Why are paradoxes considered profound?

Yuck. 'The pleasure of my presence.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrEdYyejlj8&feature=related

Yes, I am familiar with the idea of dis-unified self.
I thought about it some. First it seemed that this could explain the occurrence of moral dilemmas, but not solve them, as in helping a person select the "right" answer. But can a theory really be applied to provide the answer in something like this?
Now I am thinking that understanding this will provide a person with better background knowledge to make an informed choice. It seems to me it comes down to conflicting loyalties, as you said earlier, and understanding this could certainly help someone organize their thoughts.

I think Fil is Portuguese. His English certainly suggested that he is from a country where it is not a primary language.
I once suspected that his arrogance, condescending attitude and the insults could be a result of that, something that comes out of translating from another language, one with a very different temper than English. I asked him about it and was basically told to f*** off, so there goes that theory.

To prove that he does not hunger for our attention Fil has retreated from this forum, as he put it. As I see it, suicide (viz.,withdrawal from the scene of life) is one of the most dramatic ways the defeated seek attention.

In zen paradoxes are meant to leave the mind in suspended animation in which thought ceases, creating a space for _______

a space to go nowhere.

a space to go nowhere.

I should have said (once): a space for FREEDOM.