tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post115274778007276667..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: And that's that.ambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1152758294697352132006-07-12T20:38:00.000-06:002006-07-12T20:38:00.000-06:00I just can't do it. Someone might be offended if I...I just can't do it. Someone might be offended if I denounced something.<BR/><BR/>Besides, I don't have time - these lists for the re-education camps just keep getting longer and longer. It's a good thing land is cheap above the Arctic Circle.Rick Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082425215912372067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1152755181745310212006-07-12T19:46:00.000-06:002006-07-12T19:46:00.000-06:00I know. It's gotten rather silly and out of contro...I know. It's gotten rather silly and out of control.<BR/><BR/>There's a poster over at pressthink who demanded someone he was 'sparring' with denounce those on the right who call the New York Times treasonous before he would engage further.<BR/><BR/>But Hannity is guilty of this as much as anyone else. He drives me nuts over it always wagging his finger.<BR/><BR/>I think the new rule should be:<BR/><BR/>Everybody for himself!<BR/><BR/>The tendency is that we all tend to cubbyhole each 'adversary' in an argument, ostensibly to understand where 'they are coming from', instead of engaging the argument on its merits.<BR/><BR/>It's a natural tendency and plays a huge role in our politics so it shouldn't be and can never be extinguished.<BR/><BR/>But we should recognize it for what it is, and also recognize the fact that both sides engage in the behavior.<BR/><BR/>Of course, as this piece points out, this pegging has been carried way too far in certain circles.<BR/><BR/>If you don't denounce something you've never heard of before you aren't an honest adversary.<BR/><BR/>Pfeh.<BR/><BR/>But, still, LOL<BR/><BR/>Humans are a funny bunch.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1152754685116709522006-07-12T19:38:00.000-06:002006-07-12T19:38:00.000-06:00StY—I sometimes wonder if I'm still objectively pr...StY—<BR/><BR/>I sometimes wonder if I'm still objectively pro-fascist. <BR/><BR/>By the way, I've satisfied myself to near-certainty with the help of my translation and an on-line French version that, despite what you'll find when googling, <I>La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid</I> does not appear in <I>Les Liaisons Dangereuses</I> by Pierre Ambrose Francois Choderlos de Laclos. <BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Ah Kirk, my old friend. Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold in space.</I> <BR/><BR/>It belongs to all space and all time and Orwell later withdrew his charge, or so I've read.<BR/><BR/>...and so it goes.lonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329414340481290010noreply@blogger.com