Number 91 : March 1998 |
Hello Theo, Alan here, with my piece for the next issue, and thanks for the reply.
Rick Street (C90, 30.1) : why would a question on reincarnation sit better in Aquarian SIG? Would reincarnation raise deep philosophical thoughts that some people would not be ready to deal with or question ? Should we avoid a tendency to discuss "safe" subjects and not handle more exciting or uglier subjects ? I believe that this discussion must evolve before we go deeper (but hopefully not in to endless replies). Oh by the way Rick, I never met a normal man never mind a paranormal one!
Eric Hills (C90, 14.4) : if a consensus is reached by the participants and implemented, would this disrespect the position of the minority of those who refuse to participate in the talks. This problem wouldn’t be solved in a few lines of this journal, but in the mean time all us philosophers can stare with frowns of intolerance at those hostile non participants. By the way would you consider Northern Ireland a democracy ?
Please forgive my effort in the last issue, rather crude. I should find another media in which to express my anarchistic tendencies, perhaps therapy.
(Theo : before you do a hatchet job on the Northern Ireland one, I am putting together a article on Northern Ireland which should see the light of the day soon. I await the next issue.) Thank you.
Alan Carr
Alan : I’ve no problems with us discussing re-incarnation. If I remember correctly, Plato, a philosopher of some renown, thought (or at least asserted) that the acquisition of knowledge was really remembering. This implies the pre-existence of the soul, if not re-incarnation (more "incarnation"). We’d have to discuss the alleged evidence, the differing alternative explanations & the philosophical implications.
Eric can’t now answer for himself. I’d ask the further question - under what circumstances in a democracy is it right for the majority to override the wishes of a significant minority ?
Fair comment concerning "hatchet jobs". I have tended to bully you a bit. Thanks for persisting nonetheless !
Theo