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I just broke my toe!

Posted by Typicalanonymous - April 29th, 2011


Sonofabitch it hurt.

It's now all pretty and purple, and I cannot move it. Toes are very hard things to bind or create a mini cast for, so I am simply wearing shoes all the time and hoping I don't stub my toe on a crate of books, which is the incident that caused this frightful wound in the first place. To finish this post off, I think I'll post something intellectual for the maybe two people who actually read stuff this long to consider. Feel free to not read it and just comment telling me how much of a wuss I am for complaining about a broken toe and relate "the time you got put in a full body cast for falling while skiing on a black diamond while fighting a land shark with nothing but your bear (I spelled it right.) hands." xD

Excerpt from "The Indispensable Opposition" by Walter Lippmann (1939)

Were they pressed hard enough, most men would probably confess that political freedom--that is to say, the right to speak freely and to act in opposition--is a noble ideal rather than a practical necessity. As the case for freedom is generally put today, the argument lends itself to this feeling. It is made to appear that, whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration. Thus, the defense of freedom of opinion tends to rest not on its substantial, beneficial, and indispensable consequences, but on a somewhat eccentric, a
rather vaguely benevolent, attachment to an abstraction.

It is all very well to say with Voltaire, "I wholly disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it," but as a matter of fact most men will not defend to the death the rights of other men: if they disapprove sufficiently what other men say, they will somehow suppress those men if they can.

So, if this is the best that can be said for liberty of opinion, that a man must tolerate his opponents because everyone has a "right" to say what he pleases, then we shall find that liberty of opinion is a luxury, safe only in pleasant times when men can be tolerant because they are not deeply and vitally concerned.

Yet actually, as a matter of historic fact, there is a much stronger foundation for the great constitutional right of freedom of speech, and as a matter of practical human experience there is a much more compelling reason for cultivating the habits of free men. We take, it seems to me, a naïvely self-righteous view when we argue as if the right of our opponents to speak were something that we protect because we are magnanimous, noble, and unselfish. The compelling reason why, if liberty of opinion did not exist, we should have to invent it, why it will eventually have to be restored in all civilized countries where it is now suppressed, is that we must protect the right of our
opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.

We miss the whole point when we imagine that we tolerate the freedom of our political opponents as we tolerate a howling baby next door, as we put up with the blasts from our neighbor's radio because we are too peaceable to heave a brick through the window. If this were all there is to freedom of opinion, that we are too goodnatured or too timid to do anything about our opponents and our critics except to let them talk, it would be difficult to say whether we are tolerant because we are magnanimous or because we are lazy, because we have strong principles or because we lack serious convictions, whether we have the hospitality of an inquiring mind or the indifference of an empty mind. And so, if we truly wish to understand why freedom is necessary in a civilized society, we must begin by realizing that, because freedom of discussion improves our own opinions, the liberties of other men are our own vital necessity.

And yes, ecchi is still included. =P

I just broke my toe!


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poor toe...I am always doing that sort of crap...like the time I accidentally embedded a boxcutter in my foot because someone left it on the stairs I was running down...
but seriously that sucks....
as for the rest of it I appreciate Voltaire's sentiment, don't really live it out (frankly if the WBC all had their voiceboxes cut out I would not do anything but celebrate) and I am generally irritated by the distant holier than thou tone which the author seems to take. Pontification on the flaws of humanity takes no particular skill or understanding, any idiot with a magic marker and a piece of cardboard can do it.

and now it is time for me to go to sleep, if this didn't make sense I'll go back and correct it in the morning, or afternoon or whenever I next turn on the computer

this one looks like my friend samantha in a caricature-ish state...which is weird

Boxcutter+foot=pain

Well I believe Lippmann is stating that Voltaire's view is not always followed, and as a result, the people trying to suppress others suffer as well, because "freedom of discussion improves our own opinions." But you are right, he does seem a bit patronizing. But hey, look at it another way and it's didactic.

And I don't see how that makes it weird. =P Give it to her and say you went through lots of hard work to create a self portrait of her. (with purple hair (or dark blue, can't really tell))

like thunder cats????/
want some hentai content?
(not same question...)
see my profile and go on one
you will like it....

I do believe I'm good. On both Thunder Cats and Hentai. I salute you, but do not join you. I'm also pretty much in the Realm of Ecchi.

nice image? and i have never broken a toe, only my elbow >.< sorry for takeing so long to reply, but i was unfortuantly busy

It's a very nice image. xD

And no full body cast from falling while skiing on a black diamond while wrestling a bear?

Lippmann is stating the no one follows Voltaire's advice, but then he is condemming all of humanity for that flaw in a most irritating manner...and I have enough personal flaws without tossing in any more all-of-humanity flaws on top of that.

And it is weird because sam is neither particularly mentally balanced or particularly attractive.

Well thats a little mean. Sam's feelings are hurt now.

the girl has 3 different psychologists and pentagrams carved all over her arms...I only hang around so I can keep her from joining a cult or getting yet another 40 something boyfriend. It is not an enjoyable relationship for me since I spend most of it checking to make sure she's taken her meds and trying to explain to her concepts like married men+ sex= bad. But she has the same hair, breast size, skin tone and eyebrows as bathing suit girl up there. The eyebrows especially do not translate nicely into the real world.

Interesting. Her personality seems a little self destructive. I salute you for staying by her and trying to steer her straight, as it seems it wouldn't end well if you didn't. I have a friend like that, (aside from the psychological disorder) except he never really listens to me.

And you didn't add any new pictures for me to critique today
How's your toe doing?

I know, I know. I'll try harder next time. And fine, just as purple as it was yesterday. Since its just the little toe, it's actually not that bad to walk with.

thats good...have you considered critiquing flash portal submissions...your page looks rather empty...I'm a hoarder of b/p points

I'm just too lazy. I watch a flash, but then watch another before I remember to review it.