tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post558065266900184352..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: PatchesFrescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-55907934640699423172016-01-02T11:51:41.223-06:002016-01-02T11:51:41.223-06:00KRISTA: Thanks for that reality check.
In fact, w...KRISTA: Thanks for that reality check. <br />In fact, what you say describes the family member who isn't on the list of Productive Professionals:<br />my mother (when she was well).<br /><br />ARTSPARKER: Yes, the misidentification of Ignorance with Innocence is, as you say, practically a national quasireligion.<br />A dangerous one.<br />"Ignorance of the law is no excuse." [Ignorantia juris non excusat]<br />Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-88178685619836972432016-01-02T10:18:31.910-06:002016-01-02T10:18:31.910-06:00[I kind of hate the Forrest Gumpish identification...[I kind of hate the Forrest Gumpish identification of lack-of-intelligence with Edenic innocence (a popular view in the USA); but intelligence isn't inherently Good either.]<br /><br />Americans sometimes practice ignorance as a quasireligion, in order to maintain their innocence, in the belief that innocence is in itself a virtue- it's not, it's merely a lack of experience. <br /><br />As for the way you have been feeling, I've been in much the same place. Some people don't feel the need to ask these questions. ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-64317165250946178942016-01-02T07:15:20.189-06:002016-01-02T07:15:20.189-06:00I respectfully disagree with Marz. I've always...I respectfully disagree with Marz. I've always thought of you as a Wordsmith and Philosopher, and more lately also as a Maker. All of which were entirely respectable professions in centuries past. You're just living in an era where these things are thought of as avocations rather than vocations, and that's not your problem.Kristahttp://www.slimcoincidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-35382134483403760382016-01-01T13:29:37.660-06:002016-01-01T13:29:37.660-06:00Thanks Zhoen.
Red Bear is bouncing happily (inside...Thanks Zhoen.<br />Red Bear is bouncing happily (inside) to be noticed by you. :)Frexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191192404386975664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-88701040487947921472016-01-01T13:25:55.711-06:002016-01-01T13:25:55.711-06:00You live your own life, full of kindness and eccen...You live your own life, full of kindness and eccentricity. Sounds fine to me.<br /><br />But then, I was thinking today that I would much rather be an embarrassing old lady than an embarrassed one. With success so far. <br /><br />Pat Red Bear for me, wouldja? He's a good bear. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com