Comments on: 2006 to be just like 2005 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Michael http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45193 Michael Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:43:55 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45193 And I might add that the paragon of anything is dependant on someone else not having a better idea. Was Louis XVI the best of all possible leaders? Definately not, but was he really any worse then those that preceeded or succeeded him? If anything he copped a raw deal only because the system he represented had a less then stellar past, and not one of his own making. Reading some French historians and he seems to be painted in a more favourable light these days, a good man that just wasn't up to the task, and ultimately a scapegoat for the revolutionaries. And I might add that the paragon of anything is dependant on someone else not having a better idea. Was Louis XVI the best of all possible leaders? Definately not, but was he really any worse then those that preceeded or succeeded him?

If anything he copped a raw deal only because the system he represented had a less then stellar past, and not one of his own making. Reading some French historians and he seems to be painted in a more favourable light these days, a good man that just wasn’t up to the task, and ultimately a scapegoat for the revolutionaries.

]]> By: Michael http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45192 Michael Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:12:07 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45192 I would, besides look how well the Revolution went! Cult Of The Supreme Being and all that jazz. (wasn't that one of the alternative names for LP?) Nevermind that in the only truly democratic election during all those years (March 1797), the people tried to vote in... monarchist revivalists! Perhaps a cry for sanity, after the revolutionaries so distinguished themselves between 1789 and the Reign of Terror. Of course the enlightened but comparitively moderate revolutionaries (5th time lucky, I believe it was), having eased even Robespierre of his headly burden, decided that the people are perhaps not the best choice for enlightened modernity. Enter Napolean. Yeah, it went wonderfully well, a revolution that produced sect after sect of fringe rulers who outdid the last in ruthlessness. I guess that's why it holds such a special place in the hearts of some left of centre types, coulda woulda shoulda. I would, besides look how well the Revolution went!

Cult Of The Supreme Being and all that jazz. (wasn’t that one of the alternative names for LP?)

Nevermind that in the only truly democratic election during all those years (March 1797), the people tried to vote in… monarchist revivalists! Perhaps a cry for sanity, after the revolutionaries so distinguished themselves between 1789 and the Reign of Terror.

Of course the enlightened but comparitively moderate revolutionaries (5th time lucky, I believe it was), having eased even Robespierre of his headly burden, decided that the people are perhaps not the best choice for enlightened modernity. Enter Napolean.

Yeah, it went wonderfully well, a revolution that produced sect after sect of fringe rulers who outdid the last in ruthlessness. I guess that’s why it holds such a special place in the hearts of some left of centre types, coulda woulda shoulda.

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45188 Mark Sun, 01 Jan 2006 11:15:47 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45188 So, Steve, you'd support the ancien regime of Louis XVI as the paragon of enlightenment modernity? So, Steve, you’d support the ancien regime of Louis XVI as the paragon of enlightenment modernity?

]]> By: Guy http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45169 Guy Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:07:12 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45169 Happy new year Phil. In relation to Catallaxy - I think Tim mistakes "open-minded" for "left-wing". Happy new year Phil.

In relation to Catallaxy - I think Tim mistakes “open-minded” for “left-wing”.

]]> By: Steve Edwards http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45153 Steve Edwards Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:26:13 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45153 I <i>do</i> have Jason on record as supporting the Bolshevik and French Revolutions, so perhaps Tim Blair's comments aren't so crazy after all. I do have Jason on record as supporting the Bolshevik and French Revolutions, so perhaps Tim Blair’s comments aren’t so crazy after all.

]]> By: Don http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45145 Don Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:23:55 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45145 If I shared Tim's politics I'd find the PETA ad highly amusing. If I shared Tim’s politics I’d find the PETA ad highly amusing.

]]> By: Shaun Cronin http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45113 Shaun Cronin Sat, 31 Dec 2005 03:42:49 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45113 Phil has mentioned that Blair is aware of the PETA adds so don't be all that amused. I mean you can chuckle a little but not worth having a good laugh about. Phil has mentioned that Blair is aware of the PETA adds so don’t be all that amused. I mean you can chuckle a little but not worth having a good laugh about.

]]> By: Paul http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45112 Paul Sat, 31 Dec 2005 03:37:23 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45112 Tim Blair's popularity amongst Americans is understandable. Any parody of a journalist would be. Tim Blair’s popularity amongst Americans is understandable. Any parody of a journalist would be.

]]> By: Gummo Trotsky http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45111 Gummo Trotsky Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:54:28 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45111 Interesting to see "Singing Bridges" included as a leftoid blog too. <i>Pace</i> Phil Gomes, I doubt that the problem Tim has is specifically with thinking on blogs - it's more likely "leftoid" equals blogs that Tim dislikes intensely for whatever reason - such as that they beat him out of a $10,000 dollar prize. Interesting to see “Singing Bridges” included as a leftoid blog too. Pace Phil Gomes, I doubt that the problem Tim has is specifically with thinking on blogs - it’s more likely “leftoid” equals blogs that Tim dislikes intensely for whatever reason - such as that they beat him out of a $10,000 dollar prize.

]]> By: Shaun Cronin http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45109 Shaun Cronin Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:51:11 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45109 Check out the blog add that pops up on the second link (he hated governments telling him what to do). Blair seems to be an PETA supporter? Maybe all this right wing bluster is a joke? Check out the blog add that pops up on the second link (he hated governments telling him what to do). Blair seems to be an PETA supporter? Maybe all this right wing bluster is a joke?

]]> By: liam http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45103 liam Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:33:20 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45103 2006 will see the return of Homer Paxton. Please? 2006 will see the return of Homer Paxton. Please?

]]> By: Bring Back EP and Popper http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45102 Bring Back EP and Popper Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:31:21 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45102 I knew Young Jason was a commie the instant he said he was a fan of Hayek. Dead giveaway that I knew Young Jason was a commie the instant he said he was a fan of Hayek.

Dead giveaway that

]]> By: Bill Posters http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45100 Bill Posters Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:17:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45100 With Blair, isn't it the usual pattern that it turns out to be a joke only if people are offended enough? With Blair, isn’t it the usual pattern that it turns out to be a joke only if people are offended enough?

]]> By: Philip Gomes http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45098 Philip Gomes Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:10:28 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45098 On a serious note, I really think that the Libertarians should stop playing footsie with the kind of conservative represented by the neo con right. These guys are no ones friends or intellectual/political partners. Even in jest, Blair equating Catallaxy with the left shows the depths to which intellectual thought has sunk in his brand of conservatism. On a serious note, I really think that the Libertarians should stop playing footsie with the kind of conservative represented by the neo con right. These guys are no ones friends or intellectual/political partners.

Even in jest, Blair equating Catallaxy with the left shows the depths to which intellectual thought has sunk in his brand of conservatism.

]]> By: Philip Gomes http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45097 Philip Gomes Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:04:01 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45097 It has to do with thinking, in Blair's world a thoughtful piece by any real Conservative or Libertarian that properly explores an issue is equated with radical leftism. Ya'll are just gunna have to stop using them there big words in your posts at Galaxy to git any respekt from Timbo... It has to do with thinking, in Blair’s world a thoughtful piece by any real Conservative or Libertarian that properly explores an issue is equated with radical leftism.

Ya’ll are just gunna have to stop using them there big words in your posts at Galaxy to git any respekt from Timbo…

]]> By: Bill Posters http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45096 Bill Posters Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:59:54 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45096 Welcome, comrade Jason! You'll find that the left is a homogenous grouping: everyone in it has exactly the same opinions all the time and is completely agreed upon aims and methods. There are zero sectarian splits and no bitter, personal intra-factional politics whatsoever. Welcome, comrade Jason!

You’ll find that the left is a homogenous grouping: everyone in it has exactly the same opinions all the time and is completely agreed upon aims and methods. There are zero sectarian splits and no bitter, personal intra-factional politics whatsoever.

]]> By: liam http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45094 liam Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:43:07 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45094 You think, Jason. Welcome to THE LEFT, you'll find your red flag, blue stockings, Little Red Book, union ticket and subscription to <i>eureka street</i> in the introductory package. Don't forget to sign your member's card. You think, Jason. Welcome to THE LEFT, you’ll find your red flag, blue stockings, Little Red Book, union ticket and subscription to eureka street in the introductory package. Don’t forget to sign your member’s card.

]]> By: Jason Soon http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45092 Jason Soon Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:34:53 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/12/31/2006-to-be-just-like-2005/#comment-45092 interesting - since when is Catallaxy a Leftoid blog? interesting - since when is Catallaxy a Leftoid blog?

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