Thread: Twinkies

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

I've read Hobbes...and Locke, Smith, Hegel, Plato, Aristotle, Hamilton, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Aeschylus, Meade, Watson, Skinner, Piaget, Vygotsky, Margres, Wundt, Freud, Jung, Bronfenbrenner, Kohlberg, Tregaskis, Pyle, Shirer, Morrison, Prange, and a host of others. Glad I don't have to suffer through some of that again!

Wow, I don't know that many immigrants. Although some sound sorta familiar. When did they come over?

Bob

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

I've read Hobbes...and Locke, Smith, Hegel, Plato, Aristotle, Hamilton, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Aeschylus, Meade, Watson, Skinner, Piaget, Vygotsky, Margres, Wundt, Freud, Jung, Bronfenbrenner, Kohlberg, Tregaskis, Pyle, Shirer, Morrison, Prange, and a host of others. Glad I don't have to suffer through some of that again!

Never mind them - have a bash at Giambattista Vico. If you can figure out his 'New Science', please send me the summary. I had it on a tray in a cafeteria once and a philosophy prof looked at it and said "Jesus! Who's making you read *that*?"

That's not a good sign...

I am going to apologize for my warped sense of humour but if I take this stuff too seriously my head will explode. Then SWMBO will get to spend my pension and we don't want that, do we? It's been fun.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Sounds like what we are headed for here in Kanuckistan with the thinly veiled teabagger er ah I mean Conservative party in power. Nothing new under the sun. I guess the plunge isn't over then eh?

Bob

That's exactly what's happening here - both federally and in some cases provincially. When even a hint of collective action is sniffed out by our Great Leader, the back to work legislation is prepped and ready to go. Threaten a strike and surprise!! You're or newest essential service.

Lots of anti-union folks talk about rights. What about a worker's right to withdraw his or her labour? The restriction of that - and not wage restraint - is what is driving the conflict between the Ontario Government and teachers.

Originally Posted by BobH

I've heard of manifestos before. I think I have a roll of them hanging in the bathroom. Just can't recall if they are right or left ones.

Bob

We always referred to them as union grievance forms.

Originally Posted by BobH

Wow, I don't know that many immigrants. Although some sound sorta familiar. When did they come over?

Bob

You can find them all at the Dragon Buffet in Plantation every weekend. No kidding,,,,,,,

Don't even think about jumping the line for the King Crab legs, they'll beat you down like a Fox correspondent at a Union Rally.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

You can find them all at the Dragon Buffet in Plantation every weekend. No kidding,,,,,,,

Don't even think about jumping the line for the King Crab legs, they'll beat you down like a Fox correspondent at a Union Rally.

Let's have a BIG hand for Hirlau, he'll be here all week! Please be sure to tip your waitresses and beertenders...

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Never mind them - have a bash at Giambattista Vico. If you can figure out his 'New Science', please send me the summary. I had it on a tray in a cafeteria once and a philosophy prof looked at it and said "Jesus! Who's making you read *that*?"

That's not a good sign...

Try reading the Yale edition translation of von Clausewitz. He died before he worked out all of the nuances of his theory of warfare ("the extension of politics by other means"), and that's why it's such a confusing read. At least Sun Tzu made sense...kinda. Machiavelli was easy.