banned for oh boy, I'm going to love this...
Draak: The philosophy in Lost doesn't primarily focus on that, it focuses on internal and interpersonal conflict, mostly, good and evil, right and wrong, faith and science, the group or the individual, friends or family, etc.
Enlightenment philosophy was focused on all of those things, as are most all philosophies. Enlightenment philosophy was merely a shift from the religious and cosmic to the earthbound and humanistic.
The references to older philosophy you noticed were notable characters (probably also named after philosophers, i.e. John Locke) challenging older philosophy in a challenge or task they must complete, and then overcoming it with modern philosophy and thinking.
Yes, older philosophers... from the Enlightenment Era. And the new philosophy was reductionist, but they threw in Daoist references to make it seem cooler than it was.
About the Obesity Tax: The tax is NOT about looks, rather stereotypical thinking, IMHO. It's about how the German monetary policy is being strained to the breaking point by the 20% of their populace that is obese, so rather than have this group become the downfall of their country, they're going to make this group help support the roof over their heads, hardly an act of prejudice, IMO, more of an act of common sense.
It's about stereotypical thinking. So you could maybe change it by trying to change the mindset of a people? German health care is strained. Interesting. As I understand it, they consider elective surgery a matter of mental health and cover that under their healthcare system. So a boob job is okay because it benefits a person mentally and everyone else should help pay. However, some obese people have anatomical malformations which cause the problem, and so they should pay extra. Nice.
Banned because you, sir, are a flaming hypocrite,
I never bitch about being categorized. In fact, I categorize myself. Ask anyone here. I am a Jewish, Germanic, Grammar-Nazi, Nerdy, Dutch named, gamer who has been called more names by my friends and acquaintances than strangers and bullies altogether. I'll shoot back, but the phrase is 'Judge not, lest ye be judged'. Do you know anyone who has not judged? So doesn't that mean that you should expect that you will judge, but must keep in mind that others will judge you in return? I don't care if you judge, but I don't want to hear you bitch when you feel it come back around.
I will admit that you are unimaginably more intelligent than I, however, I expected someone as intelligent as yourself to pick up on this rather early: I am 1/2 your age, therefore not only am I not done developing, I am also nowhere near as schooled or experienced as yourself. One could compare our debate to a 12 year old playing chess against a grand master, sure, the 12 year old loses, gets crushed even. But, who gives a damn? He beat a 12 year old. Even if you prove your point in this argument, what will you achieve? Your ego will expand, your petty little self confidence and esteem will also grow as a result, should you win, and I beleive you will, so before you go around bragging, do keep in mind that you are a tiger catching a meerkat, a hawk catching a mouse, a human swatting away a gnat.
Only... ONLY because you call out people while hating to be called out. Yes, I get irate with some people, but I also try to disprove their points, as above. And I am only smarter than you because you let me be so. Sure, it's hard to compete with experience since that's not something you alone have total control over, but the knowledge that you have your limits is powerful in itself. I have had my ass handed to me repeatedly, physically and mentally, but I make my best effort to walk away having learned something. If you can even begin to have suffered a great loss, with none other to blame than yourself, and can walk away and build yourself back up from nothing and not utter a damned word about it to anyone, that's the first step towards being a man.
