tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post909454626166319707..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: NegativismBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-11356615709723830312011-10-25T17:22:46.851+01:002011-10-25T17:22:46.851+01:00@Crow.
Charming vision of Mr and Mrs Crow on the...@Crow. <br /><br />Charming vision of Mr and Mrs Crow on their nest, chatting! ;=)<br /><br />@Dearieme - Yes, I have listened to Treemonisha. It was Joplin right enough, with good bits; but didn't seem to be at his highest level.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-68625243466233199102011-10-25T05:07:32.860+01:002011-10-25T05:07:32.860+01:00I don't know how long I've been discussing...I don't know how long I've been discussing this very topic with my wife, but it's been a long time. <br />I used to try to understand leftism, but decided if I <i>did</i> understand it, I would <i>really</i> be in trouble. <br />Clearly, leftism is madness. <br />I was looking at some typically heartrending images on the net the other day: homeless kids in India, starving kids in Africa, and thinking how grateful I felt that this was not my lot in life. <br />While every comment, by other viewers, made it clear that all anybody else felt was <i>guilt</i>. <br />All the life has been removed from peoples' lives, and they, themselves, are not really living, any more. <br />Only emoting all over the place.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-67192287393113232312011-10-24T20:56:06.017+01:002011-10-24T20:56:06.017+01:00@bgc: this evening's University Challenge play...@bgc: this evening's University Challenge played a snippet of Scott Joplin's opera. It was recognisably his work.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-64848720473930211982011-10-24T17:37:30.286+01:002011-10-24T17:37:30.286+01:00"so they will be removed via catastrophe. The..."so they will be removed via catastrophe. The West's collapse is imminent - that is a sort of solution to the problem."<br /><br />Or, perhaps, they will be removed through eucatastrophe. Who, in the long, despairing reign of Denethor, could have seen the coming of Aragorn? <br /><br />@bgc<br /><br />I also think nation-state break-up is very likely (and to be welcomed). Here in the western United States, the inclination remains very strong to view Washington as a foreign occupying power.Danielhttp://outofsleep.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49319468422691341212011-10-24T13:45:12.924+01:002011-10-24T13:45:12.924+01:00@GFC
Indeed.
The interesting question is who wi...@GFC<br /><br />Indeed. <br /><br />The interesting question is who will replace the madmen? <br /><br />My guess: No single group, because existing nation states will break-up. <br /><br />The result would then be a mosaic of any different polities where large nation states used to be (presumably after some violent etc. conflict; except in those places fortunate (?) enough to have a single strong non-mad candidate government-in-waiting).Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-44399425172748063252011-10-24T12:33:14.339+01:002011-10-24T12:33:14.339+01:00A short post packed with much wisdom.
Unfortunat...A short post packed with much wisdom. <br /><br />Unfortunately there is no removing the madmen who squat atop our political and civic institutions - so they will be removed via catastrophe. The West's collapse is imminent - that is a sort of solution to the problem.GFCnoreply@blogger.com