tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post285142133954588144..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-74045617743371752912015-06-19T12:01:49.236-05:002015-06-19T12:01:49.236-05:00Oh no, syllogisms don't lead to utilitarianism...Oh no, syllogisms don't lead to utilitarianism, they prevent it!<br /><br />I think they have found a way to proscribe music without actually banning it: they just remove it from public awareness.<br /><br />Sometimes, when I think about the FBI surveillance via drone or the NSA surveillance via the Internet, I am deeply grateful to live in Mexico where it really isn't an issue.<br /><br />Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-35866114833306681602015-06-19T11:55:56.703-05:002015-06-19T11:55:56.703-05:00Heh...no, "The Civilization of the Middle Age...Heh...no, "The Civilization of the Middle Ages" by Norman F. Cantor, and Dufay (or Boulez or Ornette Coleman). I don't think syllogisms lead to utilitarianism :) I'm more worried about the FBI flying a drone above me and seeing that I'm reading proscribed books (aren't all books proscribed nowadays?) and listening to proscribed music (music by great dead composers doesn't make as much profit as living mediocrities).Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-14332277217336837222015-06-19T11:46:12.092-05:002015-06-19T11:46:12.092-05:00Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh!!
I was doing it for...Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh!!<br /><br />I was doing it for my benefit, but yes, I can see how it might benefit humanity as well! 8>)<br /><br />I trust you are reading Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica and listening to Guillaume de Machaut?<br /><br />I think you are still about three syllogisms away from utilitarianism.<br /><br />And the IRS is too busy hiding emails these days to worry about you.<br /><br />And again, heh!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-45154570577343366962015-06-19T10:07:13.286-05:002015-06-19T10:07:13.286-05:00"Does it make me a misanthrope if I just want..."Does it make me a misanthrope if I just want to permanently remove myself from the appalling tastes and noises of most of humanity?" No, that has traditionally been considered a blessing to humanity to remove oneself from the noise of humanity, if it is done for the sake of humanity (how that is effected is another question). I, the former student of all things avant garde, have sealed myself in a cave of books on medieval history and Chaucer - but if it makes me a happier person, then maybe the 2 cents I have to offer humanity will be two good cents. (Ok, the philosophers in the room will defeat me in argument, am I getting too close to utilitarianism?) Anyway, I self-identify as a billionaire, but I will give 98% of it to charity. I wonder what the IRS will say.Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.com