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Mozibur Ullah

4:18 AM

@TRiG: what are the standard texts?

We had someone bring up H Finn in the context of drunkeness and Buddhism a while ago

Its been a long time since I read that book

I recall thinking Jim was a father-figure for Finn, even if he was gonna shop him in

@JonEricson: hi Jon, hows it going?

Hucks dad after all abandoned Huck for drunkeness; and then Huck abandoned civilisation for a raft down that old man river Missisippi.

Can anyone name a contemporary German philosopher? They were once all the rage.

@Einer: I haven't read Minima Moralia; but didn't Adorno make that famous claim 'there could be no poetry after auschwitz'?

But then we have Celans Todesfugue:

Schwarze Milch der Frühe wir trinken sie abends
wir trinken sie mittags und morgens wir trinken sie nachts
wir trinken und trinken

Black milk of morning we drink it at evening
we drink it at midday and morning we drink it at night
we drink and drink

I read it in English first - no, I can't read German

So I missed the referance to the Hitler (der Fruhe); which I know is dawn, but still

For a while I couldn't get its rhythm out of my mind...or fugue i should say

Mozibur Ullah

5:21 AM

@Mujahidمجاهد: salaam!

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Mujahid مجاهد

6:53 AM

@MoziburUllah Wa Alaikum salam :)

Mozibur Ullah

7:06 AM

@Mujahidمجاهد: how did you get arabic characters in your name? I'd like to put Bengali ones in mine - cut'n'paste?

Mujahid مجاهد

@MoziburUllah nah, I don't need cut and paste, I just edited my name on the main site profile (which for me is Islam's main site) and it updated here in chat.

Mozibur Ullah

@Mujahidمجاهد: oh, ok ;). Where you based, if ain't a moderation secret - Pakistan?

Mujahid مجاهد

@MoziburUllah no it isn't a moderation secret, though it is my preference to only give general location, currently I am temporarily staying in the USA

Mozibur Ullah

7:27 AM

@Mujahidمجاهد: understandable; there are no accents online...so its difficult to place people; even 'generally'; I'm based in London.

How does one get to be a moderator - is it a points thing?

Mujahid مجاهد

@MoziburUllah not exactly, though a moderator must have at least 200 rep (if i am un-mistaken), in a beta site the SE team appoints them, after a site graduates, there will be elections held

Mozibur Ullah

@Mujahidمجاهد: ok; is the Islam site still in beta? It seems to have been going for a while!

Mujahid مجاهد

@MoziburUllah yes

it has been in beta for 2 years now

Mozibur Ullah

@Mujahidمجاهد: thats some time in beta! Ok, its been good chatting with you; I've got to gird up for the day; khuda-hafiz.

Mujahid مجاهد

@MoziburUllah ok

الله معك (Allah Ma3ak )

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