tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post1060469076332759429..comments2024-03-29T18:49:49.469+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the dog botherer and the bromancer commit extreme acts of verbal violence ... or at least violent acts of verbal stupidity ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-14503602088628179022015-12-12T23:06:59.531+11:002015-12-12T23:06:59.531+11:00Thanks for the Ronald Knox link, DP. Fascinating s...Thanks for the Ronald Knox link, DP. Fascinating stuff.Mishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739039921358799040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-999123970489378242015-12-12T22:36:58.211+11:002015-12-12T22:36:58.211+11:00Rational and irrational actors in a troubled world...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdOxw8Ic_QM" rel="nofollow">Rational</a> and <a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lukacs/" rel="nofollow">irrational</a> actors in <a href="https://www.iiss.org/en/events/events/archive/2015-f463/december-52fa/fullerton-lecture-abbott-6f2f" rel="nofollow">a troubled world</a>, 'ey?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-48899736029661198372015-12-12T19:42:38.052+11:002015-12-12T19:42:38.052+11:00And as far as Abbott is concerned, the only 'r...And as far as Abbott is concerned, the only 'reformation' of Islam that would be acceptable is to make it more like his fantasy of Christianity (not even the real one).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-50558272483936725412015-12-12T17:31:49.450+11:002015-12-12T17:31:49.450+11:00It might just be speculation, so take it with a gr...It might just be speculation, so take it with a grain of salt, but I did overhear today that Kenny is considering journalism as an option when he's finished doing what he's doing now.<br /><br />Apparently his writing on Nauru has really turned heads in some prestigious journals.<br /><br />Good luck to him.via collinshttp://www.higlossentertainment.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-36925179619910537372015-12-12T16:14:16.831+11:002015-12-12T16:14:16.831+11:00Yes, what all of the usual suspects who talk about...Yes, what all of the usual suspects who talk about the very real problem of islam-ism fail to acknowledge or understand is that christian-ism is itself a would be world conquering political "religion" too. And that it has a blood-soaked his-story, including the applied politics (of conquest) in the 21st century. Indeed part of the "catholic" church's mission statement is to convert all human beings to the "one-true-'faith'".<br />Meanwhile this website provides a necessary counter narrative to the usual self-congratulatory his-story.<br />www.jesusneverexisted.com/america.html <br /><br />Chomsky described the situation in his 1993 book Year 501:The Conquest Continues - meanwhile 22 years later!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-50283059255862771062015-12-12T14:17:29.072+11:002015-12-12T14:17:29.072+11:00Gotta love the wilful ignorance. No mention at all...Gotta love the wilful ignorance. No mention at all of Abbott's "superior culture" comment which stupendously tarred all Muslims as terrorists.<br /><br />DVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-30133823952517424082015-12-12T14:13:22.394+11:002015-12-12T14:13:22.394+11:00DW, lots more events and movements could be cited,...DW, lots more events and movements could be cited, but one flaw in citing what may be the main observation is that religionist adherents to the supposed transcribed spiel of some carpet seller from the dying days of the Roman empire have for 500 years and more left millions of the carpet seller's own followers dead in the name of a hotly contested religionist freedom amongst themselves to be the one.<br /><br />Perhaps the main difference then is that since Napoleon took Egypt, not to mention Russian or Chinese history, they all were subject to the worst of colonial rule whereas the West, the colonisers, and the continuing imperialists to this day, were not. Reformation might do some good here. Perhaps the west will allow it in another 500 years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-37116551069032509512015-12-12T12:16:17.403+11:002015-12-12T12:16:17.403+11:00Hi Dorothy,
When Abbott and his lickspittle follo...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />When Abbott and his lickspittle followers, like Kenny, Sheridan and Newman offer up their simplistic prescription that all Islam needs is a Reformation and an Age of Enlightenment, they display yet again a wilful ignorance of what the West went through in order to reach our present perfect situation of "secular democracy".<br /><br />Martin Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, The burning at the stake of heretics like Jan Hus, The Wars of Religion, The Lollards, The Dissolution of the Monasteries, Bloody Mary, The English Civil War, The New Model Army, Cromwell's Invasion of Ireland, The American Revolution, The French Revolution, The Terror, Napoleon, Chartism, Unionism, Universal Sufferage, Communism all played their part in forming our present "happy state".<br /><br />500 years and millions dead in the name of religion and freedom. Is this what Abbott and co want Islam to emulate?<br /><br />DiddyWroteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-29220659507214131832015-12-12T11:35:29.107+11:002015-12-12T11:35:29.107+11:00Those stupid Middle Eastern countries. They faile...Those stupid Middle Eastern countries. They failed to introduce the West's version of democracy into their politics, now they fail to contain IS with the West's military strategies.<br /><br />There's just no helping some people, is there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-7132630350535644632015-12-12T10:13:18.422+11:002015-12-12T10:13:18.422+11:00For my sins I once had to listen to a ratbag fundi...For my sins I once had to listen to a ratbag fundie preacher railing against immorality. He worked himself into a lather and then came the crowing glory "You can't commit adultery when kneeling at the foot of the cross!" To which some wag sitting next to me commented in a stage whisper "Well maybe not in the missionary position."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-39006003243252732102015-12-12T09:55:11.276+11:002015-12-12T09:55:11.276+11:00Another remarkable similarity between tbro and the...Another remarkable similarity between tbro and the dbot is their soothingly anodyne characterisation of what Tony Abs actually said. According to them it was a discussion, a simple putting on the table of some interesting thought baubles, disinterested speculation, with no offence intended. For a much more effective purgative one should read Alan Austin's latest in Independent Australia.malamuddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133605695480356379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-11853222076201575172015-12-12T08:48:43.320+11:002015-12-12T08:48:43.320+11:00Of the god fearing.
On yah knees, is perfect posi...Of the god fearing.<br /><br />On yah knees, is perfect position for perfoming what pleasure giving act? <br /><br />That the murdock is not a god seems to miss the gaze of them income dependant gobbly givers at infintile central.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com