RE: Irene of Athens: the Christian Byzantine Empress who gouged her own son's eyes.
January 2, 2022 at 3:54 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2022 at 3:59 am by Goosebump.
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I don't think Winter is currently capable of being influenced by any power we here possess.
The economist J.K. Galbraith: “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof.”
I think Winter believes, right or wrong, that he has found the "One" belief. He knows something *wink wink* that the rest of us don't get. He is part of a special class of people that know what is "really real". That belief is nearly synonymous with his identity/image of self. So having it challenged or examining it himself aren't things that exist for him. It simply is, just as surely as he is.
I think it would take something very traumatic, much like the punishments he defends, to happen to himself to shake that belief. Why arewethereyet's simple question is so impossible for him to answer, let alone really understand what is being asked.
EDIT: I did read the entire thread from the beginning. Not just dropping in to take a shit. Got some insomnia going, reading on a bright screen is probably not helping but rather than adjusting my behavior I'm rationalizing it. Sound familiar?
The economist J.K. Galbraith: “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof.”
I think Winter believes, right or wrong, that he has found the "One" belief. He knows something *wink wink* that the rest of us don't get. He is part of a special class of people that know what is "really real". That belief is nearly synonymous with his identity/image of self. So having it challenged or examining it himself aren't things that exist for him. It simply is, just as surely as he is.
I think it would take something very traumatic, much like the punishments he defends, to happen to himself to shake that belief. Why arewethereyet's simple question is so impossible for him to answer, let alone really understand what is being asked.
EDIT: I did read the entire thread from the beginning. Not just dropping in to take a shit. Got some insomnia going, reading on a bright screen is probably not helping but rather than adjusting my behavior I'm rationalizing it. Sound familiar?
"I'm thick." - Me
