tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5051747694013049728..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Richard W Annand - Victoria CrossBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-40264855740134507472014-02-18T01:16:47.555+00:002014-02-18T01:16:47.555+00:00Well, my friend, it's funny, isn't it, tha...Well, my friend, it's funny, isn't it, that the posts containing "hot-button" trigger words are usually the ones that garner the most comments (and as often as not generating more heat than light), while the more muted, less controversial topics are almost commentless. It's too bad, because at the present time posts like this one are my favourite sort, and in fact if I were writing a blog again *most* of my posts would aim to be like this one - leaving aside the stupid controversies of the present day and instead firing the imagination with thoughts of people, and ages, that were better.<br /><br />A remarkable man, isn't he - at least, he seems to be, from the perspective of our own era? I am so glad that you made the point about the "boyish, innocent grin". It reminds me of one of my favourite lines from all of the Narnia stories, probably forgotten or not even noticed by most readers, but it's from <i>Prince Caspian</i>, near the beginning, when the author is describing the dwarf Doctor Cornelius, and mentions that he was stern yet with a "twinkle in his eye" that lets you know that inwardly the dwarf is full of the joy of the Lord. Indeed I appreciate that you constantly make this point in various blog posts, that we are *meant*, on some level, to be child-like. It would be almost impossible today to find someone with such child-like innocence held up as an exemplar of "manliness". The prevailing idea is that "real men" are incompatible with child-like innocence, trust, joyfulness...<br /><br />... or sexual continence, by the way. I think I've lost count of the number of men, for example, put forth as "heroes" or "examples of masculinity" by the modern media, who I've initially taken a liking to because they seem strong, fatherly, somewhat traditional, who turn out to be full believers (and participants) in the sexual revolution. Somehow or other I would wager a large sum that Mr. Annand was faithful to one wife, as was common in those days. One of the reasons I enjoy British literature of a certain age, and indeed this blog post and the photos therein, is that they feature a complete absence of the "everyone's doing it" cynicism that drenches most everything today.<br /><br />Sorry for the rambling. I just think that there are a lot of us today searching for <i>men you can believe in</i>.Samson J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-3831338443620658542014-02-13T15:55:48.944+00:002014-02-13T15:55:48.944+00:00Your earlier posting today was dedicated to Venus....Your earlier posting today was dedicated to Venus. Now it's the turn of Mars.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030980000235824571noreply@blogger.com