tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post404637597383723290..comments2023-10-03T06:18:27.828-05:00Comments on The Aardvark's PLUMBLINE: Bah... Humbug.The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-70550868944681699432012-01-04T00:46:22.742-06:002012-01-04T00:46:22.742-06:00Wow, Galt.
Just...wow! Thank you.
(And this also ...Wow, Galt.<br />Just...wow! Thank you.<br /><br />(And this also shows why aluminium bats <i>just won't do.</i>) "TINK" indeed....The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-56838583142277458132012-01-04T00:35:15.373-06:002012-01-04T00:35:15.373-06:00"Altruism is a champagne-at-brunch counterfei..."Altruism is a champagne-at-brunch counterfeit of charity, or "agape" as the Greek puts it. The altruist preens when he gives, because he feels superior to the believer who "gives out of duty" or "gives to his church", or "doesn't give to save the gay unborn whales from being nuked".<br /><br />The agapist gives, yes, because God says to. He gives TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-33826213866963910562012-01-03T20:53:35.308-06:002012-01-03T20:53:35.308-06:00I know I don't have Spidey-Sense. I can't...I know I don't have Spidey-Sense. I can't get the little black wavy lines to appear around my head (not to mention having the half-Spider mask materialize on my face). <br /><br />And I don't think you should confine yourself to comments on unicorns and candy floss. It's harder for me to come up with snappy comebacks on those subjects.Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-26391054173034913262012-01-03T19:49:47.601-06:002012-01-03T19:49:47.601-06:00Thank you, though a rebuke would also be welcome. ...Thank you, though a rebuke would also be welcome. (I JUST WANT ATTENTION!!!!!)<br /><br />I am not having an easy time discerning things of late. No Spidey-sense. (SPIDERMAN!)<br /><br />Perhaps I should confine myself to unicorns and candy floss.<br /><br />OBAMA 2012!The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-19894323185771341682012-01-03T19:31:34.685-06:002012-01-03T19:31:34.685-06:00Well, it wasn't a rebuke, so let's go with...Well, it wasn't a rebuke, so let's go with slightly tongue-in-cheek attempt to help you find a safe harbor of an answer.<br /><br />That Chinese version of Batman's origin sounds like how my mother would've described it (if she ever read a comic book in her life I never heard of it)>Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-40145615257508049912012-01-03T17:30:15.645-06:002012-01-03T17:30:15.645-06:00I am uncertain as to whether your response is tong...I am uncertain as to whether your response is tongue-in-cheek, a gentle rebuke, all, or neither.<br />I cannot hurt someone (I know THAT was tongue in cheek!) because there are sanctions. Not smart for me.<br /><br />Anyone who wants true Justice must be mad! <br /><br />"...why God sometimes lets bad things happen to good people?"<br /><br />This presupposes God's activity, or at The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-33502646923267452782012-01-03T16:22:32.959-06:002012-01-03T16:22:32.959-06:00I've had this happen to myself on occasion (al...I've had this happen to myself on occasion (although not as much due to my chronically hermit habits). I sometimes wonder if I should respond by genuinely hurting the next person in sincere need that I meet? <br /><br />It would certainly balance the scales. <br /><br />So does this mean that Justice is, preferably, a level playing field?<br /><br />And does this answer the old question ofMichael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.com