tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1856218331933151940..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Wyrd And Providence - Part IIIAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36358350250802330982010-02-05T18:46:33.321-05:002010-02-05T18:46:33.321-05:00The association is inescapable, isn't it?The association is inescapable, isn't it?Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-2075122986074940662010-02-05T16:36:42.864-05:002010-02-05T16:36:42.864-05:00I miss Copithorne....I miss Copithorne....GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-32842297029794445042010-02-05T01:45:46.420-05:002010-02-05T01:45:46.420-05:00You seem absolutely unable to move out of your ori...<i>You seem absolutely unable to move out of your original framing.</i><br /><br />You seem unable to discuss it.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895400855088706286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-5081067980301836102010-02-04T23:57:21.851-05:002010-02-04T23:57:21.851-05:00karrde, it may indeed be too faint to be worth not...karrde, it may indeed be too faint to be worth noting. I may be stretching the data beyond legitimacy. What I know of the Sussex to Lincoln area in the intervening centuries is not enormous, and what I do know doesn't seem to point one way or the other. Its economy was maritime trade and agriculture, both sheep and crops. It had more contact with the continent, especially Holland/Belgium. It was a center of the Peasant's Revolt in the 14th C and Kett's rebellion in the 16th, suggesting the stronger sense of egalitarianism common to Northern Europe, but I can't relate that to wyrd especially. It was particularly hard hit by the Black Death, which might have distilled its belief in doom and destiny, but I have nothing to show that.<br /><br />I assure you at least that I am not aware of leaving anything out that goes against my theory. I'd love it to be true, but accept that it may end up in ribbons.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-49107660061933610762010-02-04T23:33:51.977-05:002010-02-04T23:33:51.977-05:00Jeff, your first comment here:
"Ariana Huffin...Jeff, your first comment here:<br />"Ariana Huffington and a bevy of other liberals argue that Fox News cut away from the Q&A 20 minutes early (!) because the event didn't match the network's framing of Obama. And you're seeing the same thing here with Neocon sifting through a well-regarded event to find a negative upon which to focus. Is it possible she can express any gratitude (as discussed in the paper's conclusion) towards Obama for any aspects of that Q&A?"<br /><br />That tone sounds fine to you. Neo's doesn't. I will re-emphasize that the escape from liberalism involves personal honesty, often painful.<br /><br />As to the paper, you brought it up, I never asked for it. I asked for evidence, not redefinition. I have absolutely no need to get into more jungian discussions in my life, having found all previous excursions fruitless. <br /><br />You seem absolutely unable to move out of your original framing.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-46695926810547625832010-02-04T23:06:51.565-05:002010-02-04T23:06:51.565-05:00Some of those close to me have also made it clear,...<i>Some of those close to me have also made it clear, despite the fact that we continue to have good relations, that they will never read this blog. Is it lack of interest, fear that their own point of view might be challenged, or fear that, if exposed to my turncoat ways, they might have to cut off the relationship? Whatever it is, it is a source of sorrow for me.</i><br /><br />Maybe it's the tone.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895400855088706286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1739012502169821952010-02-04T17:45:12.081-05:002010-02-04T17:45:12.081-05:00Yes, Gringo, I've read them all and countless ...Yes, Gringo, I've read them all and countless other posts and comments. It's been my primary conservative reading for many years and I've seen personalities come and go.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895400855088706286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-11258290309744056492010-02-04T12:36:05.859-05:002010-02-04T12:36:05.859-05:00So Jeff, were you really interested in understandi...So Jeff, were you really interested in <b>understanding reasonable conservative thinking</b>, which would have meant you would have gone to the Neo postings I suggested, to find out what she had actually WRITTEN on the matter, or were you just blowing smoke in our faces?Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-4280924886494212182010-02-04T00:53:33.715-05:002010-02-04T00:53:33.715-05:00Lutheranism is rivaled only by Orthodoxy in its du...<i>Lutheranism is rivaled only by Orthodoxy in its dualism among the Christian sects.</i><br /><br />Well, neither holds a candle to the Cathars if you care to include the heresies.<br /><br />The Hile paper's germane, AVI, to a conversation worth having. If you were serious when you asked me to elaborate, check it out. No small overlap with the notion of a fate that is powerful but not absolute.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895400855088706286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44205743778834487542010-02-03T23:53:42.384-05:002010-02-03T23:53:42.384-05:00AVI, if the tale you tell encompasses all the impo...AVI, if the tale you tell encompasses all the important points, then I agree. I don't know enough to bring any contrary evidence, though.<br /><br />With that aside, the connection between Puritan behavior and old Saxon culture is faint enough to be non-obvious. The similarities are enough to make the connection possible, and not easily dismissed.<br /><br />One of the asides that comes to mind is this: the Saxons/Jutes/Frisians/Danes who settled in England seemed to have brought a strange ferment with them. While they kept pieces of their native culture, they didn't hold onto them tightly or remember the main themes well. <br /><br />The tales that they told each other (like <i>Beowulf</i>) survived for a time, but were nearly-forgotten. The deeds the followed from the move to England were better-remembered.<br /><br />Is there a similar pattern among those Englishmen who came to America? We remember what they did upon arrival much more than we remember the history that brought them here.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.com