tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post6004193739447809941..comments2024-03-28T15:48:11.151-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: THE OLD WAYS ARE BESTRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-54982813179055376752012-04-27T07:14:58.893-04:002012-04-27T07:14:58.893-04:00Mr. Wolff, does your great connection to other hum...Mr. Wolff, does your great connection to other humans make you feel any qualms about supporting someone who launches robot bombs that slaughter so many children? <br /><br />You have a great cheering section of clowns who are impressed by your degree into pursuing your affections, but in a very substantial way, you are a terror of the human race. You are a bloated white wealthy citizen of empire who supports its foulest doings. Your actions stand wholly against your words. <br /><br />Dead children. In piles. Millions of them. Dripping blood on your pretty keyboard. Do you care enough to stop calling on us to support the mastermind who killed them?High Arkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723123626955733759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-40787793932490326562011-12-16T19:58:56.940-05:002011-12-16T19:58:56.940-05:00"These days," as opposed to which days?"These days," as opposed to which days?High Arkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723123626955733759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-27137188120329191832011-12-16T01:57:41.139-05:002011-12-16T01:57:41.139-05:00The last line of your post is a near perfect summa...The last line of your post is a near perfect summation of his life's work:<br /><br />But if I cannot change the world, I can at least in my mind expose the follies and evils that flourish these days.Conrad Deckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965085467585011371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-32634005150350045182011-12-16T01:53:28.979-05:002011-12-16T01:53:28.979-05:00Please say something about Hitchens.Please say something about Hitchens.Conrad Deckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965085467585011371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-36988312577882560462011-12-16T01:52:50.756-05:002011-12-16T01:52:50.756-05:00Please say something about Hitchens.Please say something about Hitchens.Conrad Deckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965085467585011371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-58202164638245128212011-12-15T16:59:28.447-05:002011-12-15T16:59:28.447-05:00I would love to see the satire you would write. It...I would love to see the satire you would write. It need not be as long as Gulliver's travels, but some kind of present dystopia?John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-16753423950844705952011-12-15T16:00:00.970-05:002011-12-15T16:00:00.970-05:00That's a fantastic book. I often wonder what e...That's a fantastic book. I often wonder what exactly Swift's aim with the fourth part with the Houyhnhnms was. I keep being told it's an indication of Swift's of world-weariness and low opinion of humanity, but I wonder instead whether instead it isn't making a mockery of people too enamoured with who they see as their betters. The image of Gulliver spending hours each day neighing at his horses, even admitting they don't speak the language he's trying to imitate, nor for that matter does he really, is simply too ridiculous and pointed for me to see otherwise.Marinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492009758043047531noreply@blogger.com