A quotation from Euripides

HECUBA:      The clear actions of a man,
   Agamemnon, should speak louder than any words.
   good words should get their goodness from our lives
   and nowhere else; the evil we do should show,
   a rottenness that festers in our speech
   and what we say, in capable of being glozed
   with a film of pretty words.
                    There are men, I know,
   sophists who make a science of persuasion,
   glozing evil with the slick of loveliness;
   but in the end a speciousness will show.
   The imposters are punished; not one escapes
   his death.
 
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: Ἀγάμεμνον, ἀνθρώποισιν οὐκ ἐχρῆν ποτε
   τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν γλῶσσαν ἰσχύειν πλέον:
   ἀλλ᾽, εἴτε χρήστ᾽ ἔδρασε, χρήστ᾽ ἔδει λέγειν,
   εἴτ᾽ αὖ πονηρά, τοὺς λόγους εἶναι σαθρούς,
   καὶ μὴ δύνασθαι τἄδικ᾽ εὖ λέγειν ποτέ.
   σοφοὶ μὲν οὖν εἰσ᾽ οἱ τάδ᾽ ἠκριβωκότες,
   ἀλλ᾽ οὐ δύνανται διὰ τέλους εἶναι σοφοί,
   κακῶς δ᾽ ἀπώλοντ᾽: οὔτις ἐξήλυξέ πω.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 1186ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/77262/

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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete. The follies of youth have a basis in sound reason, just as much as the embarrassing questions put by babes and sucklings. Their most antisocial acts indicate the defects of our society. When the torrent sweeps the man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

PREJUDICE, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Prejudice,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1080/

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Why Fennel?

https://fennel-lang.org/rationale

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A quotation from A. R. Moxon

   Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.
   That word is “Nazi.” Nobody cares about their motives any more.
   They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?

Andrew R. Moxon (contemp.) American writer, critic [a.k.a. Julius Goat]
Essay (2017-01-16), “Sky,” Blogspot

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/moxon-a-r/38965/

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Glitterer en Chile: «Rationale» (2024), Explorando el sentido de la existencia | vía #ZumbidoCL

https://zumbido.cl/glitterer-en-chile-rationale-2024-explorando-el-sentido-de-la-existencia/

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A quotation from Selden, John:

«
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because ’tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/selden-john/3497/

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6’s to 9’s by Big Wild feat. Rationale Personalized Music Box Gift from Donuma

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@anttim @chris @ollij @torvalds which I think is kinda bad because almost all people didn't choose their #nationality / #citizenship and many juristictions (i.e. #Iran) don't allow people to do any kind of #renounciation whatsoever.

• Which is a problem even for those that fled said regime and in some cases (i.e. Iran) even their decendants by virtue of being their children (even if they ain't born in nor ever entered i.e. Iran)…

I'd like to poin to several #LGBTQIA* from #Russia (some even working on #FLOSS) that fled #Putin's regime which refuses to acknowledge their remounciation and would rather hatecrime them in their embassy for i.e. living while trans, but I'm not gonna namedrop them without their explicit consent.

• Same applies to people fleeing #NorthKorea: Pyongyang doesn't recognize #Reounciations and treats those who dare to re-enter with a new identity as spies and high treasonists. I'm not gonna elaborate further on what that means...

IDK what #rationale is being abused, but by that logic they'd also have to yeet #code from #sanctioned parties (i.e. #Huawei [employees]) from the #Linux kernel!

• Or are @linuxfoundation sponsors exempted from such rules and decisions? What if #Office39 or some #DarknetMarket bought themselves a #Sponsorship??

"It is a vast, and pervasive, cognitive mistake to assume that people who agree with you (or disagree) do so on the same criteria that you care about." — Megan McCardle — — — #MeganMcCardle #quote #quotes #agree #agreement #reason #criteria #eyeytoeye #grounds #motive #rationale

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MBJ _ #MattBissettJohnson :) @MBJCartoonist My latest #cartoon for #RationaleMagazine #Auspol2024 #Dutton #Woolies #floods #AustraliaDay Quote #RationalistSociety @AusRationalist In the #Rationale magazine, cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson gives his take on what’s happening in current affairs. Check out his other recent cartoons here: https://bit.ly/3HDGYvU #alttext

#music #musik #musikken #musique #musica
#Glitterer - "#Plastic"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLQaqtF0JM0

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The new album #Rationale' will be released on 23 February 2024 from
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#House *Speaker* #KevinMcCarthy’s public announcement about the inquiry included a half-dozen assertions of potentially dubious activity, several of which involved only Biden’s son #Hunter & one of which was explicitly #false.

So the first hearing in the #Biden inquiry will instead attempt to establish the #rationale for the #inquiry itself. That’s the #Oversight Cmte’s presentation, not mine; the hearing is titled, “The Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.”

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In the #Rationale magazine, cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson gives his take on what’s happening in current affairs. Check out his other recent cartoons here: https://bit.ly/3HDGYvU #alttext

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Quantic feat. Rationale - Unconditional

#Quantic #Rationale

https://youtu.be/FDtNc6mH0aM?si=ZHszqMysq2EgXW_B

Given some #Greens have screamed "Science is right!" at me today, despite my not having said it's wrong, nor espoused such personally, (some here know me and know this)

Well I've some science they can adopt if they're keen, why doesn't Oz adopt a couple of smaller and safe 4th generation nuclear power stations and sack the coal'n'gas.

Here's the science and financial #rationale for same.

https://www.iea.org/reports/nuclear-power-in-a-clean-energy-system

Do note that 'Australia' is listed as one of the 'Advanced Economies' group referred to.. in the foot notes of this report.

A "once off" pair of these stations for 'Base' load, could decom all the carbon based generation. period.

This would remove the heavy 'Carbon' cycle faster and give more time to develop capacity and truly do Wind Tidal and Solar solutions with excellence, to their required levels, then do away with the reactor pair in the long run, and build no more?

It's a #Scientifically sound, if financially difficult path. File it under #quityerbitchin ?