(02-16-2015, 12:35 PM)Monica Wrote: I started a thread expressing a concern that the Law of One could potentially be turned into a religious dogma, which I thought was a valid concern, but people were more interested in debating my signature.
This got me to thinking, and in a sudden moment of clarity, I realized that eating tomatoes is also STS!
Think about it. There are nutrients found in tomatoes that are also found in apples, blueberries, and other fruits. Therefore, it is clearly unnecessary to eat tomatoes, and to knowingly do so is surely an STS act!
I know it's hard...with all the billboards showing delicious-looking pasta sauce...and fresh tomatoes on salads. Hardest of all is the organic, garden-fresh tomato, vine-ripened to perfection. Oh, what flavor!
And then there are the exotic varieties...have you ever had a purple tomato? They are amazing!
But...as much as I love the flavor of fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes, eating them is clearly STS.
Irony (from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía), meaning "dissimulation, feigned ignorance"[sup][1][/sup]), in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case. Irony may be divided into categories such as: verbal, dramatic, and situational.
Verbal, dramatic, and situational irony are often used for emphasis in the assertion of a truth. The ironic form of simile, used in sarcasm, and some forms of litotes can emphasize one's meaning by the deliberate use of language which states the opposite of the truth, denies the contrary of the truth, or drastically and obviously understates a factual connection.[sup][2][/sup]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
It doesn't matter how fast you go, you can't run away from your shadow.
Yes, the Law of One could potentially be turned into a religious dogma and your signature is the sort of thing that it starts with.
This is why the debate always seems to return to 'that' signature.