Comments on: Look back in sorrow http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 21:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jaybird http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148750 Jaybird Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:25:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/#comment-148750 I'm waiting for Chris Bertram to comment: http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/07/satire-is-dead/ I’m waiting for Chris Bertram to comment:

http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/07/satire-is-dead/

]]> By: cm http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148667 cm Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:58:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/#comment-148667 The last paragraph reminds me eerily of Dr. Faustus (the Goethe version). The last paragraph reminds me eerily of Dr. Faustus (the Goethe version).

]]> By: Jaybird http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148583 Jaybird Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:11:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/#comment-148583 Unlike Derb, I've thought about the Egyptian boat sinking every day since it happened. He's really a jerk! Unlike Derb, I’ve thought about the Egyptian boat sinking every day since it happened.

He’s really a jerk!

]]> By: James Wimberley http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148523 James Wimberley Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:54:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/#comment-148523 Find something more useful to be guilty about. Give a poor African a <a href="http://www.oxfamunwrapped.com/ProductItem.aspx?ProductID=OU1615&CategoryID=27&CategoryName=&BrowseType=category&CategorySelector1:BrowseByCategory=27" rel="nofollow">camel</a>. Find something more useful to be guilty about. Give a poor African a camel.

]]> By: Kelly http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148518 Kelly Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:45:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/#comment-148518 I don't see any inconsistency in criticizing the media for their coverage while simultaneously moving on. You, presumably, didn't know anyone in that massive accident, so you processed it as a point of sorrow over mass death and injury, and moved on. If we continually remembered every accident, force of nature, and so forth that happens, how would we function? I don’t see any inconsistency in criticizing the media for their coverage while simultaneously moving on. You, presumably, didn’t know anyone in that massive accident, so you processed it as a point of sorrow over mass death and injury, and moved on.

If we continually remembered every accident, force of nature, and so forth that happens, how would we function?

]]> By: des von bladet http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148516 des von bladet Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:19:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/#comment-148516 You wrote this whole post without thinking about its centrepiece ("centerpiece") event? Interns must be getting cheaper, isn't it? You wrote this whole post without thinking about its centrepiece (“centerpiece”) event? Interns must be getting cheaper, isn’t it?

]]> By: Isaac http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148497 Isaac Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:16:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/20/look-back-in-sorrow-2/#comment-148497 Have you thought about the Michael Jackson trial since? Have you thought about the Michael Jackson trial since?

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