Pierre Ramus 1515-1572
Q. What is a RAMIST? A. A follower of Pierre Ram, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II. Ramus famously opposed the Aristotelians.
So now you know but which side are you on? For my own part I am firmly on the side of the Aristotelians for reasons that will become clear before this blogpost finishes.
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Alrighty, so there I am on Saville Street north of the city centre having just taken Butch, my Nissan Juke, for his first service at the Nissan dealership. And down on the pavement I see the reverse side of a badge. Following the urban beach-combing example of Mr S.Reed of West London, I stoop to pick up said badge having absolutely no idea what I might see on the face side.
Perhaps it would be advertising some product or other or maybe there'd just be an image but no - this is what I saw...
"TRUMP IS A RA_IST"
Mmm... What could the missing letter be? At first I had no idea until I remembered one of the great figures of French scholarship - Pierre Ram or Ramus. And then in a moment of illumination I realised that President Trump must be a Ramist. Frankly, I was surprised because previously I noted that the 47th US President habitually shows enormous lack of intellect and indeed historical knowledge. Clearly, I was wrong about that. Only well-read scholars like Haggerty and Marcellous truly appreciate Ramus's philosophical legacy so D.J. Trump must be one of them.
It just goes to show that you should never judge a book by its cover but I am still slightly puzzled, wondering why the badge makers chose to miss out the vital letter "M". Very confusing,
Not knowing who Pierre Ramus is, I would have guessed that the badge said Trump is a Rapist or Trump is a Racist. Either statement is true. I wake up every morning with the prayer "Dear God, please let him be dead." and then run to the television to see if my prayer has been answered. I know it makes me a horrible person, but the orange squat won't live forever and dying in his case is better sooner than later for the entire world. It can't come soon enough for me. I'm sure that it's the only thing that Melania and I agree on. Regardless, now I am going to have to find out about Pierre Ramus.
ReplyDeleteHaving read about Ramus, believe me when I tell you that Donald John Trump is not intelligent enough to understand a word of it. Therefore, it is impossible that he is a Ramist.
DeleteWell, I think there's only one letter fits in that blank.
ReplyDeleteRAM was a 1971 album by Paul & Linda McCartney.
ReplyDeleteThe Back Seat Of My Car is a witty number about a couple making out.
It's not as great as The Long & Winding Road (1968) on Let It Be.
Obviously it is racist, which we all know. What else could it be? I've tried other consonants but I am bored now, and I've stopped at 'n'.
ReplyDeleteThe missing letter is more likely to be a C or a P.
ReplyDeleteWell playing around with words is one thing the internet has given us to appreciate;)
ReplyDeleteSomething new to research. I hadn’t heard of Ramus.
ReplyDeleteClever post
I had to laugh at where this was heading because I spent the first half wondering if there really was some obscure philosophical connection waiting around the corner. The image of you standing on the pavement, turning over a random badge, then arriving at Ramus as the obvious explanation was priceless. Now I'm curious whether that badge is still sitting on your desk somewhere, leaving future visitors equally baffled by the mysteriously absent letter.
ReplyDeleteRacist? Rapist? ....or Both?
ReplyDelete