tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post6078835848293407137..comments2024-03-28T22:33:29.066-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: AS YUM-YUM SAYS IN THE MIKADORobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-18277140140030828832018-12-04T06:48:46.762-05:002018-12-04T06:48:46.762-05:00Good move.Good move.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-80344960722041273002018-12-02T16:26:01.035-05:002018-12-02T16:26:01.035-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.F Lengyelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870219925438756983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-21766511498918262382018-12-02T16:20:02.564-05:002018-12-02T16:20:02.564-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.F Lengyelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870219925438756983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-36884010376942203662018-12-02T16:17:36.289-05:002018-12-02T16:17:36.289-05:00Your little cadre of old guys has stopped obeying....Your little cadre of old guys has stopped obeying. They're chattering among themselves! You've lost control of the echo chamber. It's time to pull anchor, Bob.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-83122897136292773902018-12-02T15:52:54.683-05:002018-12-02T15:52:54.683-05:00I haven’t commented much lately but I’m still a re...I haven’t commented much lately but I’m still a regular and grateful reader. In the past, all of my lengthy comments have been either hair-on-fire outbursts ( that, even so, were still on topic) or labyrinthine speculations about the precise ins-and-outs of the Russia scandal. The former have eased up since the horrible reality of the administration has begun to settle in, and the latter have now been all but proven as entirely factual. <br /><br />Apropos the previous dustup about irony and the releasing of T***p’s transcripts, I would just ask: Have we forgotten the lesson of the Antigone? It’s possible to hold a commitment to the rule of law and to competing goods simultaneously. The current occupant of the White House demanded that Obama ‘show his papers’ and so it’s only fair he be treated in kind. Plus, he’s an egregiously awful and destructive human being who richly deserves any embarassment that can be heaped on him.<br /><br />Does this mean that the hypothetical lonely functionary who releases the transcripts shouldn’t suffer professional and even legal sanction? No, it doesn’t. But luckily we now live in a Patreon world where do-gooders who sacrifice themselves for the greater good can be buried in piles of donated money. <br /><br />The way I understand it, irony isn’t just joking. It’s an ability to reflectively live with a certain tension, such that, for example, you’re able to acknowledge that you both do and don’t desire to see your petty revenge fantasies actualized. Ed Barrerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245166137503830356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-3769467919031386002018-12-02T13:04:18.070-05:002018-12-02T13:04:18.070-05:00Good riddance! I began to worry, that it would nev...Good riddance! I began to worry, that it would never happen. Insufferable contrarians come with the territory but the conduct of MS has been really beyond the pale. Wallerstein just doesn't get it. All the rest, please keep up the good work. It's a pleasure to be a reader of this blog. Thanks Professor Wolff for running it. Your efforts are really appreciated. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-10243056237204172692018-12-02T12:31:32.414-05:002018-12-02T12:31:32.414-05:00I think I can claim that of all the regulars here ...I think I can claim that of all the regulars here who post at all my posts average the shortest.DDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563878282038308662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-40530026162495286852018-12-02T12:28:16.220-05:002018-12-02T12:28:16.220-05:00Good - god forbid we should allow topics to stray ...Good - god forbid we should allow topics to stray too far from the subject of the great Prof Wolff!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-20038302199072697352018-12-02T12:21:27.154-05:002018-12-02T12:21:27.154-05:00Guessing this isn't meant to be one of the iro...Guessing this isn't meant to be one of the ironic posts... Or is it? :)<br /><br />Sorry for the bad joke but couldn't resist. I'll make sure to stay on topic in the future. I love your blog and I like the comments also. Most of the time. I just skip over some of them when not interested. But like you say- it is your blog and that should be respected. Jerry Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-53782487321549446222018-12-02T10:05:56.613-05:002018-12-02T10:05:56.613-05:00I am not all that hopeful this'll stop it. The...I am not all that hopeful this'll stop it. The previous requests were hardly unclear. Odd behaviour. The perils of the internet! Keep it going, Prof., please, from the rest of us!!Brianismnoreply@blogger.com