tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post2169760366754157130..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Professional Left Podcast #288driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-46315268616523238772015-06-14T03:27:50.762-05:002015-06-14T03:27:50.762-05:00IBW: Been there. Came back because I had support. ...IBW: Been there. Came back because I had support. Find yours. Seriously.Chan Kobunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002224390133771585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-58677491500699580872015-06-13T23:28:15.091-05:002015-06-13T23:28:15.091-05:00I used to watch the sunday shows way back when the...I used to watch the sunday shows way back when the round table was something new, although it was just a rip-off of the mcmuffin group, which I tape(dating myself) and then erase without watching, is there a term for that? Now unless there's a link on one of the blogs to something interesting, who cares? Who watches these shows anymore? Waste of time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18075669157496636079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-12892973479510335872015-06-13T10:39:35.812-05:002015-06-13T10:39:35.812-05:00Some human beings simply don't have the temper...Some human beings simply don't have the temperament to be altruistic. If they can't believe in some afterlife in which altruism will be rewarded, they become nihilists. <br /><br />I suspect I am one of those people.<br /><br />Some people can believe death is The End--no ifs, ands, buts, afterlives, resurrections, or reincarnations--and still be just and compassionate, and even self-sacrificing. <br /><br />I suspect I am not one of those people.<br /><br />One of the reasons I cling to my idiosyncratic, quasi-heretical interpretation of Christianity is that I fear what I could become without it.<br /><br />Some of y'all would call me a nihilist now. Trust me, you have not seen the <i>real</i> nihilism which lurks in the depths of my soul.<br /><br />I did not once call myself "Monster from the Id" <i>solely</i> out of respect for <b>Forbidden Planet</b>.Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-9040908800824781092015-06-12T21:24:06.507-05:002015-06-12T21:24:06.507-05:00Nihilism is a symptom masquerading as a philosophy...Nihilism is a symptom masquerading as a philosophy.<br /><br />jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840719620959481121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-56803884425679016422015-06-12T19:23:54.877-05:002015-06-12T19:23:54.877-05:00I remember that interview; the "How dare you ... I remember that interview; the "How dare you bring up MY money, MY money has nothing to do with it..." interview. Maybe that's how you have to see it if you're rich, to, you know, avoid seeing the damage you are doing...<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.com