http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/30/no-man-is-a-cog/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:55:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/30/no-man-is-a-cog/comment-page-1/#comment-3384 John Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:50:54 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1124#comment-3384 Why fight the feeling of being a cog: go with it, man. At the end of the day, it's just a wrapper. Why fight the feeling of being a cog: go with it, man. At the end of the day, it’s just a wrapper.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/30/no-man-is-a-cog/comment-page-1/#comment-3383 Colleen Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:46:42 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1124#comment-3383 Ah. Got it. I concede the point. On the other hand, from the woo-woo perspective (which is how I was looking at the Donne quotation in the moment), I still think that while we can elect to put ourselves in insalubrious or even unhelpful situations (cog paradigm), we cannot cut the Nietzschian, collective-unconscious type threads that bind us to humanity no matter how we physically or psychically try to disconnect ourselves. But I'm too old and wise to go sledding down a semantic slope with you, Slick, so again, I'll just concede the point. :-) Ah. Got it. I concede the point.
On the other hand, from the woo-woo perspective (which is how I was looking at the Donne quotation in the moment), I still think that while we can elect to put ourselves in insalubrious or even unhelpful situations (cog paradigm), we cannot cut the Nietzschian, collective-unconscious type threads that bind us to humanity no matter how we physically or psychically try to disconnect ourselves.
But I’m too old and wise to go sledding down a semantic slope with you, Slick, so again, I’ll just concede the point.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/30/no-man-is-a-cog/comment-page-1/#comment-3382 hugh macleod Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:20:47 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1124#comment-3382 Colleen, By that logic, you could also say, "No man *should be* an island." You want to pith around with Donne as well? You were never a cog. You were simply misinformed- either that, or playing Chicken with a self-imposed limitation.. No man (or woman) is a cog. Deal with it. ;-) Colleen,
By that logic, you could also say, “No man *should be* an island.”
You want to pith around with Donne as well?
You were never a cog. You were simply misinformed– either that, or playing Chicken with a self-imposed limitation..
No man (or woman) is a cog. Deal with it.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/30/no-man-is-a-cog/comment-page-1/#comment-3381 Colleen Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:14:16 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1124#comment-3381 Hmmm...I don't know about this. Maybe "No man *should be* a cog." Or "No man *need be* a cog." I could even get behind "Treat no man like a cog" if it were a little pithier and not so damned biblical. But I've been a cog and I've met cogs, so I have a little problem with that first assertion. Hmmm…I don’t know about this. Maybe “No man *should be* a cog.” Or “No man *need be* a cog.” I could even get behind “Treat no man like a cog” if it were a little pithier and not so damned biblical.
But I’ve been a cog and I’ve met cogs, so I have a little problem with that first assertion.

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