tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4642057274950487658..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: How to respond to squabbling orcs, and Saruman versus SauronBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-42092553882556836492021-10-12T22:11:04.931+01:002021-10-12T22:11:04.931+01:00@TGH - "The only recourse..."
Well, no....@TGH - "The only recourse..."<br /><br />Well, no. Not the only. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-41330223226815463422021-10-12T21:30:35.179+01:002021-10-12T21:30:35.179+01:00What a pickle we're in at the moment!
We can...What a pickle we're in at the moment! <br /><br />We can't ignore it and we can't effectively oppose it (as far as I can see).<br /><br />The only recourse is to cultivate an attitude of equanimity and most importantly to pray to God the Father and His Son, Christ Jesus. <br /><br />"More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." <br /><br />Indeed, Tennyson!<br /><br />Pletho's Ghost https://www.blogger.com/profile/03898866591249071797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-7409669536496841102021-10-12T16:28:49.429+01:002021-10-12T16:28:49.429+01:00What I find amazing is that whenever I get close t...What I find amazing is that whenever I get close to not caring about the machinations of the less-bad orcs (the Republicans, conservatives, whatever), the system comes out with a new way to wave them in front of my face, as though I am a bull in the ring and the system is the matador.<br />The attempts get increasingly attractive and clever, the more I try to distance myself from the distraction of the orcs and their trivial nonsense. It's uncanny. The evil matrix <i>knows</i> that we were ready to give up on it after the absurdity of the last election in the USA, so it is now tempting us with ideas of revenge, or reversing it, or reforming it.<br /><br />But that ain't gonna happen. The system is so evil that it must either die, and something absolutely new take its place, or... wait, there is no "or" other than the end of it all, and a big nothing. Toddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-53044635640882062582021-10-12T14:37:37.149+01:002021-10-12T14:37:37.149+01:00This is why the litmus tests are so important. It&...This is why the litmus tests are so important. It's so demoralizing to find you've poured your energy down a sink.Lucindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834799557675879450noreply@blogger.com