[armitron]

The poster to whom you replied has missed the essence of Nietzsche's writings. There is no such thing as "pure nihilism". Rather, Nietzsche talks of passive and active forms of nihilism with passive leading towards detachment and the abandonment of self (eastern mysticism, Schopenhauer favorite) and active being what Nietzsche espouses and offers up as a solution.

Active nihilism is all about "praxis" rather than detachment. The quote from Blade Runner comes to mind:

"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."

Nietzsche would like every human being to burn like Roy Batty. Humanity performing a wild leap into the unknown trying to manifest its evolutionary potential, free from the straightjacket of religion and inherited morality.