“Right” is not the right idea

An analogy I often use to demonstrate the term “rhetoric” is to say “ice cubes are cool, therefore ice cubes are awesome”. What is going on here is the alteration of an idea based on the abstracting of an original idea. Certainly ice cubes can be awesome, and the appreciation of ice cubes being cool makes them awesome (subjectively speaking), but the coolness alone does not make the ice cube awesome. Yet this change in an idea often goes unnoticed when the word attempts to describe a more complex framework. In short, we may find ourselves applying rhetoric without even realizing it. The word we are actually searching for may be more limited in scope and definition but be supported by reality. Let us start with an analogy.

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JCStaff’s Railgun for Dry Land

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Brief Overview
3. Rating
4. Moral Rating
5. Story Analysis
6. Analysis with Spoilers
7. Conclusion
8. Fan Art

Analysis of Music in General

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Aspects of a Song
3. Our Reaction
4. Music for Different Settings
5. Conclusion

Morals and Copyrights

Table of Contents

1. Background for this article
2. Moral Background
3. Interpreting the Constitution
4. Intentions of Copyrights
5. Society by Said Interpretation
6. From the Wicked Depths of Capitalism
7. Creativity Might Be a Joke
8. Privilege, not Right
9. Utopia
10. Conclusion

Appendix: Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Isaac McPherson

On Fantasy in Modern Language

I began writing this post as a response to “Modern Slang and Language and Fantasy” on matthewdellar.com, but it became so long that I figured it’d be best if I just made it into a post for my own blog – then I could edit it later if I made a typo or something.

Kokoro Connect – Deus To Spice Things Up

ダブルいなばん by れい

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Rating
3. Review
   3.1  Music
   3.2  Animation (and Directing)
   3.3  Story
   3.4  Characters
   3.5  The Manipulative Character
4. About that Soul Business
   4.1  The spiritual view
   4.2  The scientific reality
5. Fan Art

Sword Art Online – Alfheim – The Long Resolution

“Hatsune Miku feat. ALO” by Riki-to

Table of Contents

1. Overview of the Story
2. Review
   2.1  Non-Spoiler Remarks
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   2.2  Spoiler Remarks
3. News

Madoka Magica – (Not so) Dark Moe

今度こそ by しょういん

Oh, I’m so sorry. You were hoping for something that emphasized more of the glamor than the gloom…

Half a Cyber Horror: Serial Experiments Lain

(As a small irony, I’ve noticed I name my opinion articles something fancy like other bloggers just trying to make the article look interesting to read.)

Philophical Criticisms: Alex Rosenberg: Atheist Guide to Reality

Today, I started reading this article on the Philosopher’s Eye. It’s an atheist blog, or at least the writer of this article is. They are discussing a book by Alex Rosenberg entitled “The Atheist’s Guide to Reality”. Should you read the book? Only if you want some laughs, I guess. Why is it when someone has an opposing point of view they always attack straw men? I see this from the theists and get tired of it, and yet the atheists do it too. Must be the natural human thing. In this blog post, I’m going to respond to the article bit-by-bit, addressing the arguments within their own context. This may take awhile, so fasten your seat-belts.