tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8258635865079791496..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: America the IrrationalStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-80281215825526211062010-09-17T14:10:35.400-07:002010-09-17T14:10:35.400-07:00Lots of people think that the shamelessness of Ame...Lots of people think that the shamelessness of American women, and no small number of men, is a bad thing.<br /><br />Most of them do not, as I understand it, think that the way to keep their own people in line is to terrorize them or to terrorize the people who are behaving inappropriately or to fight wars.<br /><br />I recall a statement by Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on the news one day. He said: "The Taliban will fight to the death for the right to beat their wives."Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-2602007152105242742010-09-17T12:05:47.412-07:002010-09-17T12:05:47.412-07:00That has absolutely nothing to do with the Twin To...That has absolutely nothing to do with the Twin Towers Episode.<br /><br />Orthodox Hindus also think mainstream American culture is shameless, heck, so do MOST people around the world.<br /><br />That has nothing to do with 9/11.Proud Hindunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23462735457642281102010-09-17T11:01:20.283-07:002010-09-17T11:01:20.283-07:00They were probably thinking that these American wo...They were probably thinking that these American women were setting a very bad example for other women and that they needed to be punished and terrorized.<br /><br />Whether it is wearing bikinis or going to school, the notion that women might exercise a free choice in the different aspects of their lives is apparently a serious threat to Islam.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6575303275104544102010-09-17T00:06:28.273-07:002010-09-17T00:06:28.273-07:00"Not at all. They became enraged and lethal b..."Not at all. They became enraged and lethal because they hated the freedom of others. They see freedom as a threat and a danger to their god. They caricature freedom loving people as licentious, as having no boundaries or limits. They hate it when people exercise their free will and choose not to worship as they do."<br /><br />Ridiculous. You really think these people were thinking, "Oh those damn Americans. They get to wear bikinis to the beach and we don't"????<br /><br />Come on.<br /><br />A few of them were frequenting stip clubs, as Muslim men are wont to do.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Ground Zero Mosque and the CIA <br /><br />http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/untangling-new-intrigue-behind-ground-zero-mosqueProud Hindunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74250073390676495922010-09-15T17:31:20.029-07:002010-09-15T17:31:20.029-07:00Erin O'Connor, an excellent blogger, has a pos...Erin O'Connor, an excellent blogger, has a post today on the Franzen thing.<br /><br />www.erinoconnor.orgDavid Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-60598577524958625042010-09-14T18:59:19.469-07:002010-09-14T18:59:19.469-07:00TO: Dr. Schneiderman
RE: Why....
Liberals like Ge...TO: Dr. Schneiderman<br />RE: Why....<br /><br /><i>Liberals like George Packer of The New Yorker and Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic are in despair at losing the argument. They are none too happy to see the national mood and public opinion speeding away from the principles they hold dear.</i> -- Dr. Schneiderman<br /><br />....am I suddenly reminded of some warnings I've read from over 2000 years ago about over-weened 'Pride'. In other words, it relates to an item provided here down the 'hall' from here. Something regarding 'effete intellectuals'.<br /><br />And what makes anyone think that Sullivan and others of his 'ilk' are NOT that?<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[The power of paradox opens your eyes and blinds those who say they can see. -- Michael Card, God's Own Fool]Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-791237804675282332010-09-14T14:35:04.264-07:002010-09-14T14:35:04.264-07:00Good point... because I think that he wants to be ...Good point... because I think that he wants to be criticizing those who disagree with him, but ends up aiming at himself and those who supported Obama... and who have been enraged misanthropes.<br /><br />Interesting that no one was complaining about rage and misanthropy when it was trendy to hurl the worst vitriol at GW Bush.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-69099742898952833102010-09-14T14:11:07.778-07:002010-09-14T14:11:07.778-07:00my first thought when reading the Franzen quote wa...my first thought when reading the Franzen quote was ... Is he talking about Obama voters ?The Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554055593581812426noreply@blogger.com