Post by Mary Ann on Dec 13, 2004 21:03:52 GMT -5
*BWAHAHAHAHA!!!*
Um, in case you haven't figured it out, there are administrative settings for dirty words and swear words. It'll translate for ya!
It really threw me at first; I wondered, was this the person who inspired e.e. cummings?? Was there evidence that D-I-C-K-E-N-S was a pen name?? How could I have ever studied literature and not known who thingyens was?
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Oh my, that was hilarious!
But I have to say, I could read your posts all day!
I never got to the point where you're at, but I would have loved to have continued. I wonder about how these waves of alternating activism, conservativism, and liberalism follow each other through history, the influence of social climate, literature, economics, etc. I think the point you make between us today and the British Empire is a poignant one, and one that we would be wise to examine. They were the predominant force in the world at one time, and yet had a tremendous sort of arrogance and egocentricity when dealing with other countries and cultures. I know that we aren't perceived overseas as we might think; I know we're often thought of as arrogant and egocentric, too. It makes me wonder how the loss of international strength and influence of the British Empire might be a lesson for us; can we avoid repeating history?
And I think about the mini-waves of social awareness, too; the one during the turn of the century with industrialization with Upton Sinclair, then again in thirty years with John Steinbeck, and again in the fifties and sixties with Faulkner, etc. Or are there always gonna be guys that have to speak out about hypocrasies, injustices, and the like? Richard Wright wrote Native Son in 1940; hypocracy in the socially self-righteous. I dunno; we can call that one 1930's stuff, right?
"Finally, with my very admittedly own personal perspective, I see aspects of over-the-top "Angel of the House" type-moralism and the type of ridculous attention to superficial nonsense in our society that operated in the Victorian period. The rise of the ridiculously radical fundemental religious right in the US and the emphasis on being "politically correct"--to the point of absurdity--echoes the Victorians to a "t" in my mind." Man, I had never thought about that; that's an amazing thought. Yeah. I can see that too. I wonder though; we have many people now (and probably then, too) who tend to need to see the world in terms of black and white, good or bad, right or wrong. They have an inability to discern the gray areas. Could this be a constant regeneration of that? Manifest over time in different backgrounds, brought about by political climate?
I have to add that I would have absolutely crapped my pants to get the chance to play in the papers you got to dig through in Sussex. Yow. What an opportunity!!! Isn't that the most amazing thing to get to do? It's like having a window to the past, and getting to enjoy a view that so few have hardly ever enjoyed. Man, I'd love to have been in your shoes for a few days!!!
(Oh, and BTW, you mean the city isn't Satanic??!)
Um, in case you haven't figured it out, there are administrative settings for dirty words and swear words. It'll translate for ya!
It really threw me at first; I wondered, was this the person who inspired e.e. cummings?? Was there evidence that D-I-C-K-E-N-S was a pen name?? How could I have ever studied literature and not known who thingyens was?
?Oh my, that was hilarious!
But I have to say, I could read your posts all day!
I never got to the point where you're at, but I would have loved to have continued. I wonder about how these waves of alternating activism, conservativism, and liberalism follow each other through history, the influence of social climate, literature, economics, etc. I think the point you make between us today and the British Empire is a poignant one, and one that we would be wise to examine. They were the predominant force in the world at one time, and yet had a tremendous sort of arrogance and egocentricity when dealing with other countries and cultures. I know that we aren't perceived overseas as we might think; I know we're often thought of as arrogant and egocentric, too. It makes me wonder how the loss of international strength and influence of the British Empire might be a lesson for us; can we avoid repeating history?And I think about the mini-waves of social awareness, too; the one during the turn of the century with industrialization with Upton Sinclair, then again in thirty years with John Steinbeck, and again in the fifties and sixties with Faulkner, etc. Or are there always gonna be guys that have to speak out about hypocrasies, injustices, and the like? Richard Wright wrote Native Son in 1940; hypocracy in the socially self-righteous. I dunno; we can call that one 1930's stuff, right?
"Finally, with my very admittedly own personal perspective, I see aspects of over-the-top "Angel of the House" type-moralism and the type of ridculous attention to superficial nonsense in our society that operated in the Victorian period. The rise of the ridiculously radical fundemental religious right in the US and the emphasis on being "politically correct"--to the point of absurdity--echoes the Victorians to a "t" in my mind." Man, I had never thought about that; that's an amazing thought. Yeah. I can see that too. I wonder though; we have many people now (and probably then, too) who tend to need to see the world in terms of black and white, good or bad, right or wrong. They have an inability to discern the gray areas. Could this be a constant regeneration of that? Manifest over time in different backgrounds, brought about by political climate?
I have to add that I would have absolutely crapped my pants to get the chance to play in the papers you got to dig through in Sussex. Yow. What an opportunity!!! Isn't that the most amazing thing to get to do? It's like having a window to the past, and getting to enjoy a view that so few have hardly ever enjoyed. Man, I'd love to have been in your shoes for a few days!!!
(Oh, and BTW, you mean the city isn't Satanic??!
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:oYeah, Goalimom is here!!!!! 
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