[lbo-talk] another Kantian goes down in Russia

Bill Bartlett william7 at aapt.net.au
Thu Sep 19 00:04:08 PDT 2013


Yeah I forgot. A slug gun or something I presume. I guess that's not quite so bad, though i have been shot with a slug gun when I was a kid and it hurts.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas

On 19/09/2013, at 4:57 PM, "JOANNA A." <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> Non lethal gun...nobody was hurt much.
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> j
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> On 19/09/2013, at 2:13 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Says a lot for the Russians that they're willing to kill each other over philosophy. Reminded me of the duel in Magic Mountain.
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>> Joanna
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> It was not clear which of Kant's ideas may have triggered the violence.
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> You say that as if it was a good thing. But I don't think being a zealot* is a good thing and I seriously doubt that many Russians are zealots.
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> *Being "willing to kill each other over philosophy" is even taking zealotry to extremes.
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> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas
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> PS: My daughter is in Nth America right now. Just left NY and arrived in Canada. her travel companion posted this on faceboook:
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202169339180816&set=at.4748730842068.192738.1409002265.676586839&type=1&theater
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