tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post2332380738863479902..comments2023-06-24T11:57:48.459-04:00Comments on larrylivermore.com: ThanksLarry Livermorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11948659387575597910noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-79475976707609613172006-11-26T18:58:00.000-05:002006-11-26T18:58:00.000-05:00"so long as you're not trying to blow me up, you c..."so long as you're not trying to blow me up, you can believe any old thing you please."<br /><br />Maybe we can apply that idea to western "cruise missile" liberals who have seem to have a lot of faith in the superiority of their ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-28248675353522855592006-11-26T14:04:00.000-05:002006-11-26T14:04:00.000-05:00I just ordered Dawkins' "The God Delusion" yesterd...I just ordered Dawkins' "The God Delusion" yesterday from Amazon on the strength of a 70 minute YouTube video of him speaking and doing a Q&A at an American university. It's not so much that I took his words as gospel (couldn't resist) but his argument was interesting and I'd heard the book mentioned before. As the offspring of Christian parents I'd find it quite interesting to read some literature that might challenge their beliefs (since I pretty much stopped following it once I became a teen). I feel a bit less excited about reading it when it arrives now, I didn't realise he had a reputation for being like a childish atheist or whatever.<br /><br />I did some Eagleton stuff last year at university, looking at his theory that literature replaced religion as the upper class's method of control over us serfs, and it did carry some weight for me; although I'd argue that "literature" should encompass all modern media, now that we live in the age of Big Brother (the TV show) and podcasts. <br /><br />As for Thanksgiving, as a Brit I always found it to appear as just a pre-Christmas, where you guys essentially just exude a similar mindset for the period. It's a nice concept to have a day set aside to be 'thankful', but that could easily be criticised in the same way people mock Valentine's Day, saying you should love your partner all year round rather than just show it on one calendar day.Matt Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340821386050627618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-33204550672656415072006-11-25T03:21:00.000-05:002006-11-25T03:21:00.000-05:00I'm aware that Geras is or was a Marxist, but he a...I'm aware that Geras is or was a Marxist, but he appears to be an unaccountably sensible one. If that's not too much of an oxymoron.<br /><br />Actually, that sounds a bit uncharitable of me. These days Marxism is more of a religious faith than an ideology, and I suppose I should show the same tolerance for its adherents as I try to do for the various spiritual creeds of the world, to wit: so long as you're not trying to blow me up, you can believe any old thing you please.Larry Livermorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948659387575597910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-54132924644792160022006-11-24T21:52:00.000-05:002006-11-24T21:52:00.000-05:00Geras is a marxist, too. Though he lined up on the...Geras is a marxist, too. Though he lined up on the wrong side of the Iraq war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-11060807913943351742006-11-24T14:27:00.000-05:002006-11-24T14:27:00.000-05:00Although trying not to sound completeley ignorant ...Although trying not to sound completeley ignorant about other countries celebrations etc but what are the origins of Thanksgiving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com