Comments on: Dogs and Other People http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 00:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196871 John Emerson Thu, 17 May 2007 13:40:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196871 I knew someone would say exactly that, medallion. An eye for an eye. There's really nothing much at stake here at all, but Falwell deserves no respect. Sjostrom's point-scoring huff was bogus -- go to his site to see where he's coming from. I knew someone would say exactly that, medallion.

An eye for an eye. There’s really nothing much at stake here at all, but Falwell deserves no respect. Sjostrom’s point-scoring huff was bogus—go to his site to see where he’s coming from.

]]> By: MedallionOfFerret http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196802 MedallionOfFerret Thu, 17 May 2007 01:56:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196802 Yes; he would have danced on our graves if he could have. But does that justify our dancing on his? Using Falwell's standards of thought and behavior is no more appropriate when we do it than when he did it. Yes; he would have danced on our graves if he could have. But does that justify our dancing on his?

Using Falwell’s standards of thought and behavior is no more appropriate when we do it than when he did it.

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196766 John Emerson Wed, 16 May 2007 23:40:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196766 <i>Do you think you could have waited until say, Falwell was at least buried before dumping on him?</i> Fuck no. He'd have danced on our graves if he could have. He was gloating about 9/11 before the bodies were cool -- gloating about the deaths of total strangers he had no reason to hate. Falwell was not a total stranger. Do you think you could have waited until say, Falwell was at least buried before dumping on him?

Fuck no. He’d have danced on our graves if he could have. He was gloating about 9/11 before the bodies were cool—gloating about the deaths of total strangers he had no reason to hate. Falwell was not a total stranger.

]]> By: Richard http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196682 Richard Wed, 16 May 2007 17:25:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196682 besides, by the time he's buried we will have all forgotten about him. I wonder if he's lying in state in his supersized church with the Citizen Kane style telescreens. Now two posts here have reminded me of Turkmenbashi in the last 48 hours. besides, by the time he’s buried we will have all forgotten about him.

I wonder if he’s lying in state in his supersized church with the Citizen Kane style telescreens. Now two posts here have reminded me of Turkmenbashi in the last 48 hours.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196659 abb1 Wed, 16 May 2007 14:00:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196659 Nah, the Falwell fella was so mighty obnoxious that not a single online publication I read could wait till he's buried. Nah, the Falwell fella was so mighty obnoxious that not a single online publication I read could wait till he’s buried.

]]> By: fred lapides http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196658 fred lapides Wed, 16 May 2007 13:51:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196658 saying nothing is saying enough...be of good cheer. saying nothing is saying enough…be of good cheer.

]]> By: William Sjostrom http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196651 William Sjostrom Wed, 16 May 2007 12:23:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196651 Since you are wholly correct about the comments on Megan McArdle's blog, do you think you could have waited until say, Falwell was at least buried before dumping on him? Since you are wholly correct about the comments on Megan McArdle’s blog, do you think you could have waited until say, Falwell was at least buried before dumping on him?

]]> By: craig johnson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196642 craig johnson Wed, 16 May 2007 11:08:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196642 <b>The Peeping Toms</b> My Mom is 85, hard of hearing and would probably score close to zero on a political literacy test. She does however have her opinions.On seeing Reverend Falwell on the TV screen she asked what was his' news, so to speak. I told her he was dead. Her comment was, " a peeping Tom, like that other guy, Newt Gingrich, the original Peeping Tom." I guess you could say she calls' em as she sees' em. cognitorex blog The Peeping Toms
My Mom is 85, hard of hearing and would probably score close to zero on a political literacy test.
She does however have her opinions.On seeing Reverend Falwell on the TV screen she asked what was his’ news, so to speak.
I told her he was dead.
Her comment was, ” a peeping Tom, like that other guy, Newt Gingrich, the original Peeping Tom.” I guess you could say she calls’ em as she sees’ em.
cognitorex blog

]]> By: Xero http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196628 Xero Wed, 16 May 2007 04:27:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196628 How is it that some people feel there offers are valid and other peoples are not. Just because you don't agree is no reason to be hostile, and this goes for both sides, of what I see as a pretty petty argument. How is it that some people feel there offers are valid and other peoples are not. Just because you don’t agree is no reason to be hostile, and this goes for both sides, of what I see as a pretty petty argument.

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196624 Kieran Healy Wed, 16 May 2007 02:13:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196624 Wrong Megan. Wrong Megan.

]]> By: roger http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196622 roger Wed, 16 May 2007 01:22:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196622 The callous comments were stupid. However, since the vast majority of the comments were sympathetic, I think it is sort of outrage trolling to concentrate on the stinkers. So is this to make up for the sorta pointless post about McArdle's dream of finding a marriageable man? The callous comments were stupid. However, since the vast majority of the comments were sympathetic, I think it is sort of outrage trolling to concentrate on the stinkers. So is this to make up for the sorta pointless post about McArdle’s dream of finding a marriageable man?

]]> By: Tyrone Slothrop http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196613 Tyrone Slothrop Tue, 15 May 2007 23:42:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196613 <a href="http://allintensivepurposes.blogspot.com/2006/04/swef-le-douce-beaumont.html" rel="nofollow">This</a> is what I went to the library to find when my dog died. This is what I went to the library to find when my dog died.

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196606 John Emerson Tue, 15 May 2007 22:20:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196606 I've rarely ever posted there, and have more or less entirely stopped going there at all because of the infuriating kinds of people I expect to meet there, including Galt herself. I have said nothing about the dog, just the site. I’ve rarely ever posted there, and have more or less entirely stopped going there at all because of the infuriating kinds of people I expect to meet there, including Galt herself. I have said nothing about the dog, just the site.

]]> By: Jim Henley http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196592 Jim Henley Tue, 15 May 2007 20:57:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196592 My count on that thread is two assholes versus a lot of genuinely sympathetic people, a few of whom take the assholes to task. It's mystifying why you'd assume the publisher of anyway halfway popular blog thinks of all her commenters as "friends." You know I like you, John, but in this particular case it's hard to say you're outshining the "gobshites," beyond having the discretion to snark over here rather than over there, which I'll admit is <em>something</em>. My count on that thread is two assholes versus a lot of genuinely sympathetic people, a few of whom take the assholes to task. It’s mystifying why you’d assume the publisher of anyway halfway popular blog thinks of all her commenters as “friends.” You know I like you, John, but in this particular case it’s hard to say you’re outshining the “gobshites,” beyond having the discretion to snark over here rather than over there, which I’ll admit is something.

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-196590 John Emerson Tue, 15 May 2007 20:49:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/05/15/dogs-and-other-people/#comment-196590 I assumed to begin with that the comments came from hard-ass Objectivists and liberal-haters. People like that tend to end up over there and can be plenty obnoxious on any topic. I did go over and check, and I was right. (If it had been liberal trolls, I'd apologize I suppose.) 1. <i>I suggest remember the good times you had together, and getting another dog that you can have fun with. Life goes on and wallowing in misery over a lost pet does not seem like the behavior of an adult.</i> 2. <i>Oh, and by the way, there's a fairy tale that describes this "I'm so sensitive that I'll die" syndrome. It's "The Princess and the Pea." No wonder the childish ravings of Andrew (Cartman) Sullivan appeal to the author of this blog. What a collection of spoiled children!</i> I assumed to begin with that the comments came from hard-ass Objectivists and liberal-haters. People like that tend to end up over there and can be plenty obnoxious on any topic. I did go over and check, and I was right. (If it had been liberal trolls, I’d apologize I suppose.)

1. I suggest remember the good times you had together, and getting another dog that you can have fun with. Life goes on and wallowing in misery over a lost pet does not seem like the behavior of an adult.

2. Oh, and by the way, there’s a fairy tale that describes this “I’m so sensitive that I’ll die” syndrome. It’s “The Princess and the Pea.”
No wonder the childish ravings of Andrew (Cartman) Sullivan appeal to the author of this blog. What a collection of spoiled children!

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