tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379016.post6642736229966929015..comments2023-10-25T08:11:18.840+00:00Comments on Clodhoppers: the o'conner chroniclesMaurice Pennancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050632611116551017noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379016.post-41545598885916983822009-05-21T15:01:45.573+00:002009-05-21T15:01:45.573+00:00Esther: If you raise any sort of belief, whether ...Esther: If you raise any sort of belief, whether ideological, political or religious, up onto a pedestal, you can use that to justify absolutely anything you want.<br /><br />You will have seen the news recently about the catholic church in Ireland?<br /><br />CMO'C has form in that area also. <br /><br />It is very difficult for the deluded to say anything sensible, even if they use the same vocabulary....we'll have to wait and see.clodhopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08055899083327712482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379016.post-89158585424090000502009-05-20T18:01:54.218+00:002009-05-20T18:01:54.218+00:00Sorry. Disagree. If you truly believe in somethi...Sorry. Disagree. If you truly believe in something, even if you believe nothing more than that it is life enhancing, you are likely to express it in terms like that.<br /><br />If someone said you aren't fully human until you have been moved by a great piece of music would you get quite so worked up?<br /><br />I hope he writes back and that he says something sensible. In the meantime (and I'm trying terribly hard not to sound (or be!) stuffy about this) I think it's sometimes worth trying to understand something someone says from within their own vocabulary.<br /><br />I wish one could convey tone of voice in comment boxes because I'm not wanting to sound (or be) pompous . . . but do you see what I mean?<br /><br />EstherEsther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379016.post-57937188975135729032009-05-18T22:47:00.000+00:002009-05-18T22:47:00.000+00:00As you say looby, his eminent purply putrescence w...As you say looby, his eminent purply putrescence wouldn't recognise the trancendent if hit him really hard up the backside as he is so well padded by all the kiddy fiddlers hiding from the law under his blessedly voluminous frock.<br /><br />If he bothers to reply to me I will post it you. Prepare to be underwhelmed.clodhopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08055899083327712482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379016.post-22405541219089587492009-05-18T20:02:00.000+00:002009-05-18T20:02:00.000+00:00It's al just a roundabout way of saying "I want yo...It's al just a roundabout way of saying "I want you to do what I say, because I'm an authoritarian wannabe ruler of the world." They're just nutters, the lot of them. I don't think they'd recognise the transcendent if it bumped into them in the street.<br /><br />Whereas, the pictures below are...well, transcendent's probably overstating it a bit, but a local, personal prettiness that is probably closer to the transcendent than the Cardinal, with his secret wanks and big palaces.loobynoreply@blogger.com