tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post4231982296111037843..comments2024-03-28T12:50:25.792-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: WE PAUSE FOR A CLARIFICATIONRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-59229715230043517082015-05-20T20:11:21.925-04:002015-05-20T20:11:21.925-04:00Thank you for your forthright and frank reactions ...Thank you for your forthright and frank reactions to my question. For even a red-herring is often revealing of an answer.Docteur Larivierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258267176870672243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-20124553332005729002015-05-20T19:14:53.362-04:002015-05-20T19:14:53.362-04:00well, you can reserve the right to your privacy if...well, you can reserve the right to your privacy if you choose, but then you can look elsewhere for someone to spar with. No thank you. So move on. There is nothing for you here. Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-59101393037082677392015-05-20T19:14:52.805-04:002015-05-20T19:14:52.805-04:00well, you can reserve the right to your privacy if...well, you can reserve the right to your privacy if you choose, but then you can look elsewhere for someone to spar with. No thank you. So move on. There is nothing for you here. Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-74818769236254482552015-05-20T18:09:50.709-04:002015-05-20T18:09:50.709-04:00I reserve the right to preserve my privacy. Everyt...I reserve the right to preserve my privacy. Everything I said contained substance, and was without derision. Your accusation of me for my legitimate exercise of my right to a decent and appropriate pseudonym is a convenient way for you to avoid facing the (perhaps small) contradiction I brought to light. Let's agree to discuss issues, and not indulge in empty ad hominem attacks. ...So then, is it not a contradiction for an elitist to complain about the stupidity of democracy, and moreover, for that elitist to be strongly, if not dogmatically, allied with some version of a populist left-wing ideology?Docteur Larivierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258267176870672243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-44934651973444663532015-05-20T17:48:19.969-04:002015-05-20T17:48:19.969-04:00Sigh. Another troll hiding behind a phony Interne...Sigh. Another troll hiding behind a phony Internet name. If you really want to be insulting, try signing your real name and telling us who you are. I have no patience with cowards.<br />Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-91047973839834784182015-05-20T17:07:37.212-04:002015-05-20T17:07:37.212-04:00How interesting that you attack only the clowns of...How interesting that you attack only the clowns of the Republican party, although I am sure you are not merely a dogmatic party hack! You seem to be a champion of mass democracy, but appear too "educated" and "cultured" to tolerate the vulgarity and ignorance that always lights the way in a mass democracy. I wonder what form of dialectic could resolve that contradiction for you... Perhaps a judicious application of Freud's concept of neurosis could do the trick? I, however, will leave you with this quote to consider: "All political parties today have in common a demagogic character and the intention of influencing the masses; because of this intention, all of them are obliged to transform their principles into great frescoes of stupidity..."Docteur Larivierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258267176870672243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-8286092967260188022015-05-20T16:53:21.401-04:002015-05-20T16:53:21.401-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Docteur Larivierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258267176870672243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-75461180225002944312015-05-20T13:09:19.279-04:002015-05-20T13:09:19.279-04:00Jim, thank you! I love it.
Jerry, I would never ...Jim, thank you! I love it.<br /><br />Jerry, I would never rely merely on third hand accounts. :) I think the last circus I saw was about 40 years ago, when my boys were young, in Springfield MA. [In the same venue in which I actually saw the Harlem Globetrotters.]Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-83377707293538929952015-05-20T11:57:17.023-04:002015-05-20T11:57:17.023-04:00This is quite interesting. Now, does this knowledg...This is quite interesting. Now, does this knowledge come from research, or were you able to actually witnesses this American spectacle? And I wonder, how did the circuses of Europe and the rest of the world differ? Jim's reporting is intriguing as well.<br />Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-28947305209966447262015-05-20T10:40:09.817-04:002015-05-20T10:40:09.817-04:00As I know you would appreciate an aside into space...As I know you would appreciate an aside into space and class I wanted to add an interesting angle on the history of the 3 ring circus that I had heard somewhere many years ago.<br /><br />Barnum went to 2 and then 3 rings undoubtedly to increase the spectacle and show. However, I believe part of the reason for the expansion of the "show" was to keep the lower class types at the show from moving up and crowding/mingling with the "good' box seats. <br /><br />With one ring there were often times when those in the cheap seats or standing room at the back could not see anything and desperately moved up to see. The three rings spread out the action and made it easier for those in the peanut gallery to at least see something.Jim Westrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11523640492416820740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-10307835056000607862015-05-20T10:16:02.501-04:002015-05-20T10:16:02.501-04:00Bernie Sanders did an AMA on Reddit yesterday. An ...Bernie Sanders did an AMA on Reddit yesterday. An AMA is an 'ask me anything' QA session online. Here it is:<br /><br />https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/36j690/i_am_senator_bernie_sanders_democratic_candidate/Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.com