...I pretty much just swiped a post from a Catholic priest. Up until now, I was probably most qualified for the Vestibule of Dante's Hell, wherein reside the Neutrals and Opportunists, indecisive, no real beliefs, those who don’t choose sides. Because, well, I'm such a squish.
But swiping content from a Catholic Priest? That might score a whole new level, Level 10. For bloggers only - wherein we are condemned to an eternity being lectured on objective journalism and other ethics by Ms. Helen Thomas and Bill Moyers. With occasional breaks by having long earnest talks from the brightest Luminaries of Daily Kos and Democratic Underground. The residents from the Other Side get to listen to Right Wing Talk Radio replays, with commentary provided by the Dimmest Bulbs of the comment streams at Little Green Footballs.
Forgive me, Father. Peccavi!
So, now I'm only going to steal a little bit. I dont feel so bad, because the good Father himself fell back on an old blogger-trick - publish the reader's email. Saves all that original thinking, donchaknow! Besides, it's good stuff anyway.
Oh, and Jim, since you're my supplier, you get to go with me to the 10th Level yanno.
Here's a snippet - one that will resonate around here, I'm thinking.
But swiping content from a Catholic Priest? That might score a whole new level, Level 10. For bloggers only - wherein we are condemned to an eternity being lectured on objective journalism and other ethics by Ms. Helen Thomas and Bill Moyers. With occasional breaks by having long earnest talks from the brightest Luminaries of Daily Kos and Democratic Underground. The residents from the Other Side get to listen to Right Wing Talk Radio replays, with commentary provided by the Dimmest Bulbs of the comment streams at Little Green Footballs.
Forgive me, Father. Peccavi!
So, now I'm only going to steal a little bit. I dont feel so bad, because the good Father himself fell back on an old blogger-trick - publish the reader's email. Saves all that original thinking, donchaknow! Besides, it's good stuff anyway.
Oh, and Jim, since you're my supplier, you get to go with me to the 10th Level yanno.
Here's a snippet - one that will resonate around here, I'm thinking.
Read the whole thing, with comments, by clicking here and get back to Standing On Your Head.What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for their would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley marked in "Brave New World Revisited", the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny 'failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.
