tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post113694430456317230..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Politically Correct Titanic: "Persons and Children First"Nancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1137017277189444172006-01-11T16:07:00.000-06:002006-01-11T16:07:00.000-06:00Chesterton as usual is like a thunderclap that wak...Chesterton as usual is like a thunderclap that wakes the dead, Dr. Thursday. Or at least the brain dead. :)Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1137009892802580262006-01-11T14:04:00.000-06:002006-01-11T14:04:00.000-06:00I find it sexist to assume the 'deadbeat parent' i...I find it sexist to assume the 'deadbeat parent' is always the father.rhapsodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785377043317363153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1137008007669004032006-01-11T13:33:00.000-06:002006-01-11T13:33:00.000-06:00Sorry, too quick. Obviously, GKC is right, for the...Sorry, too quick. Obviously, GKC is right, for the point here is that the attempt to conceal the rather glaring difference between Man and Woman is ALSO "a dodge in order to shirk the problem of what is good." <BR/><BR/>Man and Woman are NOT a problem.<BR/><BR/>After all, it was not GKC but Someone else who said, "It is not good for Man to be alone..."<BR/><BR/>And that brings up another GKC quote, one of the best and quippiest of his many great quotes:<BR/><BR/>"Those whom God has sundered, shall no man join." [GKC, <I>The Common Man</I> 143]Dr. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1137007698636021632006-01-11T13:28:00.000-06:002006-01-11T13:28:00.000-06:00Here's something to start with:Every one of the po...Here's something to start with:<BR/><BR/>Every one of the popular modern phrases and ideals is a dodge in order to shirk the problem of what is good. We are fond of talking about "liberty"; that, as we talk of it, is a dodge to avoid discussing what is good. We are fond of talking about "progress"; that is a dodge to avoid discussing what is good. We are fond of talking about "education"; that is a dodge to avoid discussing what is good. The modern man says, "Let us leave all these arbitrary standards and embrace liberty." This is, logically rendered, "Let us not decide what is good, but let it be considered good not to decide it." He says, "Away with your old moral formulae; I am for progress." This, logically stated, means, "Let us not settle what is good; but let us settle whether we are getting more of it." He says, "Neither in religion nor morality, my friend, lie the hopes of the race, but in education." This, clearly expressed, means, "We cannot decide what is good, but let us give it to our children." <BR/>[GKC <I>Heretics</I> CW1:51]<BR/><BR/>And AMBER has a xref on that last line:<BR/><BR/>The more doubtful we are about whether we have any truth, the more certain we are (apparently) that we can teach it to children. The smaller our faith in doctrine, the larger is our faith in doctors.<BR/>[GKC, ILN January 26, 1907 CW 27:380]Dr. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1136994351143830132006-01-11T09:45:00.000-06:002006-01-11T09:45:00.000-06:00Chesterton had some choice things to say about peo...Chesterton had some choice things to say about people who fiddle with language -- abuse it -- to hide their true intent. Can anyone come up with some references?Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1136955585509116652006-01-10T22:59:00.000-06:002006-01-10T22:59:00.000-06:00This is simply more proof that political correctne...This is simply more proof that political correctness does nothing to fix the supposedly "bad" ideas behind the "offensive" things people say. It also serves to illustrate exactly which groups are really at the forefront of this new tyranny.<BR/><BR/>Men of Earth, rise up! Resist the women and children unto your last breath.Nick Milnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15677481833245634421noreply@blogger.com