tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post4857649847464031403..comments2024-03-28T18:17:09.618-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: LOUSY ODDSDavid Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-62266420367937896682016-02-02T08:17:19.761-05:002016-02-02T08:17:19.761-05:00Thank you Mr Apatoff for this post, I did not know...Thank you Mr Apatoff for this post, I did not know the facts you wrote of, and your intelligent comment has affected me more than I would have thought, given how used we are to hearing of such atrocities.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03692064133898414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-2907579301506356442015-09-25T02:02:36.021-04:002015-09-25T02:02:36.021-04:00Chris Bennett-- Thanks very much, I appreciate it....Chris Bennett-- Thanks very much, I appreciate it. Dr. al-As'ad was indeed astonishing when his moment came.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-91304990935738615092015-09-22T05:48:18.732-04:002015-09-22T05:48:18.732-04:00David, that is an astonishing and very moving post...David, that is an astonishing and very moving post. Thank you. chris bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088693067960235141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-60162844490421275722015-09-19T11:25:52.574-04:002015-09-19T11:25:52.574-04:00Maybe the US wants Assad out more then his enemy I...Maybe the US wants Assad out more then his enemy ISIS? And who help bring ISIS into being?<br /><br />Those "billions of dollars," go into somebodies pockets. <br /><br />Don't forget General Smedley Butler famous quote, " War is a rackett..."Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641223414745777056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-37503021520209554432015-09-18T18:54:08.841-04:002015-09-18T18:54:08.841-04:00Kev I agree, morale is an important component of s...Kev I agree, morale is an important component of such collective achievements. I don't know what media is feeding people in US, but since Obama is ending the mandate next year there probably isn't any chance for an administration to pursue nation-building effort like in the past either. <br /><br />David wrote: "<b><i>uneducated trainees required only a few hours to undo loveliness that had been honed over a thousand years by gifted craftsmen and artists. </i></b>"<br /><br />This reminds me of the fate that plaster casts received under the modernistic regime. (I know those were copies, but still). Great sculptures that were supposed to teach academy students of beauty, masterful craft, history and high antique standards were smashed to dust because it was time to push the western culture forward. <br />I don't know If that was the case in my country but when I asked our academy two years ago If I can come there and draw on my own from sculptures they said they don't have any (except a few feet and hands and stuff like that) and that it would be hard to acquire them nowdays. So I'm wandering the town with my folding fishing chair since, drawing what I can find on older churches and opera houses.Alešhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829918742785206010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-17652825454559674092015-09-18T14:21:27.292-04:002015-09-18T14:21:27.292-04:00Kev, what kind of achievement do you have in mind ...Kev, what kind of achievement do you have in mind when you say "victory" and "winning a war"? Spilling of the blood is obviously necessary here and decreasing the number of fanatics will surely increase the preservation of monuments and temples. But straightforward eradication of these extremists might simply create a political and social void that some other idiots will fill soon after. The solution to the ISIS problem or spread of violent extremism in general can't be just a military one and I know you're aware of all this. But when you mentioned "meekness of the overprotected newsprint class" I'm wondering whether there is a larger obstruct present that prevents US from entering yet another ground conflict - lack of coherent strategy. Middle east proved to be such a complex web of religious, political, cultural and historical factors that 14 years after 9/11 military force still failed to win over violent religious terrorism.Alešhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829918742785206010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-91582546191691418282015-09-18T12:48:43.085-04:002015-09-18T12:48:43.085-04:00Well. I saw this post when it was first posted and...Well. I saw this post when it was first posted and I didnt have time to comment and I come back and it got deep and gory!<br /><br />I was going to comment on how every era has its destroyers based on religion. Portugese soldiers and sailors steeped in catholicism destroyed and defaced beautiful statues on this island off Mumbai in India about 700 years ago.( When they had colonized parts)<br /> <br />https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephanta_Nataraja_Panel.JPGUntitledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167338867779006388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-30544411843911595262015-09-18T09:50:10.122-04:002015-09-18T09:50:10.122-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.kev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-73940212418887885722015-09-18T05:16:37.979-04:002015-09-18T05:16:37.979-04:00"I'm talking about doing what it takes to..."I'm talking about doing what it takes to win a war. Those acts you mentioned aren't tactical or strategic measures. So they're not really relevant to achieving victory. "<br /><br />And I'm saying that "stooping to their level" isn't necessary to combat them, and thus it's just an empty platitude that "sophisticated" people fire off to elevate themselves to a higher moral ground, in their own minds at least. Stooping to the level of the particular menace under discussion would mean going beyond necessary conflict and into child rape, rampant and elaborate tortures/executions; relishing that the "wounded enemy may be half blown apart, in blinding pain, unable even to wipe the dirt from their eyeballs, and it may still take them days to die in an active theater of war." <br /><br /><br />There is a difference between a few soldiers going off the reservation and having sadism as an organization wide policy.<br />Chris Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931414857801867456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-64908968404925148792015-09-17T11:39:43.824-04:002015-09-17T11:39:43.824-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.kev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-73167068077670228622015-09-17T00:56:15.494-04:002015-09-17T00:56:15.494-04:00Kev Ferrara-- I'm sure you're familiar wit...Kev Ferrara-- I'm sure you're familiar with the Nietzsche quote, “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you do not become a monster. For when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” <br /><br />I agree the situation calls for additional toughness (although toughness would be more effective coming from other other nations that are more proximate, have larger Islamic populations, and are perceived as having a more legitimate interest in the region. On this last point, misdirected, inappropriate toughness from foreign soldiers who are "expressing their stress" is guaranteed to be counter productive). More important than toughness, I'd like to see better wisdom and judgment brought to the problem. When we have simple minded American youth sneaking off to Syria to serve ISIS, there's only so much that can be accomplished with bombs.<br /><br />MORAN-- Khaled's supreme act of conscience should cause all of us to take a long look in the mirror.<br /><br />JSL and Chris James-- As a wise man once said, true power consists not of striking hard or often, but of striking true.<br /><br />David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-76640763779423154382015-09-16T18:40:34.297-04:002015-09-16T18:40:34.297-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.kev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-74386428782737674822015-09-16T15:39:59.947-04:002015-09-16T15:39:59.947-04:00Thirded. Stooping to their level involves sadism a...Thirded. Stooping to their level involves sadism and defilement. But those aren't necessary to simply destroy them.Chris Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931414857801867456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-16335082395369380522015-09-15T20:02:07.628-04:002015-09-15T20:02:07.628-04:00I agree with Kev. Rules don't apply to animals...I agree with Kev. Rules don't apply to animals like that. <br /><br />JSLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-92035625430173438742015-09-15T12:31:09.303-04:002015-09-15T12:31:09.303-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.kev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-41738827376992991612015-09-15T09:42:45.269-04:002015-09-15T09:42:45.269-04:00We should nuke those fuckers. Commenters here BS a...We should nuke those fuckers. Commenters here BS about art how many of you would be willing to do what Khaled did.MORANnoreply@blogger.com