tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post272489320842919218..comments2023-06-24T06:54:23.141-04:00Comments on The Chestnut Tree Cafe: SymptomaticJim Wetzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-47368603770086483862009-04-20T12:43:00.000-04:002009-04-20T12:43:00.000-04:00Yes, Mimi, I've seen some of that material too. T...Yes, Mimi, I've seen some of that material too. The way we sanitize horror with language is ... well, it's just even more proof, no longer needed, of Orwell's genius.<br /><br />I mean, think about "stress positions" for a moment. I go to a class a couple of mornings a week at my local YMCA, where I sometimes find myself doing "planks" -- which could be legitimately described as a "stress position." I'm asked to do a "plank" for thirty seconds by a very nice woman who, if I decide I have to "take a break" after only 15 seconds, will be sympathetic and affirm me in my decision to do so. I wonder what it's like to try for several hours at the command of a filthy-mouthed foreign sadist who's just been beating me and will certainly resume immediately if I "take a break?" I guess I'd rather imagine any number of people in DC, and working for them, getting that particular treat.Jim Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-80324188625459788282009-04-20T06:42:00.000-04:002009-04-20T06:42:00.000-04:00I'm waiting for the day our local newspapers and T...I'm waiting for the day our local newspapers and TV pundits describe torture graphicaly. The information is available; smashing somebody's face against a wall, but being careful to keep fingertips away from eyes--I SWEAR this is included--is just one of the horrors. Other niceties are available for viewing in the NYTimes. To say "torture" or even "waterboarding" is to allow the mind to glide away from the reality of just HOW suffering is inflicted. Oh, I know I'm preaching to you other singers; wish we could beef up the choir.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017592585596334313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-66852449662874967072009-04-19T21:14:00.000-04:002009-04-19T21:14:00.000-04:00LOL! Maybe we think TOO much alike, my friend. :)...LOL! Maybe we think TOO much alike, my friend. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-7665545042004146492009-04-19T20:52:00.000-04:002009-04-19T20:52:00.000-04:00I was feeling a little bit bad about rolling aroun...I was feeling a little bit bad about rolling around with them myself. I mean, it's fun and all, but I don't think I do it at the Spirit's prompting; I'm fairly sure it has much more to do with my wholly-corrupt flesh.<br /><br />But, you know, the page-views thing had crossed my mind, also. So maybe I'll go on having fun. "It's for a good cause."Jim Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-37813014253345789212009-04-19T20:43:00.000-04:002009-04-19T20:43:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure the light's on, either. :) And I...I'm not so sure the light's on, either. :) And I've decided I'm not going to roll around in the mud with the pigs. <br /><br />If it wasn't so pathetic, and such a blatant sign of our current culture, I'd be getting a kick out of it. Okay, I AM getting a kick out of it. Besides, it's getting me more page views. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-56853364506557640092009-04-19T20:34:00.000-04:002009-04-19T20:34:00.000-04:00I see where your second post on the subject is dra...I see where <A HREF="http://www.examiner.com/x-7693-NY-Church--State-Examiner~y2009m4d19-The-border-patrol-the-fourth-amendment-and-righteousness" REL="nofollow">your second post on the subject</A> is drawing the same sort of comments as the first. There doesn't seem to be much use in talking to these people. It's like there's a light or two on, but nobody's home.Jim Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-83696086305825292792009-04-19T19:26:00.000-04:002009-04-19T19:26:00.000-04:00Good post, Jim. Why is the question always about ...Good post, Jim. Why is the question always about the policies of the current administration? <br /><br />Why does no one ever question whether something is plain right or wrong?<br /><br />P.S. Thanks for covering the bases at examiner.com. I didn't intend for you to have a new job, too. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com