Comments for Blogging with Class

Comment on Reasoning Behind the Invisible Pink Unicorn by Richard

Richard — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:27:59 +0000

Drackthor: Juﬆ a note… Chriﬆianity caused the Holocauﬆ… and Hitler’s brilliant and crazy mind…

Chriﬆianity did not cause the Holocauﬆ. Hitler was an evolutioniﬆ. It is not a Chriﬆian belief to hate Jews. Jesus came to Earth so that he could die for all Jews and all humans. And he WANTED for the Pharisees to crucify him.

Comment on Reasoning Behind the Invisible Pink Unicorn by Richard

Richard — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:11:47 +0000

Arthus: I think that proves my point on this subject: God has given man a free will, what we do with it is our responsibility alone.

Excellent point Arthus. People too often overlook the responsibility that comes with freedom. I have the freedom to do what I want with my life, even as a minor, but I can't hold others responsible for any bad choices I make.

Comment on Reasoning Behind the Invisible Pink Unicorn by Richard

Richard — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:07:23 +0000

Arthus: I think that proves my point on this subject: God has given man a free will, what we do with it is our responsibility alone.

Comment on #1 - Body Modification by David

David — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:44:18 +0000

In general I think that there are many ways that ones appearance can make them less classy. Outrageous clothing and jewelry, obnoxious behaviors, and body modiﬁcation all ﬁt into this category. How then do you feel about less blatant forms of modiﬁcation? A tattoo representing an idea or person that one holds dear, easily hidden from the public eye?

Also, I would like to ﬆate that I am glad to ﬁnd that there are those in the world that feel as I do regarding classiness. Cheers.

Comment on Sandusky and Sodomy by Oxhorn

Oxhorn — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:34:31 +0000

Indeed, “occupiers” are having to erect women-only tents to protect them from rape in the occupy camps (report: http://www.nypoﬆ.com/p/news/local/manhattan/zuccotti_park_big_top_ilBy4VfYIwDGt2I1rM33vL) Occupiers explain the rapes by saying that rape is part of American culture—and yet, I’d like them to count how many rapes have occurred at all Tea Party events combined. (Hint: the answer rhymes with Nero).

Comment on Sandusky and Sodomy by MrBear

MrBear — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:45:24 +0000

Also remember that these are the universities that brought us the occupy crowds. The same occupy “movement” where, in NYC for example, the place isn’t secure for women anymore thanks to all the rapes and sexual assault happening.

Anyone see a pattern?

Comment on #8 - Yard Sculptures by Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:50:01 +0000

Garden gnomes are scary.

Comment on Does Travel Cure Bigotry? Why Only the Rich Think So by Oxhorn

Oxhorn — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:28:48 +0000

I’m totally comfortable with judging a quote by the quote. I love context. Context is the butter that makes bread taﬆy. However, some deﬁnitive ﬆatements need no context and can ﬆand on their own premises, and this quote is one of them.

I don’t need to know the context of Twain’s speech. Twain was making universal generalizations about all mankind; that travel cures bigotry, and those who are bigots have rarely traveled. Therefore, I am perfectly within the limits of logic and fairness to judge this quote by its words, and not by its butter.

I actually agree with you when you say “one has to be internally open to changing ones opinion of a previously held bigotry”, and this notion conﬁrms my previous essay. Travel has nothing to do with it. One who travels but is not open to correction will never change his bigotry, no matter what he experiences. This was one of the points of my essay.

Twain himself was a travel lover and a good-old-boy hater. He used his love to employ bigotry towards his hate, and never thought of employing his love to cure his own hate.

Comment on Does Travel Cure Bigotry? Why Only the Rich Think So by CSE

CSE — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:24:29 +0000

I juﬆ recently heard this quote so I thought I would search around and see what the hiﬆory of it was…low and behold, I came across your analysis.

Your summation and analysis of this quote is likely taking a single line of scripture from the Bible and making a whole ﬆory out it without utilization of the surrounding passages. Taken literally, you are correct. Only those who travel can use it to either support or refute their previously held ideals. However, people that don’t travel also have set ideals based upon their own exposure, or lack thereof. I think there has to be a little literal latitude for this quote. The key component to it that is unsaid is that one has to be internally open to possibly changing one’s opinon of previously held bigotry. If not, then all bets are oﬀ. But, the original intention of this quote was merely to put the possibility out there that if one were open, then maybe upon exposure, whatever or wherever that may be, that person may enrich themselves to the point of being tolerant of diﬀerences in the world. A very idealiﬆic notion but what famous quote dœsn’t present something along the lines of ideal or philosophically pleasant. As with all quotes, the audience is that responds is typically the people that need it less. It is the people that are bigots that never read these quotes, and if they do, blow it oﬀ like so many lines of scripture from the Bible that are used in popular media today…

Comment on Hating Gaming Geeks by Jennifer Martin

Jennifer Martin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:23:10 +0000

I've sort of agonized over what to say here because this ﬆrikes me as important. I've played Warcraft since before Burning Crusade. I've sunk probably far too many hours and likely way too much money into this game. Why do I keep playing? Because tanking saved my self-eﬆeem. I had to learn how to open up and say to a group," Look, this is how it's gonna be. Get with the program, or don't let the door hit you before I kick you." Tanking taught me I have something valuable to contribute, that I am important. It taught me that if I don't speak up, I am going to get taken advantage of. A video game taught me self eﬆeem. That simple.