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Delano

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  1. Need that is exactly why I like black. User defined. There was a similar debate amongst feminist about pornography. Some feminist wanted it ban others just wanted better porn/erotica etc. it may have been Pat Califia (a leather loving SM Dyke. She said I don't want women defining what is acceptable any more than I want the patriarchy definig what is acceptable.
  2. Troy Black is important cross culturally. My kids say Daddy is dark chocolate Mommy is white chocolate and they are caramel. Works for. Them works for me.
  3. Pioneer - I am quite happy with Black or colured. For two reason it sounds snappy and is more inclusive. A few examples might help to demonstrate the idea. Black is Beautiful, Suicide for Colored Girls when the Rainbow is Enuf. Also Black is an attitude or expression. sometimes less definition leads to more possibility.
  4. The LCD sells.Which authors or genre sell the most
  5. It is news worthy. Not my interest. I think it is good to have forums where difference if opionions are encouraged. In a way it is more relevant than some of the intuitive or intellectual post. Otherwise your site becomes undemocratic. I actually am impressed with the wide range of topics. If it annoys you that means it strikes a nerve.
  6. The consumer has decided they prefer the mall approach. The market gives you what you crave not what you need.
  7. Dr Dre and Puffy Daddy probably are two of the most successful producers. They helped make rap so mainstream accessible not certain that this was as good for rap as ot was for them.
  8. Ah Pioneer I said expressive people/races. I would guess more Italian and Spanish names end in vowels but I could be wrong, but so do Japanese not certain I would classify them as expressive
  9. Hi Pioneer, I am quoting Dave Chappell
  10. Anika Thanks I do what I can.
  11. Actually I think it would be a pretty detrimental study.
  12. Wow Troy did you have an espresso this morning. Yep Troy unfortunately you and I are in agreement which makes a less interesting discussion.
  13. Yes the Secret Language is good, but if you have a copy of your chart and know the aspects, I would recommend the Spiritual Approach to Astrology by Myrna Lofthus , or Astrology a Cosmic Science by Isabel Hickey. Being an astrologer I believe there is something to it as well. Again I think it is more sound to look at regions, even more so than countries. Since most countries have regional difference and you are take the location in addition to the time into account. I believe there are more difference with in a country than between a country, this is more true for true for countries that have a racial or cultural diversity. I would say that Italians and Spainiards are more similar to each other than, Germans and the Dutch. I also think you find a different between Southern and Northern Regions of the country. In the US, India and Italy for example the Southerners are more relaxed. In Australia it is the reverse. In Tarot I feel Wands are people of African Descent, Cups or Northern Europe, Swords are Asian (less Indian), and Pentacles are Europe. Although I tend to think of Paris as a high Pentacle card. Most of this is just my feeling, but I am finding that it makes more sense to develop your own approach than follow rules blindly. Aries is ruled by Mars and both were important to Rome. Capricorn is associated with the color black, it is considered a more serious sign.
  14. Thanks for replaying. I am currently reading Tetrabiblios by Prolemy. He says that certain countries are ruled by certain signs and planets. Initially I was going to say no. However I think it is more likely that regions fall under astrological influences. Black folks like bass, White folks like treble a la Dave Chapelle. Could be an interesting project but I wouldn't undertake it, because if it's successful it could be seen as racist. It just seems like a thankless task. Although every couple of years I work on some project along the same lines. I think it would be more successful if you dud it using numerology. I probably could do it unscientifically with a small sample My guess would be that more expressive people/races would have names first or last ending in vowels. I do not consider myself an expert, I am a practitioner.
  15. In terms of where they come from like we see discussing intuition.
  16. Where would you put instincts,drive, and ambition in this discussion.
  17. I am not certain whether it is likely or not. Since we don't know the cause. Also it doesn't necessarily follow that predestination requires a purpose or an intelligence. The beyond that gives birth is more than likely Mon human since it is beyond above time and beyond space. Although I can't think of a non probabilistic word.
  18. Troy you nay have to dust off the statistics book and calculate sample size
  19. Okay are you saying there is no loss of fidelity. Perhaps my intuition is wrong, but I don't believe you can copy something continous using a discrete function without a loss of fidelity. What I can't quantify is what the loss is in the copying. if you copied an analog sound using an analog format versus a digital format. Would the copies be of exactly the same quality and if not which would be higher.
  20. I finite sample of discrete wave reproducing a continuous one. They both don't represent the population faithfully. Do you think otherwise?
  21. I think if you are faced with adversity you can play the victim or or flip it. They way some Black folk appropriate Nigger or some women use Bitch. It's. A way of take a derogatory term and making it less sacred and taking its power away. Granted though it is a bit if a gamble.
  22. I think that once you have an idea about the world it changes your lens. Troy I will tell you what my 63 year old born in Australia Itslian nrighbor said to me last week. "I like expensive stiff or stuff that looks nice. It's stupid but Italians are stupid for this." I thousand people would nr enough fir a sample. The problem with the sample of the thousand people that you meet is that it is skewed. So you may not nr able to day something about the overall population. But you could make a case fir that subset. So I think you are both right to a certain degree. Take from that what you will. Yes what Pioneer is saying is anecdotal but ut us probably TRUE fir a subset. Lastly Italian sports cars are different from Germsn and English sports cars. How many rappers do you see in Italian versus other sports cars. From memory I recall a coupleof Ferraris s couple of Lamborghinis a few Porsches and one Aston Martin. Anecdotal yes, informal no question, open to debate sure. What did Miles Davis drive a man who wasas concerned with his looks as much as his sound drive. A red Ferrari.
  23. Troy - it doesn't explicitly imply that, but it does implicitly. Cynique made that connection. Ipso facto.

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