tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post5680980795745647357..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: IdealismCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-75642148032827890652008-06-17T13:29:00.000-07:002008-06-17T13:29:00.000-07:00I'm not unresonable. I'm just difficult. I could g...I'm not unresonable. I'm just difficult. I could get unresonable, if I put my mind to it, though... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-20061937322065457032008-06-17T14:32:00.000-07:002008-06-17T14:32:00.000-07:00So how about if you are are an idealist but pragma...So how about if you are are an idealist but pragmatic too? You know what your ideal is but also know that not everyone will go for it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-13801604076136118532008-06-17T15:29:00.001-07:002008-06-17T15:29:00.001-07:00Im a pragmatists meself. I will put up with anyth...Im a pragmatists meself. I will put up with anything for a lot of beer, moderately interesting sex and chocolate. Really, I am a convinced chameleon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-69313743301265076502008-06-17T15:29:00.000-07:002008-06-17T15:29:00.000-07:00Im a pragmatists meself. I will put up with anyth...Im a pragmatists meself. I will put up with anything for a lot of beer, moderately interesting sex and chocolate. Really, I am a convinced chameleon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-34511953288402231642008-06-17T16:34:00.000-07:002008-06-17T16:34:00.000-07:00What if it isn’t you who choose the cause, but it’...What if it isn’t you who choose the cause, but it’s the cause that chooses you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-80883639233684389812008-06-17T18:11:00.000-07:002008-06-17T18:11:00.000-07:00any particular reason for having the murderer Che ...any particular reason for having the murderer Che in your post?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-55744250661740024162008-06-17T21:34:00.000-07:002008-06-17T21:34:00.000-07:00Interesting, a rebel without a cause. Most of us ...Interesting, a rebel without a cause. Most of us don't have the luxury of being an idealist when we are young well not in my case. But maybe I was a natural pragmatist anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-22567199448692169922008-06-18T00:48:00.000-07:002008-06-18T00:48:00.000-07:00Me? A slightly cynical pragmatist shell protecting...Me? A slightly cynical pragmatist shell protecting a too often disappointed idealist, who still likes to think good of people in general, but knows not to expect it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-76504022136191137672008-06-18T07:48:00.000-07:002008-06-18T07:48:00.000-07:00Well, you write like an idealist, milk, milk, stea...Well, you write like an idealist, milk, milk, steak, milk, milk. <br><br>You also failed to mention that there is indeed a contemporary idealist movement that is not simpering, de-fanged, and clawless, and people really are dying, not in subservience to a leader, but out of a commitment to their cause. You just happen to be on the other, non-idealistic, side of history this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-5705718452029126482008-06-18T10:49:00.000-07:002008-06-18T10:49:00.000-07:00Could it also be said that the idealist hates the ...Could it also be said that the idealist hates the idea of getting old ?<br><br>A certain amount of vanity - to be struck down heroically in prime and preserved in perfect image forever ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-76709163603720988222008-06-18T18:06:00.000-07:002008-06-18T18:06:00.000-07:00Actually, I always had the feeling that Elizabetha...Actually, I always had the feeling that Elizabethans were fascinated by good conspiracy tales, because they truly feared them. You have had years of religious turmoil in England. You have the ascendency of Sirs John Dees and Francis Walshingham. You have Chris Marlowe pulling into bars and listening for malcontent. I'm not surprised then, that the subject of conspiracy was of such fascination--from Ben Johnson's "Catiline," to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," "McBeth," "Hamlet," "King Lear," etc..<br><br>Then again, the kind of Spartan virtue that you're talking about might have appealed to some as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-43985925759366848762008-06-19T08:06:00.000-07:002008-06-19T08:06:00.000-07:00I'm actually looking for a woman who I have to suf...I'm actually looking for a woman who I have to suffer for to love. I'm looking for a woman that I look up to as a goddess, whilst she gives me the love a goddess gives her most loyal devotee. A woman actually loving me in more human terms, makes her unworthy of my love.<br><br>You are looking for a Narcissist. You won't be disappointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-90198449866450601792008-06-19T08:15:00.000-07:002008-06-19T08:15:00.000-07:00“I'm actually looking for a woman who I have to su...“I'm actually looking for a woman who I have to suffer for to love. I'm looking for a woman that I look up to as a goddess, whilst she gives me the love a goddess gives her most loyal devotee. “<br><br>Crushed, Sounds more like you are looking for a Dominatrix ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-38205023551222421042008-06-19T10:52:00.000-07:002008-06-19T10:52:00.000-07:00Heart- I can't argue with any of that ;). Worth th...Heart- I can't argue with any of that ;). Worth the effort the though. And I sincerely mean that xx.<br><br>CherryPie- All it takes for evil to rriumph is for good men to do nothing...<br><br>Mutley- Hmm. both comments look the same to me. Surely a chameleon would have disguised one of them?<br><br>Crashie- Of course. That's the sign of a true- nd satisfied idealist- one of who didn't choose a colour- the sort of idealist I USED to be, but one who realises, they know in the heart, their body and their soul, they KNOW what they need to do about what their MIND is telling them.<br><br>THAT'S idealism.<br><br>And I think you know that in your guts.:)<br><br>Lord N- How far do you want to expand the definition of murderer? I've pictures of Blair lurking on this blog as well...<br><br>jmb- Possibly. I'm not sure about that. The first bit, maybe, not the second.<br><br>Moggs- Yeah, I kind of figured :) I've got a lot better at reading readers than I once was.<br><br>Helen- Do you know, I've been mulling over that comment all day? Not too sure what to make of it, to tell you the truth.<br><br>Your comments have a habit of being thought provking :)<br><br>E-K- Too damn right!<br><br>'And i find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad,<br>That the dreams I've had of dieing are the best I've ever had,<br>I found it hard to tell you, because you'll find it hard to ake,<br>When you're running round in circles,<br>It's a very, very, mad world..'<br><br>(Tears for Fears)<br><br>That's the psychology of the idealist, Kev.<br><br>X-dell- Of course, those were hard times. The overthrow of the Catholic church in the reformation REMOVEd a pillar of the English economy.<br><br>It went from being an accepted European power to international rogue state (In European eyes), destroying the economic power of monastraries, a fundamental emplyment sector and controllor of production and distribution in, especially, The North.<br><br>The social unrest of the times, causes mass vagrancy and unemplyment. and craconian- but also humanitarian responses.<br><br>The Witch panic and the poor laws.<br><br>So a sense of a state becomes very strong.<br><br>For the first time, the state starts to be seen as the governing board of a nation, not just the advisory group of the King.<br><br>So the theory of a Republic, a government existing by popular will- started to fascinate.<br><br>Lilith- Sadly, it's not a narcissit I want.<br><br>Moggs- I think you're closer to the mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-83768654753093916192008-06-19T12:16:00.000-07:002008-06-19T12:16:00.000-07:00I wasn't thinking along the lines of doing nothing...I wasn't thinking along the lines of doing nothing. I was thinking more along the lines of having a plan with various stages in it, that way it is more likely to succeed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com