tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post6320408010014261292..comments2024-01-17T06:34:48.599+00:00Comments on The Far Queue: View From the Treetops (29 Mar '09)Garthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-3473423060655661952009-03-31T08:13:00.000+01:002009-03-31T08:13:00.000+01:00Thank you Ubermouth! If you're on side, I know I'm...Thank you Ubermouth! If you're on side, I know I'm coming from the right place :)Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-88526102877364797082009-03-31T02:48:00.000+01:002009-03-31T02:48:00.000+01:00My God! Spare us the blog celebs! That's exactly h...My God! Spare us the blog celebs! That's exactly how I felt about Waiter Rant, who also secured a book deal, based, no doubt , more on the en masse sychophanty, than his writing.The writing quite ruined by the arrogance of his own pompous voice which bled into the tale.<BR/><BR/>Applauds you for not following the herd and speaking up.UBERMOUTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428848028109037855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-55060383320249657072009-03-30T14:35:00.000+01:002009-03-30T14:35:00.000+01:00Pisces, no worries! If he's truly a charlatan or c...Pisces, no worries! If he's truly a charlatan or con-man; it will surface. It always does.<BR/><BR/>To James Higham--if he respects his own wisdom( as you think, here ) then he has gained none. Sounds a bit narrow-minded. And your last statement reminded me of what Victor Hugo quoted~~"Caution is the eldest child of wisdom"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-59363684490284543202009-03-30T14:29:00.000+01:002009-03-30T14:29:00.000+01:00Yodood: If the inevitable didn't always happen the...Yodood: If the inevitable didn't always happen then it wouldn't be inevitable. I'll leave it at that ;]<BR/>James: No danger of that happening.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-61638542342940730642009-03-30T13:54:00.000+01:002009-03-30T13:54:00.000+01:00Day by day I became more and more dumbfounded by t...Day by day I became more and more dumbfounded by the his philosophical offerings. I kept trying to put my finger on exactly what is was that I found so exasperating.<BR/>It wasn’t just the emptiness of his daily aphorisms or even the messianic air that fills his blogspace like the smell of farts captured in an airtight room, it was the air of deep respect that the man seems to hold for his own wisdom.<BR/><BR/>I'd better look to myself to try not to fall into this trap.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-18434271225873909942009-03-30T13:45:00.000+01:002009-03-30T13:45:00.000+01:00I guess I erred in mentioning you, his readers or ...I guess I erred in mentioning you, his readers or Coelho when all I meant to say ia that I do not find your quote of his vacuous at all, no matter who said it. I'll just leave it at that and all it implies.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-40419766816794130082009-03-30T07:56:00.000+01:002009-03-30T07:56:00.000+01:00Cinnamon: I have read (and enjoyed) Private eye a ...Cinnamon: I have read (and enjoyed) Private eye a few times.<BR/>Subtorp & Yodood: I am not having a go at people who follow or are inspired (other than to perhaps nudge them into questioning who they follow) - I <I>am</I> having a go at charlatans and conmen, especially those who coat themselves in religious or quasi religious aura, since it is they who prey on the vulnerable.<BR/>Dood: Why forget the particular? I am having a go at this particular charlatan. What this implies about me is whatever you want it to imply, I don't particularly care since I am not endevouring to take anything from anybody.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-62613404187105712382009-03-30T03:39:00.000+01:002009-03-30T03:39:00.000+01:00So what are you implying about anyone who can be i...So what are you implying about anyone who can be inspired by something in which you find nothing? And what does that imply about you? Forget the particular instance and please address the question in general. If this guy is vacuous, you used a poor example for your case as I read it.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-35785378982285725012009-03-30T03:02:00.000+01:002009-03-30T03:02:00.000+01:00Ach! Zealot? Well, possibly...A wise person is hun...Ach! Zealot? Well, possibly...<BR/><BR/>A wise person is hungry for truth,while the fool feeds on trash. ~~~Proverbs 15:14~~~<BR/><BR/>There will always be some-one willing to follow the words of nothingness ~~~Subtorp77~~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-15728413959390862262009-03-29T21:39:00.000+01:002009-03-29T21:39:00.000+01:00Just remembered the name of the column in 'Private...Just remembered the name of the column in 'Private Eye' magazine. <BR/><BR/>It's called <I>Pseuds Corner</I><BR/><BR/>yes, <I>zealot</I> is a good word :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-77443845907845306552009-03-29T19:48:00.000+01:002009-03-29T19:48:00.000+01:00Dood: it doesn't look like Dick and Jane to me, it...Dood: it doesn't look like Dick and Jane to me, it looks like quasi-messianic bullshit - the statement is nonsensical - The man has put together a series of words that have absolutely no meaning and delivered them in a tone that pretends philosophy. A similar case can be heard in the song by the Killers that goes "are we human or are we dancer"<BR/>It means absolutely nothing, but is delivered as wisdom.<BR/>Sure, people take their own meaning from things, but charlatans take their money while delivering nothing. How can one claim to be giving something by telling people that they can achieve anything by merely wishing for it - no struggle, no work, no revolution. Bollocks!Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-76348400614808305662009-03-29T19:19:00.000+01:002009-03-29T19:19:00.000+01:00Whoa, Pi,I haven't read him, but just from your ca...Whoa, Pi,<BR/>I haven't read him, but just from your calling the quoted piece of perfectly good advice, <I>meaningless,</I> only means to me you're bitching about either not getting it or that there are still people out there that need things simplified the way that statement irritates you in doing.<BR/><BR/>For myself I went immediately to my own justification of, nay, necessity for the coexistence of the ideas of free will and predetermination for either to mean anything at all, just like shadow and light, establishment and heresy, having or getting to be alive… We all have a choice of attitude about the changes nature will always deal out — free will predetermined to be exercised within the arena of the universe, here, now — we suffer if we conceive that to be too narrow a choice and choose to try and change that — its called civilization.<BR/><BR/>As Candie said above, everyone takes away their own meaning from actual experiences, let alone the tangents rampant in the written word. There's a time in everyone's awakening to who they are that that quote would make very valuable connections correcting some purposefully debilitating miseducation. You just happen to be beyond it and it lookes like "Dick and Jane" to you.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-57501758899069100492009-03-29T19:02:00.000+01:002009-03-29T19:02:00.000+01:00Cinnamon: Yes it's funny how certain things get un...Cinnamon: Yes it's funny how certain things get under the skin - Dawkins is, unfortunately a bit of a zealot - not a good trait for an atheist.<BR/>Subtorp: some good quotes there. I think you are correct: this guy probably only reads his own work.<BR/>Candie: I'm not asking anyone to defend me :) I may be completely wrong about the man... but I don't think so :) The inevitable always happens - of course!<BR/>Jams: haha - you compressed my whole agonising post into 4 words!Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-45066751434146333122009-03-29T15:53:00.000+01:002009-03-29T15:53:00.000+01:00Coelho's full of crap!Coelho's full of crap!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-4696755259357114362009-03-29T14:53:00.000+01:002009-03-29T14:53:00.000+01:00Hi Pisces,I don't come here to say that he's right...Hi Pisces,<BR/><BR/>I don't come here to say that he's right or you're right ect..everyone has its own opinion.But just to say that this sentence was here for a reason,I know the reason.Believe me,it's deeper than you think.It was towards a specific situation,so there's no reason for you to be in such a state.You couldn't have known.That's cool.<BR/><BR/>I like what he writes and I like what you write too.<BR/><BR/>Have a great sunday.<BR/>:)Candiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820349874923006162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-41145755736409621912009-03-29T14:46:00.000+01:002009-03-29T14:46:00.000+01:00Pisces, something a bit better than Coehlo's pratt...Pisces, something a bit better than Coehlo's prattle( and the first is aimed at <I>him</I> )<BR/><BR/>The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.<BR/> ~~~Proverbs 10:8~~~<BR/><BR/>Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream things that never were and say, "Why not?"<BR/> ~~George Bernard Shaw~~<BR/><BR/>Choose to-day whom you will serve<BR/> ~~Joshua 24:15~~<BR/><BR/>As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.~~~Socrates~~~<BR/><BR/>That last one is an old favourite of mine. Makes you wonder what this guy reads, himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-16265858443700344452009-03-29T09:49:00.000+01:002009-03-29T09:49:00.000+01:00Ah so he did publish it! Well at least he did that...Ah so he did publish it! Well at least he did that.<BR/><BR/>Funny when you get a bug under the skin about someone. I am afraid Richard Dawkins does it for me- although he speaks a lot of sense- it is his absolute arrogance about being <I>right</I> that bugs me. Maybe arrogance is too strong a word. I described him as evangelical in my very frist post and got a comment saying 'he is as evangelical as someone who tells you to look both ways before crossing the road' Good point. How did I get on to Richard Dawkins?<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't let Coehlo's psychobabble get to you. A good place to read more of this rubbish- but put firmly in its place as rubbish- is in <I>Private Eye</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-58610240383811471752009-03-29T09:36:00.000+01:002009-03-29T09:36:00.000+01:00Ha! Did he publish your comment? I bet not!I will ...Ha! Did he publish your comment? I bet not!<BR/><BR/>I will have to dive over to his blog to see....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com