tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1834836627025338249..comments2024-03-28T04:49:59.527-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: What do Ohio and Belize have in common?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56669498616691035002018-01-30T14:09:16.530-06:002018-01-30T14:09:16.530-06:00You got it. I read both of those books and others....You got it. I read both of those books and others. I have a good friend who grew up in Shiraz so I have an uncommon interest in the culture. I find it all fascinating. Iran seems to be in the midst of a slow-motion revolution. If we keep our nose out of it, they'll eventually get to where they need to be. Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69784519497928120622018-01-30T13:17:24.032-06:002018-01-30T13:17:24.032-06:00The Mennonites I know in the U.S. are very engaged...The Mennonites I know in the U.S. are very engaged in social justice issues--closer to the Quakers in that regard than to the Amish. A former Chicago legal services attorney, now professor emeritus at Washington and Lee, is one of the country's top experts on health care reform. He credits his Mennonite faith as a big motivator. https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0031Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065709548202393526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17730385828441929032018-01-30T12:39:02.153-06:002018-01-30T12:39:02.153-06:00The initial sentence of the blog can no longer be ...The initial sentence of the blog can no longer be accepted as unquestionably true. Not now when secondary experience and direct experience are so difficult to distinguish and when second looks often overrule the result of primary observations, as in sports reviews of crucial plays.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88228842050897084132018-01-30T11:17:08.977-06:002018-01-30T11:17:08.977-06:00Exactly. When you read works like Marjane Satrapi&...Exactly. When you read works like Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" or Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran," you realize how much theocratic states like Iran are mostly just a matter of punks with guns going around getting in people's faces.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74548267320038043062018-01-30T08:44:50.055-06:002018-01-30T08:44:50.055-06:00Vessels as in boats or as in household containers?...Vessels as in boats or as in household containers?Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73725957806212502262018-01-30T08:01:05.877-06:002018-01-30T08:01:05.877-06:00The irony in all this is that the Apostle Paul wro...The irony in all this is that the Apostle Paul wrote that we were not supposed to isolate ourselves from those outside the church in his first letter to the Corinthians. You also have to consider how Jesus got brickbats from the religious right of His day for associating with people they considered to be sinners. It's a shame how other Christians think they are representing Jesus by issuing condemnations and making attacks against others claiming to hate the sin but love the sinner. I suspect that the "sinner" doesn't see much of a distinction between the two. :-)David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13389037455532638892018-01-30T05:04:07.319-06:002018-01-30T05:04:07.319-06:00Not a comment: Plan/Plain. Welcome back, looked li...Not a comment: Plan/Plain. Welcome back, looked like lovely trip. Enjoyed the retro reruns. <br />Thanks,<br />Kkganderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005895232135682751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69106758352867855572018-01-30T04:52:00.861-06:002018-01-30T04:52:00.861-06:00Unfortunately for Muslims, the stern fundamentalis...Unfortunately for Muslims, the stern fundamentalist brand of Islam exists because it's enforced by their governments. People have no choice in how they live no matter what their beliefs are. Governments that are more open to western thinking tend to be tolerant of a more relaxed form of Islam. Either way, Islam is as much a part of government as it is a part of culture. Where you happen live determines how you're allowed to live. Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.com