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[Xenophon]

I have been posting rather copiously, but have not yet tendered an introduction. I'm a former academic philosopher from the U.S./ present Business English teacher in Asia. In between and spilling over the edges, I've had stints in the military, worked crabbing in Alaska, managed hotel, and written a number of novels more satisfying to myself than publisher's interest.

As for philosophy, aside from a fling with Wittgenstein as an undergrad, my first abiding interest was Process Philosophy. This was mercifully coup'ed de grace by Ortega y Gasset. In time, I came to Evola and Ted Kaczynski's "Manifesto." Which led to my current interest in all things O9A.

All that being said, I DO wish to sincerely complement this forum. I have a sometimes snide-strident tone, yet (thus far) that has been borne by the powers-that-moderate here. In the past few months, I recently started posting in Stateside forums again. (A long-term resident in Asia, I posted mainly in an expat forum that withered about the time of the Great COVID Shamdemic.) The change in public discourse is...well, about what I expected. One can get banned in some forums for writing, "With all due respect..." To say "You're wrong" (while citing evidence) is styled "bullying." As befits philosophers, I do not seem to see that here. Kudos.

[LuckyR]

I have been posting rather copiously, but have not yet tendered an introduction. I'm a former academic philosopher from the U.S./ present Business English teacher in Asia. In between and spilling over the edges, I've had stints in the military, worked crabbing in Alaska, managed hotel, and written a number of novels more satisfying to myself than publisher's interest.

As for philosophy, aside from a fling with Wittgenstein as an undergrad, my first abiding interest was Process Philosophy. This was mercifully coup'ed de grace by Ortega y Gasset. In time, I came to Evola and Ted Kaczynski's "Manifesto." Which led to my current interest in all things O9A.

All that being said, I DO wish to sincerely complement this forum. I have a sometimes snide-strident tone, yet (thus far) that has been borne by the powers-that-moderate here. In the past few months, I recently started posting in Stateside forums again. (A long-term resident in Asia, I posted mainly in an expat forum that withered about the time of the Great COVID Shamdemic.) The change in public discourse is...well, about what I expected. One can get banned in some forums for writing, "With all due respect..." To say "You're wrong" (while citing evidence) is styled "bullying." As befits philosophers, I do not seem to see that here. Kudos.

Hey welcome to the Forum. Good job jumping in and getting your feet wet.

[Xenophon]

I have been posting rather copiously, but have not yet tendered an introduction. I'm a former academic philosopher from the U.S./ present Business English teacher in Asia. In between and spilling over the edges, I've had stints in the military, worked crabbing in Alaska, managed hotel, and written a number of novels more satisfying to myself than publisher's interest.

As for philosophy, aside from a fling with Wittgenstein as an undergrad, my first abiding interest was Process Philosophy. This was mercifully coup'ed de grace by Ortega y Gasset. In time, I came to Evola and Ted Kaczynski's "Manifesto." Which led to my current interest in all things O9A.

All that being said, I DO wish to sincerely complement this forum. I have a sometimes snide-strident tone, yet (thus far) that has been borne by the powers-that-moderate here. In the past few months, I recently started posting in Stateside forums again. (A long-term resident in Asia, I posted mainly in an expat forum that withered about the time of the Great COVID Shamdemic.) The change in public discourse is...well, about what I expected. One can get banned in some forums for writing, "With all due respect..." To say "You're wrong" (while citing evidence) is styled "bullying." As befits philosophers, I do not seem to see that here. Kudos.

Hey welcome to the Forum. Good job jumping in and getting your feet wet.

Dang, you're the first moderator I've met in months whose first word was not "WARNING:..."

[LuckyR]

I have been posting rather copiously, but have not yet tendered an introduction. I'm a former academic philosopher from the U.S./ present Business English teacher in Asia. In between and spilling over the edges, I've had stints in the military, worked crabbing in Alaska, managed hotel, and written a number of novels more satisfying to myself than publisher's interest.

As for philosophy, aside from a fling with Wittgenstein as an undergrad, my first abiding interest was Process Philosophy. This was mercifully coup'ed de grace by Ortega y Gasset. In time, I came to Evola and Ted Kaczynski's "Manifesto." Which led to my current interest in all things O9A.

All that being said, I DO wish to sincerely complement this forum. I have a sometimes snide-strident tone, yet (thus far) that has been borne by the powers-that-moderate here. In the past few months, I recently started posting in Stateside forums again. (A long-term resident in Asia, I posted mainly in an expat forum that withered about the time of the Great COVID Shamdemic.) The change in public discourse is...well, about what I expected. One can get banned in some forums for writing, "With all due respect..." To say "You're wrong" (while citing evidence) is styled "bullying." As befits philosophers, I do not seem to see that here. Kudos.

Hey welcome to the Forum. Good job jumping in and getting your feet wet.

Dang, you're the first moderator I've met in months whose first word was not "WARNING:..."

No worries, it's all good.