tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post9068236780388312192..comments2023-10-29T03:47:58.234-04:00Comments on Birches: Sparty writesBudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17494196266134594302noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-18145240734844531802010-09-24T14:08:21.117-04:002010-09-24T14:08:21.117-04:00As a left hander, I have to agree that right hande...As a left hander, I have to agree that right handers are much more violent.Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-81909454074755317802010-09-17T00:26:44.856-04:002010-09-17T00:26:44.856-04:00OK, Irene, or Trase, or Scot, your turn! Get him....OK, Irene, or Trase, or Scot, your turn! Get him.Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494196266134594302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-84242198752143902712010-09-16T10:43:43.106-04:002010-09-16T10:43:43.106-04:00Speaking of violence, have you noticed the item on...Speaking of violence, have you noticed the item on The Daily Beast that ranks the most dangerous campuses in America? U of Michigan is #1 in the Big 10, #4 in the U.S. Now, that's something about which I could generalize!!Spartynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-36003008625968910822010-09-16T09:03:20.423-04:002010-09-16T09:03:20.423-04:00Here I believe you're confusing genetics and r...Here I believe you're confusing genetics and religion, only one of which is elective. However, yes, I do think you'll find that young men are much more violent and reckless than older men, or women, or children. As for right-handedness, I will have to ask my left hand, which often doesn't know what it's doing, so they say. <br /><br />I don't contest the claim that a lot of Christians are peaceful, or that a lot of Moslems are peaceful.I hear there were also a lot of peaceful vandals and visigoths.Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494196266134594302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-16906967078382889672010-09-15T16:04:24.082-04:002010-09-15T16:04:24.082-04:00And almost all of these crimes were committed by m...And almost all of these crimes were committed by men, probably right handed men. Perhaps we should be generalizing about the evils of being right-handed males.Spartynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-69897145151731346982010-09-14T23:34:56.293-04:002010-09-14T23:34:56.293-04:00I wrote a much longer answer to you, Sparty, but d...I wrote a much longer answer to you, Sparty, but decided to go more briefly: At some point, with enough voices, enough religious leaders, enough followers, enough planes hijacked and blown up, enough bombs killing innocents, enough massive crowds throughout the Islamic world shouting religious slogans, we reach a point where we can extrapolate a generalization about the religion. <br /><br />At least, I can.Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494196266134594302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-74342811454590447012010-09-14T18:25:58.653-04:002010-09-14T18:25:58.653-04:00Why we need editors - in the first sentence of my ...Why we need editors - in the first sentence of my response to Bud I meant to say "responsibly", not "irresponsibly."<br /><br />And, Irene, I think I, too, overestimated the meaning of Obama's election. The original sin of this country is deeply planted and in insecure times it surfaces with a vengeance. I would like to think we will weather this storm but there are no guarantees, especially in this new world of cable and internet screaming.Spartynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-36309151897271996722010-09-14T04:56:54.881-04:002010-09-14T04:56:54.881-04:00Well put Sparty. Your third point made me very sa...Well put Sparty. Your third point made me very sad though - "There is in this country right now more hatred and anger than at any time in my lifetime." Sad - because I was so proud and hopeful when Obama was elected president - imagine a black president of the US! I thought maybe the country was getting closer to the ideal that all men really were created equal, that people were becoming less racist, more united, more focussed on building a great society - anything was possible. America could re-invent herself after all those years of Bush idiocy. But sadly, the Obama presidency has shown how deeply the hatred and racism runs in American society, and with encouragement from a few greedy wackos on TV, the contradictions are being exaggerated. What should have been a positive turning point in the history of America just has accelerated its downfall.Irenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-74347646595482786262010-09-14T00:05:30.088-04:002010-09-14T00:05:30.088-04:00I'm always amused when the media asks whether ...I'm always amused when the media asks whether it has acted irresponsibly and almost always concludes that, yes, it has. You've fallen into the same trap. This fiasco became an international issue not because any church, national or international, made a big deal out of it, but because the cable people ran with it and the print press was forced by the market to follow. Of course, there are people who share Terry Jones' beliefs - there are people who think the world is flat, too.<br /><br />As for Christianity or Islam being religions of peace, don't paint all religious with one brush. There are religious groups and individuals who are doing a great deal every day to promote peace and justice around the world. Nicholas Kristoff recently wrote a column pointing out the activities of Catholic priests and religious women that are doing more for more people than ever occured to those who lump all Catholics into the same hopper as the Catholic hierarchy.Spartynoreply@blogger.com