tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post3874531837559259195..comments2024-03-28T00:20:01.688-05:00Comments on Little Blog In The Big Woods: Perspective.Greenpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-83020660699244360332011-12-11T13:59:40.885-06:002011-12-11T13:59:40.885-06:00I'm going to check if our library has this boo...I'm going to check if our library has this book. Thanks for the review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-10270464950997369012011-12-07T15:25:07.520-06:002011-12-07T15:25:07.520-06:00This might be worth reading:
"In “The Better...This might be worth reading:<br /><br />"In “The Better Angels of Our Nature” (Viking), he investigates one of the most primal aspects of life: violence.<br /><br />Over the course of 802 pages, he argues that violence has fallen drastically over thousands of years — whether one considers homicide rates, war casualties as a percentage of national populations, or other measures."<br /><br />www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/science/human-natures-pathologist.htmlEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12452842332549541201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-61532566373313757122011-12-06T09:49:53.374-06:002011-12-06T09:49:53.374-06:00Sal,
Yup. Sounds good. I'd say we're all...Sal,<br />Yup. Sounds good. I'd say we're all on pretty much the same page, give or take a couple degrees. :)<br />~AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-33899326810868873472011-12-04T10:45:44.795-06:002011-12-04T10:45:44.795-06:00To Anon,
Greenpa is right, that we are probably ...To Anon, <br /><br />Greenpa is right, that we are probably closer to being on the same page than not. What I wanted to suggest (but failed) is that it is good to have a balanced view of things.Sal from SRFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870898248665988130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-88706269619841089562011-12-04T08:51:41.795-06:002011-12-04T08:51:41.795-06:00Viv - you KNEW? And you didn't TELL me?? :-)...Viv - you KNEW? And you didn't TELL me?? :-)<br /><br />everybody; I get the feeling we're all mostly on the same page, but suffering slightly from the inevitable cracks in this communication medium- it's so very easy to take this comment, or that, just 5° off where it was supposed to be going-<br /><br />Sal- No, despair is pointless, why would I do that? :-) Apart from all the various horrors. If there was a melancholy tone there, it was probably due to my epiphany that the American Revolution, which I have long considered an anomaly in history, and a good one, where "progress" for humanity was actually achieved - had in fact completely failed to address several major causes of human misery; failed apparently even to perceive them.<br /><br />So we still have that work to do. Not going to be easy, at all. But the first thing to do- is to see the problem clearly. Or as clearly as possible, anyway.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-71905358814153759382011-12-03T21:51:33.233-06:002011-12-03T21:51:33.233-06:00I saw that a very long time ago and just go with t...I saw that a very long time ago and just go with the flow mostly. Do the right things as far as possible (or what I think are the right things) and hope for the best and plan for the worst on Murphy days :)<br /><br />viv in nzknutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-62924140715135881692011-12-03T21:07:58.864-06:002011-12-03T21:07:58.864-06:00Sal,
In response to your suggestion about reality:...Sal,<br />In response to your suggestion about reality:<br /><br />Yeah, but that's what everybody wants you to do--look at all the "good" stuff and ignore that Rome is burning all around you.<br /><br />That probably sounds pretty bad (and I'm really, honestly not a pessimist--more of an idealist, actually), but there really are a lot of things messed up, and I think (part of) what Greenpa's trying to get through is the point that all this stuff that's going on right now isn't new. It's greed at its finest and it's still doing the same thing it does best that it's been doing since the beginning of time: robbing people of their humanity (e.g., compassion for one's fellow man gets overlooked because there's an opportunity for gain, etc.).<br /><br />Life is what you make of it, and I thoroughly enjoy it (even on "bad" days), but it's good to know even the bad part of reality for what it is, I think.<br /><br />P.S. new Anonymous here--hi, Greenpa! I will be putting that book on my list to read at some point hopefully soon; it sounds good and similar to some other stuff I've been reading (besides the occasional L'Amour I've been recently enjoying for a bit of lighter material).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-32671411435908583432011-12-03T16:08:25.403-06:002011-12-03T16:08:25.403-06:00I'd like to read that book. Looks intriguing....I'd like to read that book. Looks intriguing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-32003871959670950122011-12-03T12:44:45.127-06:002011-12-03T12:44:45.127-06:00Hi Greenpa, having been a reader of your blog for ...Hi Greenpa, having been a reader of your blog for some time I'm guessing the melancholy tone of your post has to do more with "Murphy" than any argument of yours. <br /><br />You say, "the horrors we are seeing revealed worldwide are- far, far from new." Well, sure. Also, "Reality, how much of it you can grasp, is your only- only- friend." <br /><br />But reality- and history- is a many faceted jewel and if you study history as, say, the evolution of agricultural tools and techniques, (instead of power struggles), a new reality emerges. We tend to look at the present through the eyes of the media which focuses almost totally on crises and economics. One can argue that THIS is reality, but there is a whole lot of really wonderful things happening every day-- every second-- all over the planet.<br /><br />That life as struggle is "truly ancient", and "what,if anything, can/should be done about it" are a road to despair. <br /><br />Life is what you make of it. Cheers.Sal from SRFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870898248665988130noreply@blogger.com