tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post6989632202216801627..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond refuses to take the side door, despite Angela Shanahan's kind suggestion it should do so ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84831614611918643052016-07-31T07:09:52.614+10:002016-07-31T07:09:52.614+10:00That's a song the pond really likes FrankD, an...That's a song the pond really likes FrankD, and another song about the melancholy of an abortion is Ben Folds Five's Brick ...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5EHAqhR1c<br /><br />It's impossible to underestimate, beneath the levity, how much the pond despises Angela Shanahan for what she wrote ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-55218163427192003172016-07-30T13:31:25.704+10:002016-07-30T13:31:25.704+10:00DP phrasing reminds me of Everlast's What It&#...DP phrasing reminds me of Everlast's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwoNQvSOxM8" rel="nofollow"><i>What It's Like</i></a> (verse starts about 1:20 in):<br /><br /><i>...And she heads for clinic<br />And she gets some static<br />Walking through the door.<br />They call her a killer<br />And they call her a sinner<br />And they call her a whore.<br />But God forbid you ever had<br />To walk a mile in her shoes<br />'Cos then you really might know<br />What it's like to have to choose...</i><br /><br />"...let the fundamentalists control the front door with their righteousness and bigotry ..."<br />It all makes me tremendously optimistic about the polite and respectful discussion we're going to have when the Bookcase Man puts the finishing touches on his loaded plebiscite question. Can't hardly wait!FrankDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-89875716017740104752016-07-30T12:28:58.821+10:002016-07-30T12:28:58.821+10:00In the excellent George Saunders
piece which you ...In the excellent George Saunders <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/george-saunders-goes-to-trump-rallies" rel="nofollow"><br />piece</a> which you linked recently (thanks, Dorothy!), I was especially struck by these sentences:<br />"This, Mr. Trump, I thought, is why we practice civility. This is why, before we say exactly what is on our minds, we run it past ourselves, to see if it makes sense, is true, is fair, has a flavor of kindness, and won’t hurt someone or make someone’s difficult life more difficult."<br />Fine food for reptiles!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-87441660342448745792016-07-30T12:27:35.714+10:002016-07-30T12:27:35.714+10:00"As anyone who's been involved in an abor... "As anyone who's been involved in an abortion knows, it isn't a carefree act of indifference, but a decision weighed and agonised over, and usually arrived at as the least difficult alternative. It isn't a frivolous matter, and it deserves gravitas, respect and decency, but none of this mattered to the protestors, who offered none, and instead were intent on calumny and vile abuse"<br /><br />Well said DP. Angela Shanahan must suffer greatly being trapped inside such a hateful mind.<br />DP..1<br />AS..0<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-23158759008128537812016-07-30T09:57:28.278+10:002016-07-30T09:57:28.278+10:00Where's my freedom to go and scare nervous wom...Where's my freedom to go and scare nervous women in a time of high nervousness and fear? I can't believe that democratic right is being taken away from me. This society is going to seed.via collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342963456605644101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-70494201164983889822016-07-30T07:29:32.389+10:002016-07-30T07:29:32.389+10:00If you ever wonder why the Catholic Church in Aust...If you ever wonder why the Catholic Church in Australia has been dying slowly just read a Angela Shanahan column.GlenHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978357851849422273noreply@blogger.com