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Comment on The Sign of Four by Rob

Rob — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:08:06 +0000

I kept meaning to return to some Sherlock Holmes, so the challenge was a nice push towards that.

Comment on Back To The Classics Challenge 2012 by Rob

Rob — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:34:50 +0000

Haha, oh good Patty! :) While these are tentative choice, and may possibly change, I would like to read Master and Margarita at some point. Most people seem to think it’s worth the effort, at least.

Comment on Back To The Classics Challenge 2012 by Patty

Patty — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:15 +0000

Very interesting choices for the challenge! Good luck and patience for Master and Margarita – I still have doubts what it was about. One of the most difficult books I’ve ever read!

Comment on The Sign of Four by Sarah Reads Too Much

Sarah Reads Too Much — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:32:37 +0000

I love all the Sherlock Holmes people are reading!

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Comment on Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by George

George — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:06:20 +0000

Good answer! As I’m paying more attention, in connection with working on my site Thank A Hippie, I’m discovering that in many people’s vocabulary “hippie” is now a dirty word, literally and figuratively. This does an injustice to millions of people who earnestly believed in peace, love, caring for the environment, and community. Many are now respected community members who have (often quietly and “invisibly”) incorporated hippie values into their lives and careers in various ways, positively influencing new generations. Words matter. Changing this pejorative use is as important to me as eliminating the use of the “N” word (see, now white people can’t even write it out, let alone say it), “that’s so gay,” “faggot,” and various ethnic and racial slurs; and switching to gender-neutral pronouns instead of always using “he” and “his.”

Comment on Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by Rob

Rob — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:42:10 +0000

Okay, it was a cheap joke. I apologize. If anything my values lean much further towards hippies than towards…the man? Yuppies? Whatever the opposite would be.

Comment on Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by George

George — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:48:31 +0000

“Oh god, I’m starting to sound like such a dirty hippie.” C’mon, being a hippie is not about being dirty, but about your values. Hippie values are rational, ethical, and at least as much needed in today’s world as in the sixties. Buddhism had an appeal to hippies because Western religious traditions had become stale and dogmatic, not because they couldn’t provide answers.

Comment on Hogfather by Rob

Rob — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:51:43 +0000

Pratchett puts so many amazing throw-away one-liners in his books that they make for great re-read candidates, I think.