro]

Why, have you done that before?

[gekkogecko]

Do you realize that it's really no fun?

[dicksbro]

Yep ... unless you are a glutton for pain and discomfort. Not too many of those folks I would guess, wouldn't you say?

[gekkogecko]

Are the ones who are into it preferring a different kind of pain?

[dicksbro]

Who knows?

[gekkogecko]

What exactly is in your mind?

[dicksbro]

Right now, I'm thinking when I get done here, I think I'll lay back down and sleep some more. How about you?

[gekkogecko]

Do you intend to recognize Fathers' Day today?

[dicksbro]

We did. Wife and I had lunch for Father's Day at a local restuarant and it was very good. Tuesday will be our 58th anniversary and we're planning on another dinner out at a place about 10 miles from here.

[gekkogecko]

Do you ever argue with idiots on the 'net?

[dicksbro]

Generally avoid "arguing" especially with someone I don't agree with emotionally. Do you?

[gekkogecko]

Do you instead engage in other forms of dispute ?

[dicksbro]

In discussions there may be differences in opinion but not very often would they progress to the point of what I would call "disputes." Why, do you?

[gekkogecko]

Does a great enough difference in degree make a difference in kind?

[kleclere]

What degree is kind?

[gekkogecko]

That is the question, isn't it?

[kleclere]

Which question are you asking?

[gekkogecko]

Can you remember anymore?

[kleclere]

What memory?

[dicksbro]

Huh?

[kleclere]

Where are we?

[gekkogecko]

Are we in the middle of nowhere?

[dicksbro]

Who knows?

[gekkogecko]

How's the weather down there?

[kleclere]

Doesn't it seem to change minute by minute?

[dicksbro]

Have the effects of COVID eased some where you're at?

[gekkogecko]

Were things evver actually "normal" ?

[dicksbro]

Have you been to a movie in the past year?

[gekkogecko]

Are any of the new releases worth going out to see?

[kleclere]

Isn't there only 4 new movies out?

[dicksbro]

Speaking of movies, have you gone to any since this COVID pandemic started?

[gekkogecko]

Is it worth the risk?

[dicksbro]

We haven't been so far but maybe if something good is shown now we may try it. What do you think?

[gekkogecko]

Shouldn't you make your own decisions based on your local conditions?

[dicksbro]

Yep but locally the films being show haven't been especially enticing. Maybe with things easeing up a bit there'll be more opportunities soon. Ya' think?

[dicksbro]

Yep, but the selection locally hasn't been very inticing, either. Maybe that'll change with the easing of some of the restrictions. Ya' think?

[gekkogecko]

Can you bend reality to your will?

[dicksbro]

Can anyone?

[gekkogecko]

Do you believe that Australia actually exists?

[dicksbro]

Don't you?

[gekkogecko]

What do the Australians think?

[dicksbro]

If they're on that big island near antiartica ... they probably would think so, don't you imagine?

[gekkogecko]

Is there any way we could ocntact them?

[dicksbro]

Not sure how but maybe on Facebook or something like that. What do you think?

[gekkogecko]

Do you believe in reciprocity in all aspects of life?

[dicksbro]

I suspect not ... "all" being the reason. I don't think I've ever held the "eye for eye" philosophy. Does anyone believe that anymore?

[gekkogecko]

oooooh, you picked up on the subtlety. Good on ya for that.

Is it true that some people want to apply it someitmes?

[dicksbro]

Oh, the thought probably happens every now and then, but I suspect it's more of a verbal response to something really negative ... 911; a mass shooting somewhere; things like that ... but most of it I think is a verbal reaction rather than a true wish. What do you think?

[gekkogecko]

Is it true tha tmost people don't think aobut the more profound meanings of existence?

[dicksbro]

Most probably don't think much about existence ... beyond the "I think therefore I am" level. What do you think?

[gekkogecko]

Are philosophers really just spy-moles?

[dicksbro]

Or just moles trying to justify their existance?

[gekkogecko]

Can you justify your existence?

[dicksbro]

I can, but do you have doubts?

[gekkogecko]

Dae I doubt my own existence ?

[dicksbro]

Do you doubt your ability to justify your existence?

[gekkogecko]

to whom must I justify myself?

[dicksbro]

Wasn't it your question?

[gekkogecko]

Is the question the answer?

[dicksbro]

Is the answer the question? :doorpeek:

[gekkogecko]

Are you running away?

[dicksbro]

Is that what you think?

[gekkogecko]

Is thinking an arduous activity?

[dicksbro]

You mean mentally or physically?

[gekkogecko]

Does either one work for you?

[dicksbro]

Nope. How about you?

[gekkogecko]

Should we worry ab out what snails think?

[dicksbro]

Do you?

[gekkogecko]

How should we define "thinking" anyway?

[dicksbro]

Wouldn't it be the opposite of "I think therefore I am?"

[gekkogecko]

Are you saying that decartes was right after all?

[dicksbro]

Possibly don't you think so?

[gekkogecko]

Is the distinction of mind and body correct, as he stated?

[dicksbro]

If your asking if the mind can exist without the body ... I would say yes if we're talking in the spiritual realm where the body as we know it no longer exists.

Do you accept that?

[gekkogecko]

Is there a spiritual realm at all?

[dicksbro]

If there's not ... you've lost nothing. If there is and you don't believe it ... the cost could be enormous. Just sayin ...

[gekkogecko]

Are we getting into Pascal's wager, here?