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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| everything-is-everything wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
Gotta love the classic false inferences.
So being an addict automatically makes you a bad person and someone whose philosophical, scientfic or and philosophical views are invallid? |
No, but I often take what crack-heads say with a grain of salt. |
Some of the most amazing minds in history have been adicts or mentally unstable.
You're missing out C.C. |
Possibly. But most of the crackheads I've met would not qualify as having "amazing minds" |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| everything-is-everything wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
Gotta love the classic false inferences.
So being an addict automatically makes you a bad person and someone whose philosophical, scientfic or and philosophical views are invallid? |
No, but I often take what crack-heads say with a grain of salt. |
Some of the most amazing minds in history have been adicts or mentally unstable.
You're missing out C.C. |
Possibly. But most of the crackheads I've met would not qualify as having "amazing minds" |
And how did crack come to be relevent to the conversation guys? London was not a crack addict.
Making the statement that because crack heads would not qualify, that somehow impacts on the validity of London's written work is what is known as a false inferance.
I like cheese. Cheese comes from cow's mlk. Therefor I am a cow.
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pegasus64128
Joined: 20 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Jack London (1876-1916), an American author, journalist, and social activist, and former member of the Bohemian Club - a club noted for it's purist views. Some prominent figures have been given honorary membership, such as Richard Nixon and William Randolph Hearst. Members have included some U.S. presidents (usually before they are elected to office), many cabinet officials, and CEOs of large corporations, including major financial institutions. Major military contractors, oil companies, banks (including the Federal Reserve), utilities, and national media have high-ranking officials as club members or guests. Many members are, or have been, on the board of directors of several of these corporations...Oscar Wilde, upon visiting the club in 1882 (when Jack London was 6 years old), is reported to have said "I never saw so many well-dressed, well-fed, business-looking Bohemians in my life."
More on Jack London here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London
More on the Bohemian Club here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Club |
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Murakano
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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In 1627, a group of Dutch sailors landed on Jeju Island in search of fresh water, they were taken prisoner and never allowed to leave the country. They were well looked after, however ― all three were employed as military advisors, dealing with gunnery and firearms.
Two of the three died during the Manchu invasions in the 1630s, while Jan Jansz Weltevree, the survivor of the group, lived a seemingly happy life in Korea. He had a good salary, married a Korean woman, with whom he had at least two children. Weltevree lived a long life by the standards of the time ― he was almost 60 when he was last mentioned in historical records. In Korea he was known as Park Yon.
You can read the full journals in the below link. Quite interesting if you ever have time to read them all....
http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/home.htm
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2012/02/137_104503.html |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Murakano wrote: |
In 1627, a group of Dutch sailors landed on Jeju Island in search of fresh water, they were taken prisoner and never allowed to leave the country. They were well looked after, however ― all three were employed as military advisors, dealing with gunnery and firearms.
Two of the three died during the Manchu invasions in the 1630s, while Jan Jansz Weltevree, the survivor of the group, lived a seemingly happy life in Korea. He had a good salary, married a Korean woman, with whom he had at least two children. Weltevree lived a long life by the standards of the time ― he was almost 60 when he was last mentioned in historical records. In Korea he was known as Park Yon.
You can read the full journals in the below link. Quite interesting if you ever have time to read them all....
http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/home.htm
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2012/02/137_104503.html |
The funniest part is where they are made to dance to entertain the king. Still happening in hakwans across the nation  |
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