tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post5443618083444329896..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Coffee Bowl BrowsingFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-43780600367750286342010-11-21T21:02:20.920-06:002010-11-21T21:02:20.920-06:00re: Calvin and Hobbes.
I confess to doing somethi...re: Calvin and Hobbes.<br /> I confess to doing something similar on a high school history exam. We were to write an essay comparing Frederick the Great to a contemporary ruler with respect to the characteristics of a benevolent despot. I could do Frederick and benevolent despot, but, having forgotten the test was that day, I hadn't read the chapter and wasn't up to speed on his contemporaries.<br /> If only I hadn't read that fascinating article on Margaret Thatcher during breakfast, then I might have started on my history. Hmm. Margaret Thatcher is my contemporary. The test doesn't specify whose contemporary. Hmm. We have a sub. Raise my hand, ask "HIS contemporary or OURS". Several heads go up in interest. Sub doesn't know. I got an A and the comment "You knew very well what I meant."<br /> My second son, who learned to read because I wouldn't spend hours reading Calvin and Hobbes to him, frequently tries that kind of thing. He gets told 'Your intelligent enough to know what we meant."<br /><br />MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-79418488369621875332010-11-19T01:27:45.717-06:002010-11-19T01:27:45.717-06:00Torture is immoral. Fine. But waterboarding is not...Torture is immoral. Fine. But waterboarding is not torture. That's what this whole thing is all about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-84347688029060416282010-11-17T18:16:12.386-06:002010-11-17T18:16:12.386-06:00As much as Mark is right regarding the point that ...As much as Mark is right regarding the point that torture is immoral, he goes off the deep end in his rant. Generalizations and poor sources will always lead to poor conclusions. Also, all of us "on the right" do not support torture. That does not mean that his rant is well reasoned or informed, though.If he wants to stay a frequently visited blog, he might refrain from lashing around striking whatever he can. Reason often works best.templariidvmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-79210494220501068622010-11-17T09:41:04.628-06:002010-11-17T09:41:04.628-06:00But how would a human body remain functioning with...But how would a human body remain functioning without the soul? It would require an animating agent. In all likelihood a virus would be the most logical thing to accomplish reanimation as it has the ability to rewrite genetic code and thereby change the functionality of human cells.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603153893300094147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-58183890558377644812010-11-16T23:33:01.374-06:002010-11-16T23:33:01.374-06:00That zombie quiz was stupid. Being a zombie isn...That zombie quiz was stupid. Being a zombie isn't the result of some far fetched "virus", it's the state of a living human body functioning without an inhabiting soul.Stella Orientishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654759332682745087noreply@blogger.com