tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post9026776971154015797..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Taking UmbridgeNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-36509432478935260522008-07-24T13:53:00.000-05:002008-07-24T13:53:00.000-05:00Gabriel, Sir:Your comment is umbrageous.That is al...Gabriel, Sir:<BR/>Your comment is umbrageous.<BR/><BR/>That is all.Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-8228577925324271792008-07-24T13:35:00.000-05:002008-07-24T13:35:00.000-05:00Is it that some confuse shady [umbrage] with the P...Is it that some confuse shady [umbrage] with the Prof. Umbridge of J.K.Rowling's works.Gabriel Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319970403459925204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-58867929440100200062008-07-07T12:48:00.000-05:002008-07-07T12:48:00.000-05:00Wow, crazy.I'm a 24-year-old Protestant living in ...Wow, crazy.<BR/><BR/>I'm a 24-year-old Protestant living in LA and working in the entertainment industry! I certainly don't fit the description of "core reader."Aaron Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370235589243245390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-26097132035159220522008-07-03T14:38:00.000-05:002008-07-03T14:38:00.000-05:00I went to the library today to get it, but they st...I went to the library today to get it, but they still had last week's issue up as "new".<BR/><BR/>After I've actually read it, I'll decide if it is worth responding to. <BR/><BR/>It seems to me as if the easiest way to dismiss Chesterton is to trot out the old "anti-semetic" argument. That way you don't actually have to read him and find out what he really does believe in.Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-5860703005903197172008-07-02T16:13:00.000-05:002008-07-02T16:13:00.000-05:00"Hem-hem." (I see a squat woman in pink, with lit..."Hem-hem." (I see a squat woman in pink, with little cats...)<BR/><BR/>Yes, they are definitely taking Umbridge, these supporters of the Dark Lord.<BR/><BR/>But such ways are not for us Chestertonians, even if they make us write lines in our own blood - we know what Tertullian said it is the seed of. <BR/><BR/>We, for our part, have heard GKC's last words, and have chosen the Light.<BR/><BR/>Attend! Time to choose your side, O Ministry of Nonsense, before somebody drops a house on you. Or sprinkles you with water. You are going to be surprised.<BR/><BR/>--Dr. ThursdayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-60134243856426824342008-07-02T14:51:00.000-05:002008-07-02T14:51:00.000-05:00I'd need to see the article myself, but if it's wh...I'd need to see the article myself, but if it's what it sounds like from what I've seen here, I say that we start a letter-writing campaign to the editor. Who's with me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-42878225033104575412008-07-02T13:51:00.000-05:002008-07-02T13:51:00.000-05:00I'm excited that they even wrote about Chesterton,...I'm excited that they even wrote about Chesterton, but then to go around and accuse him of being anti-Semitic?<BR/><BR/>Was it simply that he was Catholic and they just couldn't make him look too appealing?<BR/><BR/>Why even write the damn article in the first place if you're going to say shit like that? <BR/><BR/>It just doesn't make any sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com