tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post7330064215465321862..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: Massimo's PicksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-38172218342143322062010-07-16T09:31:24.599-04:002010-07-16T09:31:24.599-04:00Max, Julia,
I think I have a relatively good degr...Max, Julia,<br /><br />I think I have a relatively good degree of sense of humor. I *got* that the author was attempting a joke. But some jokes, like, say, most of Rush Limbaugh's, are awful and easily betray contempt for subject matters that ought to be taken more seriously. Besides, it wasn't that funny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-30225172275281586252010-07-16T09:27:23.591-04:002010-07-16T09:27:23.591-04:00Yes, and if you want to say that something like se...Yes, and if you want to say that something like sex crimes is too horrible to make jokes about, then I can understand that position.<br /><br />My point was just that the original author was so clearly making a joke (the intended humor stemming from that exact incongruity of applying "refreshing" to something as horrible as sex crimes), and you can argue he shouldn't have made that joke, but I don't think you can argue that he was saying that sex crimes against women actually *are* refreshing.Julia Galefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05020069129381463375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-77486319880514434682010-07-16T09:27:23.592-04:002010-07-16T09:27:23.592-04:00That's how sardonic humor works, Massimo.
Afte...That's how sardonic humor works, Massimo.<br />After a string of very bad crimes, a lesser crime can be sardonically called refreshing.<br />So the real question here is whether homosexual molestation is worse than heterosexual molestation. I think that most people would say it is, and that bothers gays.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12483245818327188536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-80366281601426797932010-07-16T08:17:31.659-04:002010-07-16T08:17:31.659-04:00I'm surprised, Julia. This isn't a matter ...I'm surprised, Julia. This isn't a matter of political correctness. As the author of the article puts it, "“refreshing” is a term used to describe a Fresca soda or Sunday morning walk" not "one of the most harmful, degrading, deplorable crimes made on a child."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-30890559028853607412010-07-15T19:31:42.172-04:002010-07-15T19:31:42.172-04:00>
A priest molesting women (instead of young bo...><br />A priest molesting women (instead of young boys) is considered "refreshing" by right wing commentator.<<br /><br />Enh, I don't think this is as deplorable as most people seem to think it is. This just seems to be a dry joke -- it's funny because it's a backhanded way of commenting on how relentless the stream of molestation-revelations has been, to the point where literally any change, even another awful crime, is a respite.<br /><br />It was unpolitic of him to say, but to interpret it as a thumbs-up for sexual harassment of women is quite a stretch.Julia Galefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05020069129381463375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-2051541773583592342010-07-15T15:53:13.380-04:002010-07-15T15:53:13.380-04:00Rich, that's right, only slides. You'll ha...Rich, that's right, only slides. You'll have to wait for when they oust the video...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-50704236632965055722010-07-15T14:25:50.786-04:002010-07-15T14:25:50.786-04:00All I find for your TAM8 talk is your slides. Am I...All I find for your TAM8 talk is your slides. Am I missing the text somewhere?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525902191661052543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-15973027856718438392010-07-14T18:55:09.352-04:002010-07-14T18:55:09.352-04:00A friendly conversation between PZ and Massimo wou...A friendly conversation between PZ and Massimo would indeed be worth paying to see. Two of my favorite bloggers and outspoken-atheists together? *swoon*!TheDudeDiogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613928663752680375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-26455489651375346512010-07-14T14:51:41.031-04:002010-07-14T14:51:41.031-04:00Massimo,
There should be a link at the bottom of ...Massimo,<br /><br />There should be a link at the bottom of the photo that only you can see. That link will allow anyone with a facebook or not to see it.<br /><br />I am interested in some of the topics you pointed out in philosophy. I just earned a BA at what is considered a high-ranking philosophy dept. Let me point at one of the comments to your last link.<br /><br />"Again. These perfectly mediocre exercises in cultural commentary are not philosophical in any sense of the word.<br /><br />The only "arrogation" here is the use of the word "philosophy" to describe such utterly routine texts. Let's at least have some Searle if we are to be denied Wittgenstein. ;)<br /><br />I suggest an entry that sets out Searle's *very interesting* "Chinese Room" Gedankenexperiment.<br /><br />I believe readers of this otherwise less than lapidary Stone verbiage would be inspired by some real philosophical thought."<br /><br />This view on philosophy has turned the majority of us undergrads (and I admit we are mostly transfer students who started learning phil. at community colleges) from ever wanting to continue studying philosophy at an academic level.jermoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260256232935630988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-46484500528216395302010-07-14T11:13:10.192-04:002010-07-14T11:13:10.192-04:00Now you and PZ, that would be worth signing up for...Now you and PZ, that would be worth signing up for.paul01https://www.blogger.com/profile/06306440944379183875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-82166872678800208582010-07-14T11:02:14.726-04:002010-07-14T11:02:14.726-04:00That makes three of us.That makes three of us.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12483245818327188536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-4138241702127787892010-07-14T09:49:39.336-04:002010-07-14T09:49:39.336-04:00Sheldon, sorry for the disappointment, I thought p...Sheldon, sorry for the disappointment, I thought people might get a kick from seeing me and Dawkins smiling in the same photo. My little private joke. The third person is Dr. Ginger Campbel, host of the Brain Science Podcast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-12307502337198513452010-07-14T09:42:17.393-04:002010-07-14T09:42:17.393-04:00Brian and JP, don't sweat it, it is just a blu...Brian and JP, don't sweat it, it is just a blurry photo of Massimo with Dawkins and somebody else I don't recognize. I could have lived without seeing it and resetting my Facebook password.Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604847159462215168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-89037753661347477272010-07-14T09:40:18.796-04:002010-07-14T09:40:18.796-04:00Since this is a post where you post your picks, I ...Since this is a post where you post your picks, I just thought I would share a pick for a great humanistic film, a Spanish one called El Mar Adentro, or the Sea Inside, which won an Academy Award. Its about a quadriplegic fighting for the right to die. It has a great scene of the protagonist and his caretaker sister in law telling off an arrogant priest. I am surprised I didn't hear of this film through the atheist/humanist community. The Netflix description is part BS though, there is no "reaching for the heavens". <br /><br /><br />http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Sea_Inside/70018295?trkid=1211017Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604847159462215168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-17049091719885152182010-07-13T21:21:57.287-04:002010-07-13T21:21:57.287-04:00That makes two of us. Brian, glad for the company....That makes two of us. Brian, glad for the company.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609837930361362269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-59004815974054203412010-07-13T17:52:49.405-04:002010-07-13T17:52:49.405-04:00Didn't know there was anyone in the Western he...Didn't know there was anyone in the Western hemisphere without Facebook... ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-65514745005070468662010-07-13T17:35:42.257-04:002010-07-13T17:35:42.257-04:00*groan*, I must have facebook to see the photo? No...*groan*, I must have facebook to see the photo? No thanks. :(Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851295432353004612noreply@blogger.com