tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post5198277310872632266..comments2024-03-29T21:21:59.553+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which, for a meditative Sunday, the pond enjoys the company of schismatics, splitters, heretics and Bunuel ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-28067205669137223282014-10-13T10:42:02.809+11:002014-10-13T10:42:02.809+11:00I now DotI now DotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-15418775176840731262014-10-13T08:42:59.011+11:002014-10-13T08:42:59.011+11:00Thank you Anon, and now the pond nows that now is ...Thank you Anon, and now the pond nows that now is spelt now ...<br /><br />We all learn knew things every day ... even soup and grandma nazisdorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-12131499517441281812014-10-12T20:32:10.763+11:002014-10-12T20:32:10.763+11:00Good Lord - as a fellow Old Tamworthian, DP, would...Good Lord - as a fellow Old Tamworthian, DP, would I be correct in assuming that this was the late Father Meehan of St Edwards Parish, South Tamworth? His Sunday Masses were always popular with the young who were only there to please their parents, as we could be assured of him ripping through the Mass in about 20 minutes in order to hit the links as early as possible.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-79488484786955547072014-10-12T15:53:44.861+11:002014-10-12T15:53:44.861+11:00Thankyou DW. I did not now Callithumpians really e...Thankyou DW. I did not now Callithumpians really existed or that the word was spelt with a double 'l'.<br /><br />Love the Tent of Ebeneeeeezer. A great name for a nightclub.<br /><br />Funny how the Shakers were such elegant furniture designers and such overwrought dancers.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-47080662129350301492014-10-12T15:47:05.353+11:002014-10-12T15:47:05.353+11:00Blessed are the young because they'll inherit ...Blessed are the young because they'll inherit the earth, or maybe that should read fucked are the young when they get what's left when the current bunch of old farts are finished fucking it over.<br />As for school religious activities, the pond was turned towards atheism above all by an extremely portly Irish Catholic priest - let's not go into the seven deadly sins - who was clearly anxious to play golf rather than discuss theology with Catholics who had been shoved into public school by perverted parents. He scarpered, often before the bell rang, and gave every appearance of not giving a toss for the souls in his temporary care.<br />Conservatives don't get this - they swallowed the kool aid while young - but any young 'un with an independent mind can spot horseshit when it's dumped in their trough ...<br />Government paid for propaganda delivered by crazed minions will produce a decent bunch of rebels. When it doesn't, when there's conservative control, you end up with Iran ... or maybe Australia if the neo cons have their way ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24877881901383677712014-10-12T15:40:27.659+11:002014-10-12T15:40:27.659+11:00thanks DW, some great lesser known cults there whi...thanks DW, some great lesser known cults there which we'll check out. That MS sounds interesting and worth hunting it out - hadn't heard of it until your note. <br /><br />The pond loves its cults, and is loose enough in the use of the wording to include football and the reptiles at the lizard Oz. Where would Monty Python, or on a much less grand scale, the pond, be without a decent cult or two?<br /><br />Everything applied to splitters in Life of Brian could be applied with equal fervour to Islamic fundamentalists. <br />The pond has no explanation for the phenomenon of fundamentalism, or the quest for certainty in an uncertain world, or the need to swear allegiance to pie in the sky - greater minds have assured the pond it's not genetic but you have to wonder at the how and why of allegedly civilised societies following Hitler or Mao's cultural revolution.<br /><br />It does suggest that there needs to be an even-steven policy when it comes to fundies - Islamics, Jews and Xians are all barking mad, and equally problematic. The madness infests the Republican party, and conservatives everywhere, and for every ratbag Islamic fundie it's easy to turn up a Pastor Danny. The conviction that someone else knows what's best for everyone is the first sign of the fever, and the disease does find fertile soil in the outcasts, the reviled, the dispossessed and the humiliated. In that sense Tony Abbott, like many other conservative politicians, is one of the best incubators of fundamentalism doing the rounds.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-61145166690235396202014-10-12T15:29:06.311+11:002014-10-12T15:29:06.311+11:0020.3? Luxury, sheer luxury. Try Optus. You'll ...20.3? Luxury, sheer luxury. Try Optus. You'll be grateful to be connected, and think of dial up as the speed for kings and queens.<br />BTW fear and loathing of big Mal and his intention to destroy the NBN and all who sail and google on her is never off topic. The pond struggles each day not to direct hate-filled diatribes at big Mal and occasionally succeeds, but it's a struggle ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49103757864937767762014-10-12T14:40:24.003+11:002014-10-12T14:40:24.003+11:00Ms Pond
Stop it. Your constant links and referenc...Ms Pond<br />Stop it. Your constant links and references are forcing me to "Hunt" the intertubes for edification. This is cutting into the time that could be more usefully spent wiring my house with Cat6 cable.<br />I need to do this because, as Anon and Old Bugger (above) have noted, young people need access. My wireless router does not cut it any more (are you listening Malcolm Turnbull, or maybe ASIO can send a copy). A teenage sleepover swamps, not only my wireless, but also the copper connected to theinner city Telstra exchange 500m away. I am lucky that I get a 20.3mb/s service (when it is not raining) which is somewhat better than the 15Mb/sec Big Mal has promised the average use of the NBN.<br />OOPS a little of topic there, sorryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107583055049435121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-40252681598040624062014-10-12T14:39:03.005+11:002014-10-12T14:39:03.005+11:00Jesus isn’t always sitting in heaven. St Stephen ...Jesus isn’t always sitting in heaven. St Stephen said he saw him standing. But it was when he was stoned, so perhaps not that reliable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-48456158786285426232014-10-12T14:16:03.825+11:002014-10-12T14:16:03.825+11:00Hi Dorothy,
Like Pierre-Simon Laplace when asked ...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />Like Pierre-Simon Laplace when asked by Napoleon as to why there was no mention of God in his discourse on the orbits of Saturn and Jupiter, I too would subscribe to his reply that “I had no need for that hypothesis”.<br /><br />I do however find religion as an aspect of society quite fascinating. The start of the Industrial revolution in the North of England in the 18th and 19th century led to mass migration into the cities and mill towns. The old parish system practised by the Church of England was left behind and instead a myriad of new denominations sprung up. It was a time of great innovation in Christianity and quite bizarre congregations appeared.<br /><br />The Shakers (now only remembered for their simple elegant furniture) started in Bolton led by Jane Wardley and later Mother Ann Lee they led their meetings with marches, singing and dancing where they often twitched, jerked and shouted.<br /><br />The Independent Order of Rechabites started in Salford as an offshoot of the Callithumpians promoting abstinence from all alcoholic beverages with lodges known as the Tent of Ebenezer.<br /><br />The Christian Israelite Church was founded by John Wroe after experiencing a series of visions. His attempt to build a new Jerusalem in Ashton-under-Lyne came to an ignoble end when he was accused of indecent behaviour with the seven virgins provided to his household. There was quite a good BBC TV miniseries with Johnathan Price and Minnie Driver depicting the events.<br /><br />There were many many more. I do wonder that maybe something similar is occurring within the Muslim world now. Stripped away from their parents old traditional village and town life with it’s moderate Imam’s, young Muslim’s also feel disconnected with western culture and are therefore more likely to be attracted to radical and firebrand preachers.<br /><br />DiddyWrote<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-81559173331032473792014-10-12T14:00:26.158+11:002014-10-12T14:00:26.158+11:00That would have been me if I'd had an internet...That would have been me if I'd had an internet back in the day...Old Buggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-58615500921485873142014-10-12T11:20:34.566+11:002014-10-12T11:20:34.566+11:00My seventeen year old is a reasonably good forecas...My seventeen year old is a reasonably good forecast of what mainstream Australia can expect in the future.<br />Does not watch mainstream commercial TV, a heavy duty laptop is all he requires.<br />Has never read and will in all probability never buy a commercial hard copy newspaper.<br />Thinks all politicians are quote "sphincters in suits" unquote.<br />Complains loudly and bitterly when forced to participate in school religious activities.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com