tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7306419771909829645..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The conundrum of wider horizons and narrower systemsPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52642065238135991392015-06-12T15:56:40.256-05:002015-06-12T15:56:40.256-05:00Our Lord said to turn the other cheek. I am a sinn...Our Lord said to turn the other cheek. I am a sinner, not a saint, and I am tired of turning the other cheek. So far, all it has gotten me is sore cheeks.tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50850012400242522952015-06-12T15:27:20.849-05:002015-06-12T15:27:20.849-05:00Just to mention that due to this contretemps th... Just to mention that due to this contretemps that I have run into authors I never knew and have tried them out. Due to your post that you have had enough of the vile name calling that the commenters on File 770 and other the FB comments of Tor aficionados, I discover you.<br /><br /> So yesterday I bought the Take the Star Road . It is well written though bit long on detail, however I am enjoying it. I decided to take the plunge because the blurb had a classic young man adventure on a star freighter or what was in Andre Norton's fiction a tramp freighter.<br /><br /> I grew up reading the older fiction since my father had it. from James Schmitz to Azimov and AA van Vogt. My mother said she had read Slan when she was pregnant with my older brother in 1949. She worried he would have tentagles. Her fist child.<br /><br /> I liked the Weapons Shops of Isher and bought the reprint when it came out about 6-7 years ago.<br /><br />AS to Tor, They and DAW had great fiction and was a reliable brand. But after they got a presence with Tor.com the silliness began with cis gender this and that. I do not recall the silly author of that piece but after demanding that all authors not to write female and male characters I figured the end as near. I figured she was young female who has bought into this deny reality crap. Now the campuses have gotten so toxic It is the same mind think.<br /><br /> It really is unbelievable that so many think it is all right to call people racist , sexist homophobic without a shred of evidence This is an attempt to destroy reputations. So <br />I have no symapathy for Ms. Gallo. She was so casual spreading scurrous rumor and lies. <br /><br /> She has no idea that her utterances is bigoted. I feel sorry for Tom Doherty but he allowed his company to enable that toxic culture.RAHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389151257059282152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48360164412311812332015-06-12T09:46:11.213-05:002015-06-12T09:46:11.213-05:00"... why we stand poised on the edge of the g..."... why we stand poised on the edge of the greatest bloodletting the nation, and the world, have ever known."<br /><br />That would be laughable if it were not true.<br /><br />But the unsustainable pressure of seven billion people pushing against each other for power, position and resources makes it terrifyingly true.<br /><br />I can do absolutely nothing about it, nor can you, the government, any government, or any individual group. The pressure is there, it's real, it exists and it cannot be talked or wished away. Only the death of billions will reduce it.<br /><br />At 76, I hope it holds off long enough for me to be dead and buried, or cremated, or thrown in the trash before it happens.<br /><br />Can you hide and protect you and yours when it happens? Perhaps, if you are smart, lucky, and near food and water. But your chances of long-term survival are nil.<br /><br />Enjoy the lights while they are still on.Bobhttp://thegundeck.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63242591884356587442015-06-12T06:36:37.501-05:002015-06-12T06:36:37.501-05:00Humans are tribal. When one (ANY) tribal populatio...Humans are tribal. When one (ANY) tribal population is forced to interact with another by a central authority the "isms" you protest are the only possible result. War, violence and cruelty are the natural state of man. "Peace" is an imposed condition, as is any governmental authority higher than the strong man with the biggest spear , in the biggest hut up the path. Like most ultra-religious you grasp for a utopian ideal that can never exist in the real world. That lust to manifest an utopian ideal, is WHY we have Stalin's and Hitler's , Mao Zee Dong's and death camps. Its why we had a boob like Obama imposed on us by those who think themselves our "betters" and why we stand poised on the edge of the greatest bloodletting the nation, and the world , have ever known. Its why we have religion and politics , law and government. "Human goodness" is temporary and highly localized . "Human evil" is the norm and far more widespread and BOTH are based in obsessive self interest. As a very wise friend once observed "Da humans all be crazy". Everything else is a lie we tell ourselves so we can sleep.---Ray Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36456799086770043332015-06-12T01:08:37.114-05:002015-06-12T01:08:37.114-05:00There are some really tired overused words out the...There are some really tired overused words out there and it really would be for the best, for all of us, if people simply stopped labeling people with contemptuous and hate filled words. I can't see how referring to a class of people as SJWs is in any way hurtful but when they lash out at all they use the hate words of choice, nazi, fascist, misogynist, bigot, etc. <br /><br />As Bill Murray's character might have said, they're asking for a punch in the mouth.<br /><br />It's difficult to take them too seriously. They wear the most wine colored glasses and have the most anti-Panglossian attitude towards life, the universe and everything. I make it a point to never take people who are serious, seriously. Casting words like evil spells is an invitation to fight. They shouldn't be surprised when they find themselves on the ground with a fat lip.Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83273617823448711202015-06-11T23:42:03.542-05:002015-06-11T23:42:03.542-05:00This is just a personal belief, but I feel that mo...This is just a personal belief, but I feel that most of the Anti-Puppy Hysteria is from Lazy people who want to feel outrage and to lash out, but are too lazy to actually do the research and learn the Truth as it will discomfit them and their beliefs.Mark/GreyLockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11801317480220161225noreply@blogger.com