With their scarves and Bertrand Russell quotations ;)
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Bela Lugosi's Dad,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:14,
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as bertrand russel once saidthe only thing that can redeem mankind is cooperation
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:15,
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He wasn't very co-operative when I asked him to helpme shift a sofa. Said he had a book to write, the bastard...
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enceladus,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:26,
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fucking intellectuals!never willing to help with the hard work!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:32,
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And fey whimsicalityhiding a wry cynicism. Watch your back!
( enceladus,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:16,
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[/;-DThe power of the economic reformer is limited by the technical productivity of labor.
So long as it was necessary to the bare subsistence of the human race that most men
should work very long hours for a pittance, so long no civilization was possible except
an aristocratic one; if there were to be men with sufficient leisure for any mental life,
there had to be others who were sacrificed for the good of the few. But the time when
such a system was necessary has passed away with the progress of machinery.
It would be possible now, if we had a wise economic system, for all who have mental
needs to find satisfaction for them. By a few hours a day of manual work, a man can
produce as much as is necessary for his own subsistence; and if he is willing to forgo
luxuries, that is all that the community has a right to demand of him. It ought to be
open to all who so desire to do short hours of work for little pay, and devote their
leisure to whatever pursuit happens to attract them. --B. Russell
(So long as it was necessary to the bare subsistence of the human race that most men
should work very long hours for a pittance, so long no civilization was possible except
an aristocratic one; if there were to be men with sufficient leisure for any mental life,
there had to be others who were sacrificed for the good of the few. But the time when
such a system was necessary has passed away with the progress of machinery.
It would be possible now, if we had a wise economic system, for all who have mental
needs to find satisfaction for them. By a few hours a day of manual work, a man can
produce as much as is necessary for his own subsistence; and if he is willing to forgo
luxuries, that is all that the community has a right to demand of him. It ought to be
open to all who so desire to do short hours of work for little pay, and devote their
leisure to whatever pursuit happens to attract them. --B. Russell
Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:24,
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wise words...wait a minute, 'forgo luxuries'?
Fuck that!
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enceladus,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:32,
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That's the fly in the ointment.But it is likely your idea of luxuries is far from what he is speaking of.
Mere indulgences pale in comparison to having famous musicians
at your daughters birthday party or erecting follies in public areas etc etc.
(Mere indulgences pale in comparison to having famous musicians
at your daughters birthday party or erecting follies in public areas etc etc.
Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:38,
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phew!so broadband and a car would be ok? Count me in, Bertie! Roll on the three-day week!
( enceladus,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:41,
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As Bertrand Russell once saidI'm so fucking drunk I could piss at a sherry glass from 20 paces and hit everything but the glass.
I need to be abed.
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Bela Lugosi's Dad,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:36,
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really?i must be bertrand russel!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:38,
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Bertrand Russell, or Ron Paulpeople who listen to Belle and Sebastian invariably are also huge Joss Whedon cultists and Ron Paul libertarians... at least, in my experience.
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AgentMuu hentai coordination,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:39,
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Ron Paul is a fucking shitty freak magnet.So it sort of makes sense I guess.
( Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs,
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 0:42,
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