h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

there're a couple of things i've been sort of meaning to ask you. although i don't necessarily expect an answer to either...but it would be nice. ok, a) what course did you apply to do at oxford? and b) where does the name uncle heavy come from?

right, hope those aren't too taxing for you, i'll be off to shout at the other windows which are doing NOTHING!!!
scuse me...
^. .^
= ' =

1) I'm studying philosophy and Theology at Trinity
2) The ~Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. I reckon it makes me sound hard and yet wry and ironic. everyone else reckons it makes me sound like an avuncular obese person. who says imagination isnt dead?

and those werent too taxing or too hard to answer...

ok, good, right...erm...wow.
ok. philosophy and theology...are you insane??? oh yeh, i discovered that ages ago
and the hogfather...i've read that...i don't remember an uncle heavy...hmm...must read more terry pratchett...yes...
when i mentioned you to various members of my family, they all thought you were some 40 year old man, until i told them you'd got into oxford...then they were a little ore confused until i told them how old you were...hmm...
grrr
misshempisabitch
grr
oh yeh, and lizi says she's sorry for telling you to go away on monday
^. .^
= ' =

whats insane about philthe? its a good choice. its something i can do (arguing is a talent of mine )

why did
a) you mention me to your family (not that i mind )
b) your family think i was forty?

and i forgive her. its not like i minded. she sonded distracted and i was going to say anything terribly deep...

insane? i dunno...mebbe it's not...but don't take offense, i'm insane too...
erm...i mentioned you to my family...cos...erm...you're someone i talk to a lot
and they thought you were some 40 year old guy cos of the uncle part i spose...and the heavy sort of implies that you have a little middle-aged spread...that's only the way they see it though, do'nt blame me for anything!!
^. .^
= ' =

the name, to me, suggests a devilish sleek gangsta hardness, utterly at odds with my actual personality. to everyonwe else, it suggests avuncular obesity, and perhaps sugar daddy-ness...

yes. but you are it now. you can't change it.

how much do you remember from when you're ?

^. .^
= ' =

it depends how i am, dpoesnt it, really. usually its a healthy 60%, but im going to dtry and stay upright this time, as i say...

...for at least 5 minutes, anyway
^. .^
= ' =

im not that lightweight

you're not when you;re trying to hold you upright!!!
^. .^
= ' =

you didnt need to. i usually have very good balance...

i was thinking...you want i shouldemail you or somethign?

I always thought you were older, but I didn't think you were fat, just rugby-playeresque

And I didn't think he was that heavy (but then, I was only holding his hand, *you* had his arm over his shoulder)

rugby player esque is one thing i definately amn't

I noticed

no comment.

aside from the fact that I think philosophy is the new black and everyone should wear it.

alrighty then!
^. .^
= ' =

I've never tried any philosophy. I'd get too confused

It's dead interesting - occasionally it gets labelled as being obtuse, too abstract not relevant etc - I think it couldn't be more relevant. You see so many moral issues being raised today, understand the positions and assumptions that are made to back up certain positions and the arguments that are used in the process is of fundemental importance.

To take current example - Bush has declaired war on terror. You might ask if he is justified in doing that. Can you wage a war on terrorism - or is it just between states - what is a state for that matter? How do you belogn to a state (think about the kurds today & the jews in 1940's). Does morality have a place in war? (why not just nuke 'em?) is there such a thing as a "just war".

Terrorism has been branded as evil - what is evil?

Is murder in the name of god (or justice) allowable?

what is justice?

and not forget the famous dilmemma that one mans terroist is another man's freedom fighter. - is there a difference between the two?

and that's not even touching on the bio ethics of stem-cell research, abortion, genetic enginering or the enviornemntal debate: do we have a moral obligation to protect the earth for future generations?

No, philosophy is alive and kicking and chances are, if you thought about these issues at all, you've prbably made a start on thinking philosophically already.

philosophy is for woofters! like you and...er...me. ah.