tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post8020903843582100295..comments2024-03-28T16:44:45.252-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: On Moles And Leading A Double LifeToirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-53545214923156210222021-05-05T05:55:12.741-07:002021-05-05T05:55:12.741-07:00Anonymous - I do not wish to imply that avoiding c...Anonymous - I do not wish to imply that avoiding conflict is inherently cowardly. Where, at least for me, it can be cowardly is when I should say something and I do not because it would create conflict between myself and that person, even if the concept or argument is wrong. At that moment, at least for me, it becomes cowardly.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-46559931428688726732021-05-05T05:53:49.845-07:002021-05-05T05:53:49.845-07:00Thanks Linda. Indeed, God bless us. Every one.Thanks Linda. Indeed, God bless us. Every one.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-48180022583847958092021-05-05T02:55:03.390-07:002021-05-05T02:55:03.390-07:00I don't think avoiding conflict is cowardly. ...I don't think avoiding conflict is cowardly. Life is hard enough to iive withouy deliberately inviting more trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-6874173335218965742021-05-04T15:53:02.388-07:002021-05-04T15:53:02.388-07:00Glen, I am going with foolhardy!
I think your com...Glen, I am going with foolhardy!<br /><br />I think your comment is fair - I grew up in one world view, and it is not the view that you are relating. I am aware of friends that have moved to that area and even a very few that grew up in that milieu, but I am sure that things would look very different from there. You have insight many of us do not.<br /><br />I would agree that we are all regular folk making our way in the world - that said, we do it in different ways. One of the things that I find to be more and more true is that as we continue the descent into madness, more and more people are realizing that what they thought they had wanted was not what they wanted at all.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-57208197026921765822021-05-04T15:49:14.076-07:002021-05-04T15:49:14.076-07:00STxAR, I am with Glen. When the time comes - the ...STxAR, I am with Glen. When the time comes - the actual time, not the almost time - it will not be a question. We will all quote Jean d'Arc, say "I was born to do this", and simple step out.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-60544676951185491232021-05-04T15:47:58.795-07:002021-05-04T15:47:58.795-07:00Thanks Kelly. It was was actually just on the dow...Thanks Kelly. It was was actually just on the downside of their peak - they closed up shop (the first time) in 1984.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-8081469822038169112021-05-04T15:45:42.901-07:002021-05-04T15:45:42.901-07:00That is a skill, Ed. To do that and not lose your...That is a skill, Ed. To do that and not lose yourself is even more of a skill.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-17819553093000301542021-05-04T10:58:29.945-07:002021-05-04T10:58:29.945-07:00Good post and lots of good comments.
God bless us...Good post and lots of good comments. <br />God bless us all.LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-3996054601314712282021-05-04T09:03:17.341-07:002021-05-04T09:03:17.341-07:00I think of myself more of a chameleon with the abi...I think of myself more of a chameleon with the ability to easily adapt to situations and people.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-4516331972703476952021-05-04T07:59:50.868-07:002021-05-04T07:59:50.868-07:00Pbbfbfbfffftttt. STxAR, when the times comes you w...Pbbfbfbfffftttt. STxAR, when the times comes you won't think twice about it. None of the folks here will. Neither you or any of the folks here are craven.<br /><br />Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-88785141993825964792021-05-04T07:14:58.199-07:002021-05-04T07:14:58.199-07:00Lots of food for thought here. I may have to come...Lots of food for thought here. I may have to come back and read it again when I have more time to ponder what you've written.<br /><br />I like Styx and need to see what I have in my collection. I feel sure I don't have that LP since I would remember that title. I have a history with Kilroy. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-18457010855341605742021-05-04T05:37:04.165-07:002021-05-04T05:37:04.165-07:00I am not foolhardyTB; I am a full blown fricken re...I am not foolhardyTB; I am a full blown fricken retard! đđ<br /><br />A lot of you and your guys have your perspectives taken from insulated economic or intellectual bubbles. It gives you a clarity of thought and an objectivity that allows you to calmly and dispassionately observe our impending cultural implosion from a safe distance. I am not slagging anyone in saying that, I am actually envious.<br /><br />I grew up in the depths of that unplumbed degenerate cultural profundity... and it has its own event horizon. The people in there canât see out, and many of you canât see in. Down there things are so tightly compressed and warped that foolhardiness, heroism, and desperation become one and the same. Somehow by the grace of God I got out, but at great cost. Most of my family and some of my friends are trapped in that cultural singularity and they will be there forever. Itâs heart breaking, and I compensate for my bitterness with rude jokes and I suppose it gets tiresome.<br /><br />I wouldnât call you a mole or hang any labels on the others. We are all just regular slobs trying to make our way in an increasingly unstable world. Some of us will do a better job of it than others depending on their position and circumstances. Be thankful for yours and make the best of it you can.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-87649341145444716142021-05-04T05:24:51.949-07:002021-05-04T05:24:51.949-07:00Sakes, what a compliment. Thank you. There is an...Sakes, what a compliment. Thank you. There is another option, though. Could be I'm just not smart enough to be quiet. Bravery requires risk, and there hasn't been much of that yet. It's when your principles run up against your commitments. Will I stand for what is right, when I know full well it will harm me and mine? Will I pledge my sacred honor when it will hurt to do so? That's an area that I wonder about. I hope I have the courage to do that. I also hope I won't have to find out if I do. I may be more "Brave Sir Robin" than I know. Great food for thought post. STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.com