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This time its this one for reals

2009-01-17T15:16:00.001-08:00

In this release we find ourselves open to the mysteries of life, this grants us the possibility of dwelling in the world in a new way.[1] The affirmative is viewed not as a concept to be affirmed, but rather as a statement with a multiplicity of meanings. When we read the resolution in the light of the Gelassenheit we come see the web of meanings that the resolution contains. Within this openness to non-static definitions we find the resolve to pause and think.

This thinking is not challenging forth a solution to a problem, but rather it is the active will-to-not-will. The nature of this release can be described in terms of soil cultivation. A subjectivist, ego driven individual seeks to force food from the ground, as it is only a resource to be used and controlled. The released individual seeks to care for and cultivate the soil, to walk alongside with the earth in a constant dialogue, a dialogue that seeks only to be open to the being of beings.[2] The resoluteness we find in Gelassenheit is the response to this situation, not a general situation. The response is simply doing of the appropriate thing because it is appropriate, given your factual situation of being.[3]

This is not a statement that we should not use the USFG, because that could be a way for us to act, but we should not be so quick to foreclose other avenues of action that are open to us. This happens when the affirmative does not take this into account and rather prefers simply a mode of action rooted in some sort of state-centric pragmatics. We do not need to see that something is the right thing to do nor do we need a concept of the good or correct. All of this locks us into taking the same type of action for every situation that seems similar. We prefer this in debate because it is what is maximally conceptual, thus allowing for a maximally competing conceptual position. This type of knowing forces upon us a violent conception of the will that in the end necessitates violence.

But this setting upon of conception is something that implies a “fixity” of being that does not exist, rather the world exists as a confluence of forces that reveal and conceal themselves at different times only if we choose to notice them.[4] Our action does not need to understand the act, rather the act defines the situation.[5] This is unsettling because when one is brought up with the rules one ignores the being of Da sein in favor the rules.[6] Resoluteness does not give us rules or a life plan we simply are who we are. Being resolute means we embrace this fact. Da sein shows up as the background of our action it is something we can get past or justify it is something we just do.

This denies the world of the subject, because the idea that the rational actor that knows the solution to the world’s ills is a concept in itself. This is exactly what the aff calls for, a pragmatic action, represents a lack of resoluteness. It is the inability to have the patience to sit in silence and listen. The silence of conscience goes against a conceptualism that demands that we are able to see and know the world. A resolute Da sein acts, because it is being the type of beings it is. Our refusal to define our actions is essential, it does not arise out of obstinance, rather to define them would mean that we are reject a fidelity to being, in favor of a fealty to others.[7] This means that we are always trapped within a guilt that keeps us from acting as we are.

The key is that we are called to face the anxiety that we cannot change our being nor can we act; we are a call acknowledge that we are not told to do anything by another force other than the self.[8] We must not flee from the self but to remain true to the fact that there are no rules about the world we must listen to what we are being called to do. The affirmative then is not a question, but a statement. The answer to the resolution is not a yes or no, but rather a return to where we always already were.[9] It is the retention of the problematic that causes the pause, the breath before the fall of the action.

[1] Joseph Kockelman in 1985 (Professor of Philosophy at Penn State, HEIDEGGER AND SCIENCE, p. 254

[2] Michael Zimmerman in 1981 (Professor of Philosophy at Tulane, Eclipse of the Self, p. 245-248

[3] Hubert Dreyfus in 2008 (Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, Philosophy 189 | Spring 2008 | “Guilt and Resoluteness” lecture)

[4] Gail Stenstad in 2006 ( Professor of Philosophy at East Tennessee University, “Thinking After Heidegger”)

[5] Martin Heidegger in 1996 (Being and Time, translated by Joan Stambaugh, p.276)

[6] Hubert Dreyfus in 2008 (Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, Philosophy 189 | Spring 2008 | “Guilt and Resoluteness” lecture)

[7] Ibid

[8] Ibid

[9] Barbara Dalle Pezze in 2006 (PhD in Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong, “Heidegger on Gelassenheit”, Minerva, p. 94-122)

2009-01-17T13:05:00.000-08:00

This is the one we read now:

In this release we find ourselves open to the mysteries of life, this grants us the possibility of dwelling in the world in a new way.[1] The affirmative is viewed not as a concept to be affirmed, but rather as a statement with a multiplicity of meanings. When we read the resolution in the light of the Gelassenheit we come see the web of meanings that the resolution contains. The USFG is not only a government in DC, but also the individuals comprising this nation, the EPA, the government in D.C., and any number of other meanings. Within this openness to non-static definitions we find the resolve to pause and think.

[1] Joseph Kockelman in 1985 (Professor of Philosophy at Penn State, HEIDEGGER AND SCIENCE, p. 254

[2] Michael Zimmerman in 1981 (Professor of Philosophy at Tulane, Eclipse of the Self, p. 245-248

[3] Hubert Dreyfus in 2008 (Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, Philosophy 189 | Spring 2008 | “Guilt and Resoluteness” lecture)

[4] Gail Stenstad in 2006 ( Professor of Philosophy at East Tennessee University, “Thinking After Heidegger”)

[5] Martin Heidegger in 1996 (Being and Time, translated by Joan Stambaugh, p.276)

[6] Hubert Dreyfus in 2008 (Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, Philosophy 189 | Spring 2008 | “Guilt and Resoluteness” lecture)

[7] Ibid

[8] Ibid

[9] Barbara Dalle Pezze in 2006 (PhD in Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong, “Heidegger on Gelassenheit”, Minerva, p. 94-122)

Posting the alt card I wrote

2009-01-09T15:41:00.000-08:00

The alternative is to release. In this release we find ourselves open to the mysteries of life, this grants us the possibility of dwelling in the world in a new way.[1] The affirmative is viewed not as a concept to be affirmed, but rather as a statement with a multiplicity of meanings. When we read the resolution in the light of the Gelassenheit we come see the web of meanings that the resolution contains. The USFG is not only a government in DC, but also the individuals comprising this nation, the EPA, the government in D.C., and any number of other meanings. Within this openness to non-static definitions we find the resolve to pause and think.

This thinking is not challenging forth a solution to a problem, but rather it is the active will-to-not-will. The nature of this release can be described in terms of soil cultivation. A subjectivist, ego driven individual seeks to force food from the ground, as it is only a resource to be used and controlled. The released individual seeks to care for and cultivate the soil, to walk alongside with the earth in a constant dialogue, a dialogue that seeks only to be open to the being of beings.[2] The resoluteness we find in Gelassenheit is the response to the situation, not a general situation. The response is simply doing of the appropriate thing because it is appropriate, given your factual situation of being.[3]

This denies the world of the subject, because the idea that the rational actor that knows the solution to the world’s ills is a concept in itself. This is exactly what the aff cals for, a pragmatic action, represents a lack of resoluteness. It is the inability to have the patience to sit in silence and listen. The silence of conscience goes against a conceptualism that demands that we are able to see and know the world. A resolute Da sein acts, because it is being the type of beings it is. Our refusal to define our actions is essential, it does not arise out of obstinatince, rather to define them would mean that we are reject a fidelity to being, in favor of a fealty to others.[7] This means that we are always trapped within a guilt that keeps us from acting as we are.

[1] Joseph Kockelman in 1985 (Professor of Philosophy at Penn State, HEIDEGGER AND SCIENCE, p. 254

[2] Michael Zimmerman in 1981 (Professor of Philosophy at Tulane, Eclipse of the Self, p. 245-248

[3] Hubert Dreyfus in 2008 (Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, Philosophy 189 | Spring 2008 | “Guilt and Resoluteness” lecture)

[4] Gail Stenstad in 2006 ( Professor of Philosophy at East Tennessee University, “Thinking After Heidegger”)

[5] Martin Heidegger in 1996 (Being and Time, translated by Joan Stambaugh, p.276)

[6] Hubert Dreyfus in 2008 (Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, Philosophy 189 | Spring 2008 | “Guilt and Resoluteness” lecture)

[7] Ibid

[8] Ibid

[9] Barbara Dalle Pezze in 2006 (PhD in Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong, “Heidegger on Gelassenheit”, Minerva, p. 94-122)

Flags in the quad

2008-03-30T17:36:00.000-07:00

Recently, KAPJ put up flags representing dead soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. This left me wondering, "where are the flags for the Iraqis and Afghans?"

I realize that the amount of flags would make it logistically impractical, but doesn't that say something about how we got to the war in the first place?

... Think ...

peace,
mochaTHUNDER

Brother Ali - Letter From the Government

2008-03-28T11:05:00.001-07:00

See the below post ... Love, WL

The Stupidest Fucking Protest ...

2008-03-28T10:50:00.000-07:00

So today in front of the union there was an overwhelming display of intelligence by KSU students, I think it was the neo-con club (here that is actually a compliment). The signs at the protest read "Remember 9/11" and "They Know What They are Fighting For" FUCK YOU MAN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR and I wish I didn't remember 9/11 especially if my remembering means killing more innocent people anywhere! But wait the terrorists are the ones that kill innocents remember? Remember when we were killing thousands of Iraqi children even before the war or when we used Afghanistan the left them with debt and not infrastructure?

"The President himself subscribes to this and he personally ordered the assassination killing solution for Saddam Hussein and his regime. Bush sent stunning military force against Iraq because he felt war was the good killing necessary to deal with "evil". Bad killing in his logic justifies good killing. Bush's administration presently defends the US preemptive attack on Iraq on the grounds of Saddam Hussein's brutality. Even if he didn't have weapons of mass destruction, the reasoning now goes, he killed and tortured viciously and therefore required killing. The agent's intention governs the morality in this reasoning. The "free nations which love peace" kill righteously. The enslavers who love war kill wickedly. It's good guys and bad guys rather than actions that determine morality. This subverts classical ethics which say primary morality derives from the act itself, not from the intention or situation." http://www.counterpunch.org/christian07022003.html

We will start posting again ...

2008-03-27T23:57:00.000-07:00

So i am up late ad doing nothing i thought i would revive the blog and shit ... that is all

2006-09-15T16:10:00.000-07:00

Che

2006-09-12T14:04:00.000-07:00

I'm tired of Che Guevara shirts. Buying a Che shirt is really dumb, and the next person I see wearing one will get jacked in the face .
Peace,
mochaTHUNDER

A note about Wikipedia

2006-08-29T21:44:00.000-07:00

NO the T-STORM will not cut cards from anyone other than Wikipedia (except Roland Bleiker and perhaps Pierre Schlag). Wiki is one of the greatest things ever to happen to the internet and is a true example of the good that the internet can provide. I don't feel like ranting anymore I'm too tired but I'm sure MochaThunder will elaborate.
Love,
WhiteLightning

***Addendum by mochaTHUNDER***
WhiteLightning speaks the truf - Wikipedia (along with Roland and Pierre, as well as possibly Agamben and George Bush) will be the only sources of our evidence henceforth.
Wikipedia is friggen awesome - because it is. I don't have time to explain all the reasons, but I will say that I can refute any challenge any of you can bring to its merit. Seriously.
Peace,
mochaTHUNDER

Wow we are worthless at posting ...

2006-08-23T07:36:00.000-07:00

Damn it has been all summer since we have graced this fine blog with new words oh well enough nostalgia lets just get into it. Yesterday at lunch I was sitting in the Union terrified of the Catholic Student Union and their likely attempts to convert me to Catholic land when I decided to tell them I was Jewish if they did say anything to me. This I thought would deter them from any further attempts I mean at that point I am one of the chosen and what is better than that ? ... not much! It turns out (like most threats) that this was simply a construction of my mind (but I was ready how that for realist). Anyways all this conversion fear got me thinking about Jewish rappers (especially the one named 50 Shekels http://www.50shekel.com/index.cfm -- unfortunately he is not 100% Jewish he is a Jew for Jesus or the equally amazing Ju-Tang Clan http://www.jutangclan.com/) and their bad as gangs. Then I wondered what if the 2-Jew-Crew or the OG's (Original Goym's) met up with some of these Catholic thugs (according to Wikipedia there are only two http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Catholic_rappers) but they probably have a big gang with some craziness like Crucifixion Inc. or Salivation Row (decidedly less gangster than Death Row but don't let this fool you they are straight G). Finally, I thought oh no what about the loopy Muslim Rappers? Surprisingly, these are the only rappers that are preaching peace right now (at least according to MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6576281/). The Free the P crew (http://www.freethep.com/) is also way to G for me to even really comprehend but I know this the rap battle that ensued in my mind was intense! And then lunch was finished and my $5 gyro was over (for those wondering the Union has great gyros). I will not tell you how the rap battle went down in my mind but let me tell you it was amazing perhaps later when I don't have homework ...
Love,
White Lightning

Important Day

2006-04-24T14:32:00.000-07:00

This day marks one of the most important days in T-Storm history. In fact, it is probably the most important day in K-State DB8 (that's 'debate' for those of you who aren't down) history.

First and foremost, T-Storm now holds the offices of President and Vice President on the squad.
Secondly, theGeneral has defended his thesis before 3 potential non-beleivers, which makes him an incredible badass. His thesis is pretty tight too - he borrowed a lot of the ideas from the T-Storm, but it doesn't really matter because we're more about spreading the message than IPR - fuck IPR.

First Post

2006-04-21T20:14:00.000-07:00

This is an intial post to test settings and so forth. Do not mistake this for an unveiling of the tsm - for it is not.

This also isn't an official T-Storm location as it has to still be approved by White Lightning.

In short, mochaTHUNDER got bored, and shit happenned.