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[Chaerophon]

I've had enough experience with philosphy students in Heidelberg, stupid lower-class pricks, if you offer them the threat of physical violence all their talk just vanishes into thin air. Philosophy, at least as it is thaught nowadays, is just empty talk. Get real, the AK-47 is for most people the solution to most problems.

Well... ok.

Is that supposed to be some kind of questioning of my manhood? My "worldliness"? Where does the 'lower-class pricks' bit come into play? I'm not some kind of flaky waif, wasting away all of my days idly at a desk. I'm a former junior hockey player - at only 5'10" I presently have the second most penalty minutes in the history of my league (along with four all-star game appearances). In some senses I would say that that makes me a "man of action". I like to work on cars - I've built a 12 second IROC. I can tune any carb. I work out four-five days a week. I worked construction jobs from age 15-20. I work 20-25 hours a week despite an extremely busy full-time school schedule. I've travelled extensively in Europe - on my own buck. While I may look up and wonder at times, my head is firmly attached, and certainly not in the clouds.

I'm not even a philosophy major - my major is political science, and while it is theory oriented, my general goal is to understand international relations of power and apply it in policy recommendations / research. I am keenly interested in philosophy because I want to better understand the nature of my own existence - not to "solve the world's problems". If discussing it online can help me to better understand my hobby, then that's what I'll do. I'm plenty "real" in my daily life, and if I enjoy the company and debate of the Lounge as a place to engage in higher pursuits, I don't really think that you have any right to get your nose out of joint. If you don't like it - don't read it!