tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post9049562871138867486..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Smothering Scruton AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43057836937657285402019-04-16T08:58:12.758+01:002019-04-16T08:58:12.758+01:00Thanks AM for this well-crafted piece and for the ...Thanks AM for this well-crafted piece and for the informative links contained therein. <br /><br />Scruton's observations in the <a href="http://www.omp.org.pl/stareomp/scruton_tot_ang_ang.html" rel="nofollow">'The root of totalitarianism '</a>, and his exploration of the foundational role 'resentment' plays is elucidating.<br /><br />Since I read Jonathan Haidt's <a rel="Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1337346665079240912019-04-15T21:35:30.483+01:002019-04-15T21:35:30.483+01:00Daithi,
Who initiated the “hate” though ? Islam
...Daithi,<br /><br /><i>Who initiated the “hate” though ? Islam</i><br /><br />At a guess some mad Mullah. The brothers who I met, smoked with, got drunk with...All I know is the Taliban who I met in the leafy suburbs were/are good people. Some of them like Abdul took the prayer out a few times a day..They never bothered me.frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-35609723915877723852019-04-15T20:08:00.185+01:002019-04-15T20:08:00.185+01:00Don't huff. Big boys' rules. Why not say i...Don't huff. Big boys' rules. Why not say it direct and simple instead of convolutedly?AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85167347241669794002019-04-15T17:37:16.938+01:002019-04-15T17:37:16.938+01:00I will take my garble elsewhere. Sorry to have bot...I will take my garble elsewhere. Sorry to have bothered you.DaithiODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519696738788566997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-44719064396031496352019-04-15T17:24:02.286+01:002019-04-15T17:24:02.286+01:00DaithiD - why not make it clear what you are tryin...DaithiD - why not make it clear what you are trying to say instead of garble? Your point is invariably lost if we have to decode it. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14763364642547185592019-04-15T16:50:27.537+01:002019-04-15T16:50:27.537+01:00If wanted to be cruel I could add, I should not fe...If wanted to be cruel I could add, I should not fear lectures about interpretation of the texts from people who read the same text and believe that it literally tells of a person flying a winged horse into outer space.<br /><br /> Those who read hate in verses but also that the winged horse story is comically false,indicate a fundamentally more plausible understanding of the texts.DaithiODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519696738788566997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-20342640278918598352019-04-15T16:18:38.892+01:002019-04-15T16:18:38.892+01:00Who initiated the “hate” though ? Islam (and proba...Who initiated the “hate” though ? Islam (and probably other religions) had a pejorative for me in my unbelief before I had even heard of them or knew their practices. So if we are truly to stop the “hate” , then it must work both ways. Since Islam is about peace,love and tolerance and since we are assured the hateful verses are not relevant to today, it shouldn’t be difficult to remove them, justDaithiODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519696738788566997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30990446545651797262019-04-15T08:06:52.205+01:002019-04-15T08:06:52.205+01:00Brendan O'Neill has a few comments about the i...Brendan O'Neill has a few comments about the interview itself:<br /><br />https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/04/11/the-real-roger-scruton-scandal/?fbclid=IwAR3YjgzBlBEGPMH1cf3hyIzSaO8vt-NzB6q3zQxGXqi6vRbz2jfb4RbVGvcChristopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36245381778606772752019-04-14T22:05:22.871+01:002019-04-14T22:05:22.871+01:00Niall - without doubtNiall - without doubtAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-83197483645504267612019-04-14T20:44:29.961+01:002019-04-14T20:44:29.961+01:00Thought this was article was just as relevant abou...Thought this was article was just as relevant about freedom of speech:<br />https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/julian-assange-wikileaks-chelsea-manning-war-democracy-a8867816.html<br />Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.com