tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post2214777008775369191..comments2023-08-11T10:44:15.397-05:00Comments on BRASS League: "Please, don't kill me."Other Sidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-87292427534747389292007-01-22T13:11:00.000-06:002007-01-22T13:11:00.000-06:00When I was younger I professed to being an atheist...When I was younger I professed to being an atheist. That was done more to annoy my father.<br /><br />I have a very loosely built spiritualism that would probably find a home in Unitarianism, if I wanted to house it somewhere.<br /><br />You're a smart guy. Before he died, Goebbels was still a staunch supporter of der Fuhrer. I'm not sure he did understand the hatred of others for his messiah. In his mind, they were the ones deluded.<br /><br />FYI: I had great fear, afterward, that your wife had passed on and my comment would have been terribly inappropriate. I enjoy our verbal tussles and would like to think the personal can be kept out of them.Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-81228381822716148512007-01-22T11:32:00.000-06:002007-01-22T11:32:00.000-06:00Just last week, in anticipation of your question.
...Just last week, in anticipation of your question.<br /><br />Glad to hear you distinguish policy from the person. You worried me a bit, there.<br /><br />BTW, if you really believe that Hitler's close associates "did not understand" the hatred, you're a perfect candidate for atheism, or at least Libertarianism.<br /><br />They're the people who do not accept conscience.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-230745113719162692007-01-21T11:03:00.000-06:002007-01-21T11:03:00.000-06:00I will bet that those close to Hitler could not un...I will bet that those close to Hitler could not understand the hatred that was generated at him. Now, I have said I don't hate Bush, just his policies. What's your problem?<br /><br />btw: Have you stopped beating your wife?Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-75838648608168241692007-01-21T09:44:00.000-06:002007-01-21T09:44:00.000-06:00Since I don't want to imagine Wiggy in lederhosen,...Since I don't want to imagine Wiggy in lederhosen, I won't pick up the analogy, thanks anyway.<br /><br />Obviously we will disagree on the degree of 'lack of character' exposed in GWB vs. other US Presidents (or "world leaders" in general.<br /><br />I think the vignette Carlson offered is just that: a vignette. It doesn't constitute a pattern.<br /><br />But conceding even that point, and agreeing that there is a pattern, I don't find his track record to be <i>exceptionally</i> amoral in comparo to others.<br /><br />Have you seen a professional regarding your hatred problem?Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-73221965857299281782007-01-20T21:38:00.000-06:002007-01-20T21:38:00.000-06:00I am familiar with the "Great Man" idea as express...I am familiar with the "Great Man" idea as expressed by Nietszche. I find it difficult to believe that you would actually compare Bush to another figure believed to have achieved that distinction that ... der Fuhrer (I'm not saying Bush is a Nazi, it's your suggestion that he may be the answer provide by Nietszche).<br /><br />Maybe you are suggesting that the members of the conservative movement are the Wandervögel of the 21st century. I'm trying to imagine Owen or Wiggy wearing lederhosen.<br /><br />And, no ... Bush through his actions and statements unveils a lack of character so astounding that the only thing I can say for those who voted for him is: you was hoodwinked.<br /><br />No other president (perhaps Nixon with his pathological need to "get" those who disagreed with him) has been so lacking in humility.Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-78086542747121186942007-01-20T17:59:00.000-06:002007-01-20T17:59:00.000-06:00Perhaps Bush is as insensitive and monomaniacal as...Perhaps Bush is as insensitive and monomaniacal as you say.<br /><br />Ummmnnnnhhhh....so Nietszche predicted, (or observed.) So did Machiavelli.<br /><br />It's the "Great Man" syndrome. Face it: GWB was elected based on his convictions--or, at least based on the impression that he was less distasteful than his opponents.<br /><br />Do you think that X42 spent any time at all being "concerned" about the victims of his bombing runs over Serbo-Croatia? Or the victims of his prisoner-blood-sale to the Canadians? (HIV followed. Not HIS problem.)<br /><br />One could hypothesize, fairly, that every President has exactly the same "flaws" described by Carlson, to a greater or lesser degree.<br /><br />And every President thinks that he was elected to do exactly what he did--whatever that may be. FDR thought so, JFK thought so, LBJ thought so, RMN...we can go on.<br /><br />It's called "the election."Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com