tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post2039256443241186329..comments2023-10-28T07:30:04.147-04:00Comments on Human Voices: Ancestral voicesCapt. Fogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-7902480519323977282007-07-25T09:28:00.000-04:002007-07-25T09:28:00.000-04:00I love the smugness of people who make accusations...I love the smugness of people who make accusations of smugness while smugly calling someone an idiot because of a typo.<BR/><BR/>If the best you can do is to make some inchoate comment with fractured English ( one casts aspersions on, not to ) about my being an idiot, it wasn't worth the effortCapt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-84721052696867833392007-07-25T03:56:00.000-04:002007-07-25T03:56:00.000-04:00Hate to be late to the smug party...but...can you ...Hate to be late to the smug party...but...can you tell me how to spell penicillin?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps everyone can relax when casting aspersions to the "idiotic American People" and realize that they might be a part of that idiot mob.<BR/><BR/>Go idiots, 2007.illlllllllllllihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841488885774690384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-41373535665101288592007-06-01T12:13:00.000-04:002007-06-01T12:13:00.000-04:00Oops, I just looked it up, and I was wrong -- prov...Oops, I just looked it up, and I was wrong -- proving your point...d.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08723367478934978210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-92135499056937397482007-06-01T12:12:00.000-04:002007-06-01T12:12:00.000-04:00Was it Louis Pasteur?Was it Louis Pasteur?d.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08723367478934978210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-1093668553001458492007-06-01T12:04:00.000-04:002007-06-01T12:04:00.000-04:00I think it's part of Western culture. Our mytholog...I think it's part of Western culture. Our mythology is full of conquering heroes and our newspapers are full of sports heroes and winners of contests. <BR/><BR/>How many can tell you who invented Penecillin?Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-30040253611904756842007-05-30T17:18:00.000-04:002007-05-30T17:18:00.000-04:00Great post...The American people have been conditi...Great post...<BR/><BR/>The American people have been conditioned for this response over the decades tho: we worship our war-hero's like they are gods, and our popular culture -- everything from the movies to video games -- supports the imagery.<BR/><BR/>Its no wonder kids grow up thinking the most wondrous things they can do can be accomplished on a battlefield. ...and even if many don't actually "join up", they see battlefield hero's as a vicarious fulfillment of their desires -- kick ass!!<BR/><BR/>Only when, as a society, we value the act of just 'living' to enjoy the things this life has to offer over the perceived glory of accomplishment will things change.RRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196333516263804947noreply@blogger.com