tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7963191892621695468..comments2024-03-16T19:58:56.871-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: How Did We Become So Dysfunctional?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-73371729974868839642014-01-19T13:27:08.429-08:002014-01-19T13:27:08.429-08:00How many times have you heard "I never though...How many times have you heard "I never thought it could happen here" on the news? And that disbelief is usually expressed after a community level tragedy, so the issues that affect us at the global level are and will remain unfathomable for many people until our leaders face up to reality and start telling us the truth. <br />Joe the Lionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207500862789446044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-63530089915008060632014-01-18T12:10:18.060-08:002014-01-18T12:10:18.060-08:00Such devastatingly original wit. Such grandeur of ...Such devastatingly original wit. Such grandeur of syntactical construction. Such adolescent pap. <br /><br />Is this anonymous really Peter Mackay?<br /><br />Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-37367759892831785872014-01-18T09:09:16.646-08:002014-01-18T09:09:16.646-08:00"How Did We(I am assuming you mean everyone) ..."How Did We(I am assuming you mean everyone) Become So Dysfunctional" Speak for yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72058046111416225352014-01-17T19:37:44.946-08:002014-01-17T19:37:44.946-08:00"When does optimism become denial?"
Abo..."When does optimism become denial?"<br /><br />About 25 years ago, Moira.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70837241499709834372014-01-17T19:32:13.583-08:002014-01-17T19:32:13.583-08:00Optimism -- it's killing us. People seem to b...Optimism -- it's killing us. People seem to believe "They'll figure it out" (They already have -- we ignore that.) or "It'll work out in the end" or "How bad can it be?" Optimism has apparently had evolutionary advantages for our species but it's letting us down here. When does optimism become denial? Moiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5471562535171701702014-01-17T17:48:58.167-08:002014-01-17T17:48:58.167-08:00"The premise is that intelligent life is self..."The premise is that intelligent life is self-extinguishing."<br /><br />Yup. It's very difficult to argue that it's not. <br /><br />Email coming. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38738318523910396422014-01-17T15:15:28.910-08:002014-01-17T15:15:28.910-08:00Following up on your point, Dana, I expect you'...Following up on your point, Dana, I expect you're aware of the theory of why Earth hasn't been visited by aliens. The premise is that intelligent life is self-extinguishing.<br /><br />Oh yeah, Dana, I've lost sight of that web site you referred me to. Can you give me that again? Thanks.<br /><br />@ Elliott, you may be quite right. We have certainly become desensitized to violence and all forms of mayhem. Do you remember when Peckenpah was shocking the world with the "Wild Bunch" and "Straw Dogs"? That's almost standard fare today.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-57291840330493443762014-01-17T15:00:45.582-08:002014-01-17T15:00:45.582-08:00Disaster movies, decades and decades of disaster m...Disaster movies, decades and decades of disaster movies. Everything from The Poseidon Adventure (the good one with Shelley Winters), to The Day After Tomorrow have taught us that disasters happen. However it isn't real because it's in the movies and it's OK anyway because the protagonist survives to the end of the picture. We experience our catharsis and then go back to our 9 - 5 lives filled with washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers.<br /><br />Pop culture has cried wolf and now that the wolf is literally at our door we do not believe it.Elliott Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788222766341168987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20658644300089532492014-01-17T14:49:23.460-08:002014-01-17T14:49:23.460-08:00Or then again maybe our capacity for contemplating...Or then again maybe our capacity for contemplating and comprehending our various conundra has simply been intoxicated by our simple minded willingness to believe that we were "created" and that the all powerful being that "created" us would not allow us to either *be* destroyed or to destroy ourselves by making use of that which the creator put here for us. <br /><br />In other words maybe we're just an ignorant, arrogant immature species that is proving itself as unfit to survive. <br /><br />Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com