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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2016, 07:27:40 pm »
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That would be a thing that is your problem, not other people's.

Nobody has a moral obligation to be pretty for you.

 
No, I don't really care what they look like. If it were up to me, I'd let people wear whatever they wanted. But it's not up to me.

You see, by dressing in certain ways, people create problems for themselves: employment, housing, the police, etc.

Leave the issue of fat people & extend it to appearance in general, & a lot of people create problems for themselves just by choosing to wear this or that.

Is it their right to wear this or that? Yes. But "yes" has consequences. & those consequences are not going to go away, no matter how many times one quotes the Constitution or how sanctimoniously one states the latest platitudes.

Look like a thug, & you'll get treated like a thug. Look like a whore, & you'll get treated like a whore. Is it right? No - but that is the way it is, & it isn't of my making.

"You can't judge a book by it's cover" - well, bullshit, people do it all the time, the moment that they clap eyes on someone. Not to realize this is to be foolish.
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2016, 08:23:15 pm »
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"You can't judge a book by it's cover" - well, bullshit, people do it all the time, the moment that they clap eyes on someone. Not to realize this is to be foolish.

How do you square this with the argument that people should not use glamour or low magic to improve how they are perceived?
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2016, 09:13:31 pm »
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How do you square this with the argument that people should not use glamour or low magic to improve how they are perceived?

This is paradoxical territory!

By saying that the first step is to figure out who you really are. Once you have done that, if you have the courage, adopt the outward persona that suits it, dressing & acting appropriately, understanding fully well that there is a price to pay. Transgendered people do this all the time.

Very few people manage it, though. Most prefer to conform. Conformity, after all, comes w/many payoffs.

If one has the crust to live life w/o the lucre that comes along w/social conformity, I say all the more power to one. If, however, one does not, I say that it is better to ahead and conform - and not be bitter about it. It's not Society's fault, after all, that one lacked the courage to make a stand.
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2016, 10:31:43 pm »
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Transgendered people do this all the time.

Why yes, yes we do.

But what I was asking was how you personally could say both of those things and mean them, not how they could apply to me. You already know I'm a liar, after all. ;)
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« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2016, 12:03:40 am »
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Why yes, yes we do.

But what I was asking was how you personally could say both of those things and mean them, not how they could apply to me. You already know I'm a liar, after all. ;)

 
Compassion ... Some people have the courage to be themselves, no matter the price that they have to pay - & I cheer for them. Others simply cannot summon that courage, yet I do not despise them: they simply are not ready for it. If Buddha was right, we get more than 1 shot at life - maybe next time. As an admirer of Schopenhauer, I hold that the greatest virtue is indeed compassion: I feel for those who do not fit in and have the courage to stick out, & I feel for those who do not fit in but force themselves to hide w/in, & I even feel for those who do fit in b/c they always remain blind to so much that life has to teach. Life sucks, in some way, for everyone, believe it or not, & it's helpful to remember that.
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2016, 12:29:01 am »
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Compassion ... Some people have the courage to be themselves, no matter the price that they have to pay - & I cheer for them. Others simply cannot summon that courage, yet I do not despise them: they simply are not ready for it. If Buddha was right, we get more than 1 shot at life - maybe next time. As an admirer of Schopenhauer, I hold that the greatest virtue is indeed compassion: I feel for those who do not fit in and have the courage to stick out, & I feel for those who do not fit in but force themselves to hide w/in, & I even feel for those who do fit in b/c they always remain blind to so much that life has to teach. Life sucks, in some way, for everyone, believe it or not, & it's helpful to remember that.
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2016, 01:28:03 am »
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I don't follow?

 
Life sucks. For everybody. Happiness is a now & then thing - not a permanent condition. Misery, on the other hand, that can be a permanent condition. Even the best off of us are in need of compassion ... It's difficult to show love to the unlovable - but who needs it more, eh? ... In short, I try to take it easy on everyone. I don't always succeed, but I try.
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2016, 01:29:52 am »
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Life sucks. For everybody. Happiness is a now & then thing - not a permanent condition. Misery, on the other hand, that can be a permanent condition. Even the best off of us are in need of compassion ... It's difficult to show love to the unlovable - but who needs it more, eh? ... In short, I try to take it easy on everyone. I don't always succeed, but I try.
Ah. Gotcha. Sounds a bit like Buddhism to me. ;)
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2016, 01:37:44 am »
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Ah. Gotcha. Sounds a bit like Buddhism to me. ;)

 
I keep a small statue of the Joyous Buddha on my altar. I have another of the Doleful Buddha in a box somewhere in my sister's garage. But I prefer the fat little fellow w/his ear to ear smile. This one is setting out on a journey. He's got his bed roll w/him, a water jug, his begging bowl, and he just looks as pleased as possible. If only I could be that confident!
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2016, 10:52:47 am »
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Oh, I would never tell someone not to go ahead & have plastic surgery, but I would wonder why anyone would do such a thing. Beauty is useless b/c it gets things that are worthless - but, if someone yearns for those things, well, go right ahead ...


Worthless to YOU, maybe. I dunno how to break it to you, but some people have gotten quite a bit out of being an attractive person and they seem pretty happy about it.

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But I would go to a job interview in sweats - you see, I would never seek a job that was not in keeping w/ my personality, and, if my personality were the type that would have me wear sweats, then I would be looking for a job that required sweats, so wearing them would be expected of me. I'm a mathematician. Mathematicians tend to wear sports jackets and slacks, which is what I like to wear, anyway.


You're very confusing. You spent a whole post saying "dress better!" and then turn around and go, "except me, I have all my shit together." I am unclear as to what your point is.

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You're quoting Crowley. He died broke in a run-down rooming house, you know - after having inherited & run through a huge fortune. He was a brilliant man - but ...


I am perfectly aware of who I am quoting, thank you. I am also aware of his history. My point was that your definition of magic did not seem very clear, and if you were using one at all like Crowley's then I disagreed with you. The man's fate is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.

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I'm an ascetic - I keep my wants to a minimum. If nothing else, it allows me the luxury of being lazy. But it also saves me a lot of trouble in other ways - no arguments, no fights, no being all entangled in big affairs. I can spend my time doing math, listening to classical music, looking at art, taking walks, tending to my plants, and petting dogs.

 
Good for you. I don't really care about you, I was trying to have a conversation about what I thought you were talking about, which was the manipulation of image. That is the subject that interests me.

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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2016, 11:10:50 am »
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I have to disagree entirely, if we are in fact talking about magic as "the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with Will" - if I was just learning how to like the shit I already have, why on earth would I take up the practice of magic? Low magic in particular is all about getting stuff that you

Me too.

Two song lyrics that spring to mind.

"But no one needs morality when there isn't enough to eat" (New Model Army, The Charge)

Rap critics that say he's "Money Cash Hoes"/I'm from the hood stupid what type of facts are those/If you grew up with holes in your zapatos/You'd celebrate the minute you was having dough (Jay Z, 99 Problems)
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2016, 07:35:00 pm »
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Worthless to YOU, maybe. I dunno how to break it to you, but some people have gotten quite a bit out of being an attractive person and they seem pretty happy about it.



You're very confusing. You spent a whole post saying "dress better!" and then turn around and go, "except me, I have all my shit together." I am unclear as to what your point is.



I am perfectly aware of who I am quoting, thank you. I am also aware of his history. My point was that your definition of magic did not seem very clear, and if you were using one at all like Crowley's then I disagreed with you. The man's fate is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.


 
Good for you. I don't really care about you, I was trying to have a conversation about what I thought you were talking about, which was the manipulation of image. That is the subject that interests me.

 
Interesting - talk to someone about which you don't care ...

Ah, well ...

Beauty is worthless.

What I meant about the sweats was this - I would not choose a job that required me to dress differently than I ordinarily do. If I ordinarily dressed in sweats, then the job I would be applying for would require me to wear them.

If you're going to quote Crowley as some paragon - as you seemed to be doing - then I'd say his fate is pertinent.
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2016, 07:47:09 pm »
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You're quoting Crowley. He died broke in a run-down rooming house, you know - after having inherited & run through a huge fortune. He was a brilliant man - but ...

 
Netherwood was hardly run down. Have you seen it?

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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2016, 10:34:02 pm »
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Interesting - talk to someone about which you don't care ...

 
On a discussion and debate board people are generally primarily hanging out for the discussion and debate.  Who's holding a position and why doesn't matter all that much compared to whether or not the position is well-supported.

So, when you make statements like,

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Beauty is worthless.


people are likely to expect you to back them up with reasoning, support, and logic.  You made the extraordinary claim; your job is also to provide the evidence for it.

If you just mean "I don't give a fig about beauty" then people are going to wonder why you're telling them that, because your personal preferences aren't grounds for a meaningful discussion or a debate.
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Re: Lesser Magic & Its Uses ...
« Reply #29 on: March 24, 2016, 03:44:31 am »
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On a discussion and debate board people are generally primarily hanging out for the discussion and debate.  Who's holding a position and why doesn't matter all that much compared to whether or not the position is well-supported.

So, when you make statements like,



people are likely to expect you to back them up with reasoning, support, and logic.  You made the extraordinary claim; your job is also to provide the evidence for it.

If you just mean "I don't give a fig about beauty" then people are going to wonder why you're telling them that, because your personal preferences aren't grounds for a meaningful discussion or a debate.

 
Well, all right, let's first define beauty. Here I am talking about god-given beauty: the drop-dead gorgeous person whose life is a cakewalk from birth to early middle-age, when the looks begin to fade: beauty is worthless, because then it becomes a curse, especially for a woman. "Oh, poor thing, once so beautiful ..."
Created beauty - the beauty that one creates by developing one's own style, well, that's priceless - & ageless. By adopting an instantly recognizable style- persona - one does indeed become beautiful - but not in the sense that most people usually mean when they use the word "beauty". Most people mean the god-given kind, which is indeed worthless: what the gods give w/one hand, they take away w/the other. Every myth that I can find has it that we are simply fucked for life & it is our job on earth to puzzle our ways out of the maze. Life is not meant to be a cakewalk.
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