tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post6031817160885157536..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Aristotle Had It Figured Out Long AgoAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-1887030301780399982012-11-12T13:14:24.158-08:002012-11-12T13:14:24.158-08:00I think we have to keep focused here. Alan’s'...I think we have to keep focused here. Alan’s' points regarding Aristotle’s observations about the basic structures of life that work is a separate issue from any issues regarding physics. The concern here is based on the idea that socialism is a structure where a small elite make all the decisions. That is not what the structure of the U.S. Constitution was created for. The tyranny of the masses is always of concern, but the tyranny of an elite is far more dangerous….and that is the point at hand. What should really be of concern isn’t whether this current crowd of socailists are elected or not. The nation can withstand these kinds of people. What should be of concern is that the nation has become so irrational that they would vote for these people. That is far more frightening! Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-78485922994706201682012-11-12T06:51:30.630-08:002012-11-12T06:51:30.630-08:00This may seem off-topic, but as a physicist, and k...This may seem off-topic, but as a physicist, and knowing that Aristotle stifled true physics for nearly 2,000 years, I don't trust Aristotle's judgment in any subject; he was a master of rhetoric, of merely persuasive speech -- known as such in his youth, at Plato's Academy -- and not a master of science (nor, it follows, of logical reasoning, however famous he is for that, in many peoples' eyes). For example, your statement, that "Aristotle believed that 'the very process of collective deliberation and judgment is likely to reach a better result than the isolated judgments of individuals, even if those individuals are, by hypothesis, the best and wisest in the state'...", is an argument for consensus, which I know to be false, as it is with regard to the hysterical climate consensus. Beware wrongheaded, dogmatic beliefs among the masses now -- the tyranny of a monolithic but false public opinion is how tyranny entrenches itself, with stealth, into the life's blood of a nation.Harry Dale Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210275295826050501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-69328047520136311852012-11-12T06:43:37.093-08:002012-11-12T06:43:37.093-08:00My ancestors left Europe because they did not like...My ancestors left Europe because they did not like what Europe had become -- and was becoming.<br /><br />As of last Tuesday, AMERICA has BECOME EUROPE! <br /><br />ARRG!<br /><br />JDLLongstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-6990776669873282592012-11-12T06:14:02.857-08:002012-11-12T06:14:02.857-08:00Alan said, " This is how nations fall into de...Alan said, " This is how nations fall into decline. It is as old as civilization"."<br /><br />Very true: the rest of the world is facing decline and fall along with America. <br /><br />In demographics, Europe, Russia, and the 57 Muslim nations are dying due to birth rates that fall far below the replacement level.<br /><br />So this is the way the world ends...not with a bang, but with a whisper.<br /><br />Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767498198886077632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-19442909448622996452012-11-12T05:44:51.871-08:002012-11-12T05:44:51.871-08:00@Lime: This is how nations fall into decline. It i...@Lime: This is how nations fall into decline. It is as old as civilization.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-16208678340093949682012-11-12T02:45:17.664-08:002012-11-12T02:45:17.664-08:00I have tried reading comments on the Huffington Po...I have tried reading comments on the Huffington Post website so that I can gauge how liberals think and reason. Needless to say that it was an extremely depressing exercise. Thousands upon thousands of comments calling for increasing taxes on the evil rich; demanding free healthcare for everyone; and celebrating the demise of Capitalism. America sure is in trouble.Lime Litehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062140213877618320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-38641251237696062822012-11-11T15:06:56.462-08:002012-11-11T15:06:56.462-08:00My wife and I have separately emailed John Boehner...My wife and I have separately emailed John Boehner requesting him to stand fast and not to cave in to Obama regarding taxing the "rich". I include in this the inheritance tax which is nothing but theft. I hope your readers do the same and ask their friends to do so, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593994135554272869noreply@blogger.com