en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/864423 Comments by happydog1960 http://the-toast.net/2015/05/12/books-that-literally-all-white-men-own/#IDComment1007071929 Errrr...is this a joke I don't get, like some sort of postmodern ironic thing? I don't own 90% of these, and last time I checked I was both white and male, and a lot of them I haven't even read. Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:50:34 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/05/12/books-that-literally-all-white-men-own/#IDComment1007071929 http://the-toast.net/2015/09/18/questions-your-local-librarian-will-not-be-answering-for-you/#IDComment995670567 Lawyers, man. I never cooperate with lawyers unless I absolutely have to (i.e., forced at gunpoint), especially when they are requesting documents. Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:34:03 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/09/18/questions-your-local-librarian-will-not-be-answering-for-you/#IDComment995670567 http://wonkette.com/513273/not-knowing-what-else-to-do-amanda-palmer-writes-terrible-poem-about-dzhokhar-tsarnaev#IDComment625843347 Probably because most of it is exactly like Ms. Palmer's turd above. Real poetry is amazing. Shit poetry abounds. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:50:45 +0000 http://wonkette.com/513273/not-knowing-what-else-to-do-amanda-palmer-writes-terrible-poem-about-dzhokhar-tsarnaev#IDComment625843347 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/matt-damon-tea-party-is-completely-intransigent/politics/2011/08/03/24893#IDComment519999556 Unfortunately no one in the Tea Party knows what "intransigent" means. Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:46:13 +0000 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/matt-damon-tea-party-is-completely-intransigent/politics/2011/08/03/24893#IDComment519999556 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/mullah-in-chief-obama-has-made-christians-the-new-niggers-says-klayman/politics/2012/11/14/53723#IDComment490823904 That guy doesn't even make any SENSE. And he left out Pagans, Wiccans and Satanists in his list of people destroying Amurka. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:06:21 +0000 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/mullah-in-chief-obama-has-made-christians-the-new-niggers-says-klayman/politics/2012/11/14/53723#IDComment490823904 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/05/tortured-by-love-lust-a-crush-buddhism-has-some-advice-for-you/#IDComment439704350 This kind of rubbish is why I could never follow a Buddhist path. Life-hating garbage. Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:55:28 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/05/tortured-by-love-lust-a-crush-buddhism-has-some-advice-for-you/#IDComment439704350 http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/08/16/captain-marvel-deconnick-on-carol-danvers-and-the-comics-industry/#IDComment424767056 The new Captain Marvel is outstanding on a lot of levels. Kelly Sue is the right person for this gig, as is Dexter Soy. . I will say flat out that if Joss Whedon does not put Carol Danvers in the next Avengers movie, he is missing the boat. And if you think you like what you see here, whether you're a regular comic reader or not, do yourself a favor and order it from a local comics store. Keep this going. Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:55:24 +0000 http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/08/16/captain-marvel-deconnick-on-carol-danvers-and-the-comics-industry/#IDComment424767056 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/05/learning-to-be-human/#IDComment364184767 This is marvelous. Beauty in the mud. Yes, I will be human with you. Mon, 21 May 2012 05:07:52 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/05/learning-to-be-human/#IDComment364184767 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/03/remembering-the-queen-of-heaven.html#IDComment136123067 John Preston seems like he has a crush on Dr. Stavrakopoulou. I suggest he just go ahead and ask her out. I don't know if good reviews in the paper will facilitate that process, but I bet he's hoping. I find it amusing (and probably not coincidental) that this is coming to the notice of the general public about the same time that the anti-Goddess, anti-Democracy nutjobs are becoming more noisy. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:58:50 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/03/remembering-the-queen-of-heaven.html#IDComment136123067 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/03/remembering-the-queen-of-heaven.html#IDComment136122148 Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time, and annoys the pig. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:52:36 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/03/remembering-the-queen-of-heaven.html#IDComment136122148 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124976163 Your grasp of kindness leaves something to be desired. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:33:35 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124976163 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124973043 I have asked Jason to restore the link. I want to note that I did not make the current problem public and only wrote what I wrote after the abovementioned websites were created, and their presence blared all over the internet. That being said I stand by my statement. If it provides a reasonable viewpoint it is well; if it serves for some as a way to mock or deride me, then that is as it is also. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:14:20 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124973043 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124972177 Since I have received one request to keep the link present, and one accusation of cowardice from someone using the words of my own teacher against me, I think I am now honor-bound to ask you to restore the link. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:09:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124972177 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124971720 I am glad you find it convenient to quote Anaar when it suits you. The implication that I am a coward and refuse accountability is noted. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:06:11 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124971720 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124970619 You might as well leave it up. The damage is done and I will stand by my statement. In future, please ask before linking. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:59:45 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124970619 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124960576 I rather wish you had asked me for permission before posting a direct link to my blog. I recently made the decision to withdraw from discussing this matter in open public forums like this one, and the publication of this link to my blog makes that difficult. My statement was intended to be made public only to Feri initiates and Feri students, and I hoped that is where it would remain. Again, I wish that this issue had been left within the Feri/Faery community, and not aired out in public like an episode of the Jerry Springer show or junior high school cafeteria drama. I believe that this was nobody's business unless they were interested in studying the tradition and I am unhappy and disappointed that it has come out in public. I may have had a part in this becoming public knowledge, and if so, I deeply and bitterly regret it. The damage is done, and I will take care to lock down my blog in future. I would appreciate your asking my permission before linking to anything I write on this matter. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:54:53 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/when-schism-happens-to-pagans.html#IDComment124960576 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/07/tonglen-meditation-as-self-healing/#IDComment123377184 This is a tough one for me, but it's worth doing. Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:42:23 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/07/tonglen-meditation-as-self-healing/#IDComment123377184 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-why-are-they-leaving-christianity.html#IDComment110892507 I refuse to give an account of my life before any God who will not apologize for his heinous history of genocide, racism, hatred of women, pettiness and tyranny. I refuse to accept responsibility for evil when the Christian God himself created evil in the full knowledge that it would cause people to "sin," and created a hell for them to be tortured in for eternity. I refuse to give such a God the time of day. A book of fiction put together by committee that contradicts itself violently throughout is not proof enough of the existence of this so-called God, even though this God is horrible enough, by the testimony of that book, to drive anyone with any moral or ethical sense, or any compassion or love, away from Him as fast as they could go. Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:18:57 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-why-are-they-leaving-christianity.html#IDComment110892507 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-why-are-they-leaving-christianity.html#IDComment105855023 It goes to show how pervasive the lies about Paganism are that there are Christians who still believe that Pagans are Satanists, and it goes to show how deliberately ignorant most pastors are. Christianity is failing because they would rather lie about other faiths, and be in denial about their own shortcomings, than face the truth. Christianity is a faith that is no longer workable for thinking people and educated people who live in the 21st century in this world. Christianity preaches hate for gay people and bigotry against anyone who isn't Christian. Christians are even bigoted against other Christians - look at the Protestant vs. Catholic wars that still go on. Ask any Christian minister what he thinks about Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons and you'll get an earful of passionate but incomprehensible hairsplitting on points of doctrine so fine they can't be seen by microscope. Chuck Berry said it best: "Too much monkey business for me to get involved in." For someone who does not believe in a hell, or who reads the Old Testament and cannot stomach the psychotic horror show that is the "God" depicted there, Christianity holds no allure. Fellowship and friendship alone cannot overcome these (and many other) problems. Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:23:03 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-why-are-they-leaving-christianity.html#IDComment105855023 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-why-are-they-leaving-christianity.html#IDComment105853752 "IMHO the answer is that they are just not set up to do that, not accustomed to any more depth in the mysteries than the typical Sunday worship service." Furthermore, they are terrified of mystery. For the most part, the churches that I have had experience with cling tenaciously to the capitalist, nationalist "Christianity" that most American Protestant churches endorse and preach. Mysticism makes the lust for profit-above-all look uninteresting. Mysticism is unsatisfied with flag-waving. Mysticism is dangerous to 99% of all churches. Look at how many Christian mystics were executed by Christians themselves. Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:10:17 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-why-are-they-leaving-christianity.html#IDComment105853752