tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post7984729966783212649..comments2024-01-22T18:22:29.391-08:00Comments on hedera's corner: Comments on Democracyhederahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-60636941394782500282007-06-10T20:36:00.000-07:002007-06-10T20:36:00.000-07:00I don't know what happened to the comment you trie...I don't know what happened to the comment you tried to post either unless it's the one I just read. I don't moderate comments, so the only ones I see are the ones that post. I don't have a Fanny the Robo-Rat either. Must be gremlins.hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-87501452794421630582007-06-10T19:36:00.000-07:002007-06-10T19:36:00.000-07:00Well, I'm not sure what became of the comment I ju...Well, I'm not sure what became of the comment I just attempted to post, but I do want to say I think the compliment was richly deserved. I think that reading the offerings of good minds, if nothing else, serves as nourishment for our own intellects, which is why I look forward to your commentaries.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-52273990613365047362007-06-08T20:58:00.000-07:002007-06-08T20:58:00.000-07:00"...quite intelligent and worthwile website..." - ..."...quite intelligent and worthwile website..." - Anonymous David, you make me blush! Merci du compliment!<BR/><BR/>At this point I will confess that I have occasionally used the F word myself, if I feel the situation warrants extra force enough to justify the vulgarity. My remark about standup comedians was really a response to a recent YouTube clip of Robin Williams, in what sounded like an advanced stage of drunkenness, holding forth on the awfulness of golf - and literally every 3rd word was an F bomb. You may have seen it yourself, I got the link from FA. The sad thing is, he would have been really funny if he had excised that word from his routine.hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-89440226252451986642007-06-08T19:30:00.000-07:002007-06-08T19:30:00.000-07:00Excellent statement about democracy. Regarding th...Excellent statement about democracy. Regarding the F word, my older sister also eschews its usage, but otherwise she loves me, and I refrain from using it when talking to her. Have no particular explanation for my love of the word, except that I treat vulgar words as homage to my Anglo-Saxon forebears and a form of defiance against those Norman dogs (some of whom I am quite certain are also forebears, along with a few Cherokee, a Jew or two, and since I am about 7th or 8th generation American on both sides, some African-American lineage as well). But I will, out of respect for this quite intelligent and worthwile website, confine the F word to occasional outbursts on FA.<BR/><BR/>I do find that some people use the F word quite poetically and to great effect, while others simply use it as if it had some independently useful expressive power. And I do not like to hear children use it, nor do I ever use it around children or friends who don't like to hear it.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-87085302202324587752007-05-18T19:51:00.000-07:002007-05-18T19:51:00.000-07:00Don't be afraid of this show-- it's not stand-up, ...Don't be afraid of this show-- it's not stand-up, it's the farthest thing from vulgar, and it's not based on the humiliation of others. It IS as smart as the quote you pulled from the Chronicle, funny, and moving. <BR/><BR/>Go see it. You'll thank me later...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com