tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6329421296230447439..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Subversion and blog commentsBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-67655691261843369862014-01-19T15:26:07.297+00:002014-01-19T15:26:07.297+00:00@SFG - "I actually expect your ideas will mak...@SFG - "I actually expect your ideas will make a comeback as society decays, but for now, a voice in the wilderness... "<br /><br />I have no doubt of it - but it is a tragedy of the first order that our society (and its individuals) could not/ did not use its power, peace and prosperity in the service of good - instead of in the destruction of good. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-44107708241079953102014-01-19T14:43:28.872+00:002014-01-19T14:43:28.872+00:00The idea, I thought, came from analogy with the Fi...The idea, I thought, came from analogy with the First Amendment (which doesn't really apply anyway as it applies to the government, and not one guy's blog)--much of the Anglophone web is American. <br /><br />Also, the idea is that if you can't address the other guy's arguments and have to suppress them, you must not be that confident in your own arguments. I do remember my own argument with the gender-free date guy on the Good Men Project, which never got published--thought I did a nice job of taking him down, which was probably why. ;)<br /><br />Of course, as a Christian traditionalist, you believe in absolute Truth, which is pretty rare these days. So it's not surprising you'd be out of step with the modern Internet.<br /><br />I actually expect your ideas will make a comeback as society decays, but for now, a voice in the wilderness...SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31257112960555011002014-01-17T15:59:47.161+00:002014-01-17T15:59:47.161+00:00We live in a time when every reader has his Precio...We live in a time when every reader has his Precioussss: his opinion. When it's not given a hearing he flies into a rage.<br />The Continental Opnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-48832689325700132762014-01-17T15:38:42.876+00:002014-01-17T15:38:42.876+00:00@ajb - I am not just talking about trolling.
Som...@ajb - I am not just talking about trolling. <br /><br />Sometimes I do not publish a comment if I think it has already been dealt with in the post. Another time I do not publish a question or attempted rebuttal because I have not time, or lack the inclination, to rpovide and answer or counter-argument. <br /><br />I also tend to delete comment threads in which I have become bad tempered - and sometimes I delete discussions a day or so later. I don't want these 'hanging around' for maybe years after the post has been archived. <br /><br />Sometimes I do a particluarly serious post - for example on a Christian topic - and I have a very high bar for publishing comments if they, in any way, detract or divert from the serious point. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31936819263951250822014-01-17T15:14:30.125+00:002014-01-17T15:14:30.125+00:00+1 to what NF said.
Sometimes, I'm interested...+1 to what NF said.<br /><br />Sometimes, I'm interested in seeing some (implicit) counter-point addressed, because if you were to rebut it, I would find what you are saying more compelling.<br /><br />On the other hand, I don't want to wade through trolling.ajbhttp://makingsenseofchristianity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-30209729922074480562014-01-17T13:36:41.821+00:002014-01-17T13:36:41.821+00:00And rightfully so Bruce! This is one of the last v...And rightfully so Bruce! This is one of the last vestiges of decency left on the internet. Knowing that it will remain such keeps me coming back. Thank you for creating this place (and guarding it). It is a joy to visit. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131427883067501547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-51762596735764819652014-01-17T13:22:42.396+00:002014-01-17T13:22:42.396+00:00Sometimes a challenging comment is helpful in refi...Sometimes a challenging comment is helpful in refining thinking, and enabling a stronger response which is more effective.<br /><br />Of course, nobody is entitled to be published anywhere. We put it out there, and the editor decides.<br /><br />In this blog the editor is you, and I have and will never complain. I will simply submit my comments, and at least know that you have read them. That is really all I can ask.Nicholas Fulfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59155005270541121102014-01-17T12:29:21.359+00:002014-01-17T12:29:21.359+00:00Robert, Google "trolling"Robert, Google "trolling"Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-76429317485171133172014-01-17T09:59:32.468+00:002014-01-17T09:59:32.468+00:00@RB - Um...
Maybe it doesn't actually work li...@RB - Um...<br /><br />Maybe it doesn't actually work like that. <br /><br />I suspect that people blog a mixture of stuff they believe to be correct and also stuff they know to be incorrect - and it all gets subverted anyway - indifferently of its truth; and this contributes to the relativistic cancer of our times. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-11806000315328186482014-01-17T08:32:42.880+00:002014-01-17T08:32:42.880+00:00If you are correct then you are incapable of publi...If you are correct then you are incapable of publishing comments that would subvert/undermine your posts. Truth is truth.<br /><br />If you are incorrect then you would want your posts to be subverted as quickly as possible.<br /><br />The Great Enemy is subtle. Be aware. Robert Brockmannoreply@blogger.com