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Member since 2004 · Posted 11 Sep 2004 · 9 comments

My life My whole My sick individuality My pain and suffering My sickening self How I wish to kill How I wish to madden this world For it has brung me much of hell Im screaming in my head Let me out! Let me out! But I cannot escape For I am stuck within myself

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[2] T. Jonathron Remp 11-Sep-04/5:54 PM Reply

"But I cannot escape
For I am stuck within myself"

This logic falls prey to the fallacies of Cartesian Materialism. There is no "you" that is within "yourself."

[n/a] ==Doylum › T. Jonathron Remp 11-Sep-04/6:56 PM Reply

it's to one side

[8] BleedingRose › T. Jonathron Remp 13-Oct-04/10:00 PM Reply

I have heard a little of these fallacies and disregard them as best I can when concerning any expression of the human mind or soul. I do not discredit or attempt to disprove them, but I believe poetry to be a conduit for our feelings and, as such, should reflect our inner turmoils. I speak to myself in my mind and often feel there is something within that simply cannot find the means with which to interact with the world. I do not know if others feel the same, but for this reason I see no error in expressing it.

[8] BleedingRose › BleedingRose 17-Oct-04/2:39 PM Reply

I also "feel" that nothing you ever say has any relevance or meaning.

[n/a] zodiac › T. Jonathron Remp 17-Oct-04/5:23 AM Reply

What an extraordinarily gay comment. And wrong. And you also fall prey to saying someone's logic falls prey to something, which makes you a first-rate practitioner of Parmesean Bummingtonism in my book. Conclusions: There is no "you", just a funny-shaped knee-hat in Harris tweed.

[n/a] Jezabele-In-Hell › zodiac 18-Oct-04/6:48 PM Reply

Had to delete those comments. I don't think his/her criticism makes any sense and I try not to subject myself to people like him/her. Thanks everyone else for your comments. I do appreciate it.

[n/a] Jezabele-In-Hell 12-Sep-04/9:02 PM Reply

Interesting. I am not familiar with the fallacies of Cartesian Materialism...but would love to learn about them. Can you explain them?

[2] T. Jonathron Remp › Jezabele-In-Hell 1-Sep-05/9:15 AM Reply

All I meant to say is that "you" can't be stuck within "yourself" because "yourself" and "you" are the same thing. You can't ever say that a Set A is within Set A because it doesn't make any sense; The boundaries of "you" and "yourself" are always identical and so there can be no way for one to be within the other. When you say that there is an "I" that is different than and within "myself," they are claiming that the mind is something different or beyond the physical brain. However, if you meant to say that your brain is stuck within your body, then that is reasonable, since Set A (your brain) is different than Set B (your body). Anyway, I apologize for the confusion. I just meant to say that the last line seemed specious to me at the time.

[9] sir_heff 13-Dec-04/9:28 AM Reply

remember, life is just a circle, and your family dances in it.
-9- for once again being in my head....