tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post8507459424176994895..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Secular OffenseJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-37807080358084142392015-01-22T09:21:45.011-06:002015-01-22T09:21:45.011-06:00Although I understand. Terror happens to good inno...Although I understand. Terror happens to good innocent people and could happen to us so we have to be scared.<br />Torture happens to possibly bad people and will probably not happen to us so it is less important because from our perspective it is more under our control (i.e. we can avoid becoming victims). So I am thinking in a distorted manner when I think state violence like that is more scaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-60124622722814738852015-01-22T09:09:37.088-06:002015-01-22T09:09:37.088-06:00I just seem not to be able to react to these terro...I just seem not to be able to react to these terrorist attacks as one is expected to. I did not freak out about 9-11, did not freak out about this thing in Paris, but AM freaked out about the torture report and about how this did not get people into the streets protesting.<br /><br />It appears that I am much less frightened by natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and so on than it is normal to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-86390308677158650012015-01-17T10:28:53.821-06:002015-01-17T10:28:53.821-06:00"Many of these people, just a few months ago,..."Many of these people, just a few months ago, were all up in arms defending Salaita's tweets as not antisemitic and proclaiming the need to understand the context, and explaining how they were provocative but justified."<br /><br />- Good point! You can't be for free speech only when it's convenient. Russia, by the way, has started jailing people who come out with the "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-85878794246649186472015-01-16T14:12:30.128-06:002015-01-16T14:12:30.128-06:00Rant all you want. I agree completely with every ...Rant all you want. I agree completely with every word of your comment. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-13642718814819371622015-01-16T14:09:53.311-06:002015-01-16T14:09:53.311-06:00Side tangent: we can argue about the magazine in i...Side tangent: we can argue about the magazine in itself, the meaning of satire, how problematic or not the cartoons were. But most people I have seen condemning the cartoons have made no effort in getting the full picture of the magazine (for example, they published cartoons that are the most devastating critique of Israel attacks on Gaza I have seen). They also refuse to take into account the Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.com