The porch project is
coming along just fine. For those that
missed this Saturday morning post, here's a link to the article I posted titled
"Go Paint a Porch."
The above article
was written just before I went back to scrapping, sanding, and painting the
porch I'm trying to bring back to life.
Yes that project has consumed some of
my time but while toiling there I have been doing some thinking on my
cause at the Casino Gaming Oracle.
During my research
for an article released there entitled "ExposingThe Judicial Niggard's" I came across a very profound article on
"Bullshit." No, this is no
oxymoron, someone has actually written a 20 page paper on bullshit.
Okay, think I'm
bullshitting you? Well see for yourself. [On Bullshit,by Harry Frankfurt, Princeton University] Mr. Frankfurt opens his
article by stating: "One of the most
salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone
knows this. Each of us contributes his share."
I pondered this
statement because many of you know that I am revealing what I have termed as
"Judicial Stealthy Hubristic Injustice Tactics" or
"JSHIT" at my casinogamingoracle blog. So I began thinking, was this just my
contribution to our cultures vast array of bullshit?
Well upon reading
his article further, I surmised that it would be left of to you, my audience to
decide whether (JSHIT) is bullshit or not.
In developing a
meaning and or putting "On Bullshit" in context, Mr. Frankfurt
directs us to one of his sources, which happens to be an essay by Max Black,
entitled "The Prevalence of Humbug."
Mr. Black defines humbug as, deceptive
misrepresentation, short of lying, especially by pretentious word or deed, of
somebody’s own thoughts, feelings, or attitudes. [See page 2/20 of On
Bullshit]
Having becoming use to reading legal papers on various
subjects, I became skeptical of this article by Mr. Frankfurt because it lacked
the feel, and form of a legal paper.
But, I continued reading and found that he says: "Lying and bluffing are both modes of
misrepresentation or deception. Now the concept most central to the distinctive
nature of a lie is that of falsity: the liar is essentially someone who
deliberately promulgates a falsehood. Bluffing too is typically devoted to
conveying something false. Unlike plain lying, however, it is more especially a
matter not of falsity but of fakery."
No bullshit folks,
the above statement opened my eyes and made my (JSHIT) acronym more
meaningful. Why? Well, just as Mr.
Frankfurt sets out to define bullshit, then compares it to a more pleasant term
"humbug," and then he shows the divergence of the two terms, bringing
to life a thought that most would think has no real meaning at all. The reader would be expecting, just as I did,
that Mr. Frankfurt's entire article would lead nowhere, and turn out to be a
hoax. But, that was not the case here
so...
If you have a few
minutes check out Mr. Frankfurt's article, then revisit "JSHIT: Judicial Stealthy Hubristic Injustice Tactics"
and "JSHIT: Corruptions Acrimonious Acronym."
Now if a Princeton University paper "On Bullshit" can fly and stand
on it's own, it surely can support a term coined in the same vein, but having
more substantial and documentary proof's.
But, you know by now
that I just give you the fact's and ask that you be the judge. Spread the word, tell a friend or two.
Thanks, for viewing,
Gaming Oracle
Observer!
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