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originally posted by: gosseyn
a reply to: TrueBrit
But calling you Peter is not an attempt to define you. You are not a "peter", this makes no sense, just like a chair is not a "chair". The words are not the things that they are meant to represent. Words are just a classification, a map of the territory, and the map cannot have the same level of detail or resolution as the territory it represents, otherwise the map would become the territory, there would no difference between the model/map and the real thing.
You are talking about the practical advantage of calling you Peter, that's an entirely different matter.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: gosseyn
No. I am not talking about practicality in the least.
I define what the word Peter means in the context of its use as my designation. Others are imprinted by my psychology, my morality, my honour, my conduct, and associate these things with the name I carry. In that way, I define what my name means. It has descriptive value. Let us say, that two of my friends are conversing alone, on the subject of some other person, and one of them is desperately trying to describe this other person. If one of them says to the other "He's a lot like Peter.", that says things about that other person, without the necessity to say anything more detailed or nuanced, because there is an awful lot of context specific information stored in that name, that only associates of mine would be able to decipher.
I define the meaning of the word as it applies to me.
originally posted by: lavatrance
a reply to: InhaleExhale
so is you or your child ADHA because a dr has labeled them as such?
Although more and more I'm sort of waking up, at least I hope.
ya but you're saying "people aren't sheep", when infact most "are". It's less than 1% that think even a little outside the box like people who say come on here and talk about crap. Everyone else is a bonnified certified zombie.
originally posted by: lavatrance
a reply to: RAY1990
I knwo what you're saying but again I said "some labels apply, others perhaps should not apply". So for example you might be a man and you are a human and you are on earth. But are you adhd? Do you have diabities? Are you overweight? Are you a sportfan? No not at all. But someone sure has labeled you as one, and or you've taken the liberty unknowingly to label yourself as that. The other thing is these labels lock us into patterns of thinking and behaving. They can so easily sabatoge our freedom.
originally posted by: InhaleExhale
originally posted by: lavatrance
a reply to: InhaleExhale
so is you or your child ADHA because a dr has labeled them as such?
If I had it then I wouldn't be labeled with it, I would have it.
Its a condition with word attributed to it which is used to describe said condition.
Like I said all labels are as much true/untrue as any other.
Its the labels used to divide, incite fear and violence that hold the most untruth, labels used for diseases not much so, they help more than they do harm.
I agree with being human from earth, I agree with believing in a creator/God/architect of the universe.
What I dont agree with is saying you Are American, you are a Christian etc etc which as history has shown are the main labels for division. nationality and religion are used to manipulated people into a divide and conquer mind set for anyone with the ability to use the tools available to divide people.
Although more and more I'm sort of waking up, at least I hope.
No with this sort of thinking
ya but you're saying "people aren't sheep", when infact most "are". It's less than 1% that think even a little outside the box like people who say come on here and talk about crap. Everyone else is a bonnified certified zombie.
You have just fallen the alternate media brainwashing machine.
You cant say most are because you dont know most people on such a personal level.
I agree many if not all people have times of a heard like perspective and do things that might make seem zombie like but people change every day.
Thinking outside the box is not what you are doing trying to label 'most people', thats as close minded as one could get in my opinion.
People believeing in these labels floating around out there that tptb have told you are "reality".
You actually prove my point.
Trust me, like less than 1 in 100 that I talk to think even remotely outside the box.
Most don't have a clue about how anything really works.
Trust me, like less than 1 in 100 that I talk to think even remotely outside the box.