It’s a shame Michelle decided we little people can’t post comments at her site anymore. I quit going there. I like discussions, not lectures.
Sorry Michelle.
Chris, you don’t have a right to have people open comments for you. And if you’re only visiting a blog for the comment-thread debates, there’s something weird happening. Go for the content, comments are gravy.
As for what MM said, I’ve always understood the psychology behind internment, and there may even have been some justification for it, but I still believe that overall it was a bad decision. Civil liberties can be trumped, yes, but it should NOT be done lightly, and I think this one was too light. But oh well, what’s done is done, and it’s not like it was the sort of decision that should ring as a pointr of shame in the national psyche.
Alsadius,
I visit blogs as opposed to straight op-ed sites so that I can read the topic of discussion and then enter into (hopefully) intelligent dialogue about the topic.
When I just want someone’s opinion or information there are plenty of places to go for that and I do so regularly. The content you speak of is rarely unique. But the thing that attracted me to blogs in the first place is the ability to “discuss” topics with people all over the world.
As you put it, I don’t have a “right” to have people open comments to me. But I do have a right to not visit a website if it does not please me to do so. To suggest that there is “something wierd happening” because I visit weblogs to join in discussions is just bizarre. I believe there are many people that visit blogs for the discussions. And Michelle made her website less attractive when she changed it from “come here and share your opinion” to “come here and read my opinion”.
And you make a good point. What is done is done. Shame on the national psyche is neither appropriate nor productive. There is no culture with a historically perfect record. I personally do not owe an apology to anyone. Never owned a slave, never interred a Japanese American, never stole anything from an American Indian. All these things happened, to be sure, and should be learned from for the continuing betterment of our society, but I don’t feel any shame, I don’t feel any guilt and I don’t owe anyone anything because of the actions of past generations.
I save a lot of links in my blog surfing, thanks to FeedDemon’s NewsBin feature. Too many. But see, I usually have no time to blog. Thus, these entries are filed away in my newsbin, ported back and forth from home to office computers and back again, ju…
I save a lot of links in my blog surfing, thanks to FeedDemon’s NewsBin feature. Too many. But see, I usually have no time to blog. Thus, these entries are filed away in my newsbin, ported back and forth from home to office computers and back again, ju…
First! Maybe…
Whoa. What a story.
I just may have to go get the book.
[Insert corny “Hawaiian Punch” joke here]
HEY!! not fair! i read this at lunch today (chapter 1), but i had to pay for it!
(in perfect Nelson form) Haw Haw!
great story.
That will be my next book purchase.
ordered the book yesterday.
She’s good. I hope that will make it to the mainstream news.
i think you’re laughing at me.
sarahk, if he’s good he’ll deny it, but it’s kinda hard when it’s in writing.
That story isn’t well known in the other 49 states, but Hawaiians know it. I read about it while on vacation on Kauai several years ago.
It’s a shame Michelle decided we little people can’t post comments at her site anymore. I quit going there. I like discussions, not lectures.
Sorry Michelle.
Chris, you don’t have a right to have people open comments for you. And if you’re only visiting a blog for the comment-thread debates, there’s something weird happening. Go for the content, comments are gravy.
As for what MM said, I’ve always understood the psychology behind internment, and there may even have been some justification for it, but I still believe that overall it was a bad decision. Civil liberties can be trumped, yes, but it should NOT be done lightly, and I think this one was too light. But oh well, what’s done is done, and it’s not like it was the sort of decision that should ring as a pointr of shame in the national psyche.
Alsadius,
I visit blogs as opposed to straight op-ed sites so that I can read the topic of discussion and then enter into (hopefully) intelligent dialogue about the topic.
When I just want someone’s opinion or information there are plenty of places to go for that and I do so regularly. The content you speak of is rarely unique. But the thing that attracted me to blogs in the first place is the ability to “discuss” topics with people all over the world.
As you put it, I don’t have a “right” to have people open comments to me. But I do have a right to not visit a website if it does not please me to do so. To suggest that there is “something wierd happening” because I visit weblogs to join in discussions is just bizarre. I believe there are many people that visit blogs for the discussions. And Michelle made her website less attractive when she changed it from “come here and share your opinion” to “come here and read my opinion”.
And you make a good point. What is done is done. Shame on the national psyche is neither appropriate nor productive. There is no culture with a historically perfect record. I personally do not owe an apology to anyone. Never owned a slave, never interred a Japanese American, never stole anything from an American Indian. All these things happened, to be sure, and should be learned from for the continuing betterment of our society, but I don’t feel any shame, I don’t feel any guilt and I don’t owe anyone anything because of the actions of past generations.
The Most Massive Link Dump In Recorded History
I save a lot of links in my blog surfing, thanks to FeedDemon’s NewsBin feature. Too many. But see, I usually have no time to blog. Thus, these entries are filed away in my newsbin, ported back and forth from home to office computers and back again, ju…
The Most Massive Link Dump In Recorded History
I save a lot of links in my blog surfing, thanks to FeedDemon’s NewsBin feature. Too many. But see, I usually have no time to blog. Thus, these entries are filed away in my newsbin, ported back and forth from home to office computers and back again, ju…
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