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>"Socrates had been a vigorous naysayer in his time, yet Diogenes outdid him. Nothing brought him more pleasure than doing the opposite of what everybody else w

>"Socrates had been a vigorous naysayer in his time, yet Diogenes outdid him. Nothing brought him more pleasure than doing the opposite of what everybody else was doing. No wonder that, asked once “what was the most beautiful thing in the world,” Diogenes replied: “Freedom of speech.” In our age of unapologetic conformism and generalized herding, such a contrarian spirit may be the one thing that can save our lives — politically, culturally, intellectually, and spiritually. Contrarianism shows that there are other manners of acting and being in the world. In any society, some will have to go against the stream of pious lies."

dragonwriter 4y ago
> In our age of unapologetic conformism and generalized herding Compared to what?
- sacrosancty 4y ago
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- peter_d_sherman 4y ago
  You'll have to ask the original author! All of the above (in my post) -- is a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from the original article... It's sort of like if I repost the following quote to HN: >"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." ...Well, that's not me saying that(!) -- rather it's an a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from a larger document! If you wish to compare that or any part of that quote to other things -- then I'm guessing (but not knowing!) that you'd probably want to consult with one or more of the original authors of that document! <g> So you'd probably want to consult the original author -- for an answer to your question! Finally, I would suggest and submit to you that there is a "no shooting the messenger", er, "requoter", er "reposter", er "messenger", er, "reposter" -- rule in effect! (If you don't like the message, then don't question the messenger(!) -- he's just the delivery agent(!) -- he didn't write the message -- he just moved it from place to place! <g>) Asking me (a much lesser individual than any of these great authors, in the grand scheme of things!) -- to give you an opinion about a quote I reposted -- sort of would lessen and dull the simplicity and greatness of the quote(!) -- when the quote is read by itself without commentary, and by itself alone! So let me ask you a question... What would you -- compare it to? ?
  - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
    Without taking a side on the actual question being argued... Every once in a while, feel free to end a sentence without an exclamation point. It got really distracting.
    - peter_d_sherman 4y ago
      I use Hacker News to share information with the community -- not criticize other users about their grammar...
      - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
        And you could be more effective at sharing information if your punctuation wasn't distracting.
        peter_d_sherman 4y ago
        No one is forcing you, or anyone else, to read what I wrote and/or quoted...
jaapbadlands 4y ago
Non-conformity soon becomes conformity with a different haircut.

dragonwriter 4y ago

> In our age of unapologetic conformism and generalized herding Compared to what?

sacrosancty 4y ago
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peter_d_sherman 4y ago
You'll have to ask the original author! All of the above (in my post) -- is a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from the original article... It's sort of like if I repost the following quote to HN: >"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." ...Well, that's not me saying that(!) -- rather it's an a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from a larger document! If you wish to compare that or any part of that quote to other things -- then I'm guessing (but not knowing!) that you'd probably want to consult with one or more of the original authors of that document! <g> So you'd probably want to consult the original author -- for an answer to your question! Finally, I would suggest and submit to you that there is a "no shooting the messenger", er, "requoter", er "reposter", er "messenger", er, "reposter" -- rule in effect! (If you don't like the message, then don't question the messenger(!) -- he's just the delivery agent(!) -- he didn't write the message -- he just moved it from place to place! <g>) Asking me (a much lesser individual than any of these great authors, in the grand scheme of things!) -- to give you an opinion about a quote I reposted -- sort of would lessen and dull the simplicity and greatness of the quote(!) -- when the quote is read by itself without commentary, and by itself alone! So let me ask you a question... What would you -- compare it to? ?
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  Without taking a side on the actual question being argued... Every once in a while, feel free to end a sentence without an exclamation point. It got really distracting.
  - peter_d_sherman 4y ago
    I use Hacker News to share information with the community -- not criticize other users about their grammar...
    - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
      And you could be more effective at sharing information if your punctuation wasn't distracting.
      - peter_d_sherman 4y ago
        No one is forcing you, or anyone else, to read what I wrote and/or quoted...

jaapbadlands 4y ago

Non-conformity soon becomes conformity with a different haircut.