Re: DISAGREEMENTS and THIS LIST was: Re: distortion, overdrive,fuzz,crunc

["Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>]

Ok dammit: This certainly all makes more sense now, even if I didn't 
particularly enjoy it. Kevin's posting about "Where's the GOO?!" really 
gets 
it for me—I just wanted to hang with the topic and find the GOO! (Not hide 
behind my disto!)  Hell, Socratic-ly arguing about which GOO would have 
been 
less tangential and more satisfying. I'll try to use Rick's useful 
information as a guide. Damned philosophy classes!  They DO change your 
perspective. Sorry for the disturbance.

I had no idea that's where the term "Gadfly" came from Kris. Damned 
S-method 
does get on my nerves dude. Sorry.
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Understood, man.  Hey, there is a reason why Socrates was put to death by 
drinking hemlock :)   You can only piss off the status quo for so long 
without it coming back to bight you on the ass.

Sidenote for Optional Reading: For me, my bachelor's degree in philosophy 
changed my life permanently, sometimes for the good, sometimes for worse.  
I 
basically took a vow to myself that I would always question, always search 
for answers, and never be satisfied with anything that couldn't withstand 
the test of reason. And so logic, rhetoric, and an understanding of 
logical 
fallacies are my working tools.  And it really isn't personal. This is a 
peculiar thing about philosophy majors....they can engage in very heated 
debate, which makes outsiders feel very uncomfortable and think they are 
fighting personally, but then after the debate, they laugh and go off and 
have a beer together. It is all just a matter of distancing oneself from 
the 
person, and focusing only on the logic of the subject matter, which is the 
only way to tackle the problems without getting caught up in emotion and 
other biases that can effect the outcome negatively, generate 
inconsistencies, etc. And of course, this is only an ideal. We all serve 
from the ideal in imperfection.

Kris