I like the Woolman post, and certainly agree as a general point that people ought to be familiar with those they cite. I haven't heard the sorts of attributions that Martin notes about Woolman, but having read the journals I know that I'm careful about how I hold him up as a model for others. As for "Greens suck": I think precision is called for there as well. Romanelli sucks. Nader didn't used to suck, even though he does now. But as a blanket judgment?
But if we're being precise, then Nader's past not-sucking doesn't have much bearing on the question of whether or not Greens presently suck. And if we're just being jerks (holla), then we should probably also make a distinction between Romanelli's suckiness as a PA Senate candidate and his potential non-suckiness in other areas. Perhaps, for instance, he enjoys sipping iced tea straight from the glass, rather than using a straw, which would lead to a lower suck quotient.
Relatedly, I seem to be in a rotten mood. I did hear Woolman references like Martin describes at the Ploughshares conference, which I think I only remember because I was just meeting Woolman in Spiritual Prep. I don't remember them enough to make a good description, though.
On further reflection, I think I just wanted to say that Greens suck because my mom didn't let me say that when I was a kid. Not that I couldn't bash the Greens, but she thought it was profane to say that something 'sucks.' It's my little way of being rebellious.
Then I've got the cartoon for you, but I think you saw me draw it (come to think of it, it was inspired by Dio). I'll try to post it sometime this next week.
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I like the Woolman post, and certainly agree as a general point that people ought to be familiar with those they cite. I haven't heard the sorts of attributions that Martin notes about Woolman, but having read the journals I know that I'm careful about how I hold him up as a model for others.
As for "Greens suck": I think precision is called for there as well. Romanelli sucks. Nader didn't used to suck, even though he does now. But as a blanket judgment?
Precision sucks. How d'ya like them apples?
But if we're being precise, then Nader's past not-sucking doesn't have much bearing on the question of whether or not Greens presently suck. And if we're just being jerks (holla), then we should probably also make a distinction between Romanelli's suckiness as a PA Senate candidate and his potential non-suckiness in other areas. Perhaps, for instance, he enjoys sipping iced tea straight from the glass, rather than using a straw, which would lead to a lower suck quotient.
Relatedly, I seem to be in a rotten mood. I did hear Woolman references like Martin describes at the Ploughshares conference, which I think I only remember because I was just meeting Woolman in Spiritual Prep. I don't remember them enough to make a good description, though.
On further reflection, I think I just wanted to say that Greens suck because my mom didn't let me say that when I was a kid. Not that I couldn't bash the Greens, but she thought it was profane to say that something 'sucks.' It's my little way of being rebellious.
Then I've got the cartoon for you, but I think you saw me draw it (come to think of it, it was inspired by Dio). I'll try to post it sometime this next week.
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