Comments on: The Decline and Fall of the Dirty Word http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/ We endeavor to give satisfaction Wed, 23 May 2012 15:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Zelophehad’s Daughters | Nacle Notebook 2011: Funny Comments http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-69655 Zelophehad’s Daughters | Nacle Notebook 2011: Funny Comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:49:39 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-69655 [...] Vader, commenting on Man SL’s post “The Decline and Fall of the Dirty Word” at Junior Ganymede: I used to be able to display my inner darkness with just a dark tunic, a single small scar over one eye, one artificial limb, and lots of scowling. [...] [...] Vader, commenting on Man SL’s post “The Decline and Fall of the Dirty Word” at Junior Ganymede: I used to be able to display my inner darkness with just a dark tunic, a single small scar over one eye, one artificial limb, and lots of scowling. [...]

]]> By: Vader http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-58761 Vader Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:05:31 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-58761 It's true. I used to be able to display my inner darkness with just a dark tunic, a single small scar over one eye, one artificial limb, and lots of scowling. Nowadays it takes a black plastic armor outfit complete with a cape and a hideous gargoyle face, a complete set of artificial limbs, and more scars than a Broadway audition for <i>The Lion King.</i> It’s true. I used to be able to display my inner darkness with just a dark tunic, a single small scar over one eye, one artificial limb, and lots of scowling.

Nowadays it takes a black plastic armor outfit complete with a cape and a hideous gargoyle face, a complete set of artificial limbs, and more scars than a Broadway audition for The Lion King.

]]> By: Adam Greenwood http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-58758 Adam Greenwood Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:52:59 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-58758 JM, I feel that same way whenever I see people with multiple piercings. In a sane culture they could advertise their brokenness without as much inflammation. JM,
I feel that same way whenever I see people with multiple piercings. In a sane culture they could advertise their brokenness without as much inflammation.

]]> By: Bookslinger http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-58755 Bookslinger Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:36:58 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-58755 Mr. Limbaugh states it as "defining deviancy down." Last year as I read the O.T., specifically Isaiah and Jeremiah, the parts about enshrining high fashion and appearances, I couldn't help but think of the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and how much attention and adulation the popular press gives them. (And how so many people try to imitate them.) Mr. Limbaugh states it as “defining deviancy down.”

Last year as I read the O.T., specifically Isaiah and Jeremiah, the parts about enshrining high fashion and appearances, I couldn’t help but think of the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and how much attention and adulation the popular press gives them. (And how so many people try to imitate them.)

]]> By: John Mansfield http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-58753 John Mansfield Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:26:05 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-58753 I feel just a little bit bad for, say, John Waters. Some people want so badly to be dangerous, perverse, or a bit odd, and America these days is so anxious to seem accepting of anything and offended by nothing. It drives up what a deviant has to do to show that he really does deviate. I feel just a little bit bad for, say, John Waters. Some people want so badly to be dangerous, perverse, or a bit odd, and America these days is so anxious to seem accepting of anything and offended by nothing. It drives up what a deviant has to do to show that he really does deviate.

]]> By: Adam Greenwood http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-58747 Adam Greenwood Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:44:23 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-58747 I expect legalization would have some effects, but it would still be illegal for minors, and for the hard drugs there would certainly be limits on how much drugs you could take and when, and a tightly regulated monopoly on the provision of the drug, so you'd still have plenty of avenues for illegal provision. Plus, as you say, new perversions to peddle. I expect legalization would have some effects, but it would still be illegal for minors, and for the hard drugs there would certainly be limits on how much drugs you could take and when, and a tightly regulated monopoly on the provision of the drug, so you’d still have plenty of avenues for illegal provision. Plus, as you say, new perversions to peddle.

]]> By: Vader http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-58745 Vader Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:38:23 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-58745 "What the Church always knew and what the Gospel always taught, but what the world forgot, is that sinners want to sin. You can’t get rid of sin by redefining sinful behavior as acceptable. The desire to rebel against God and society will seek out new sins." This is akin to the best rebuttal against the libertarian argument that legalizing drugs will be a death-blow to organized crime. You can't get rid of organized crime by legalizing whatever they traffic in, because there will always be something worse for them to traffic in. “What the Church always knew and what the Gospel always taught, but what the world forgot, is that sinners want to sin. You can’t get rid of sin by redefining sinful behavior as acceptable. The desire to rebel against God and society will seek out new sins.”

This is akin to the best rebuttal against the libertarian argument that legalizing drugs will be a death-blow to organized crime. You can’t get rid of organized crime by legalizing whatever they traffic in, because there will always be something worse for them to traffic in.

]]> By: Jeeves http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-58744 Jeeves Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:32:13 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-58744 The tongue is a little member, sir, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth. ... No, sir. The Bible. ... But if I may venture to suggest, sir, one should often make allowances for our American cousins such as the author of this little morceau to which you have taken exception. Their tuition in the amenities is not always what we would consider adequate, sir. ... Precisely, sir. As you put it, their instruction in the emollient and refined phrase is not at all like mother used to make. The tongue is a little member, sir, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth.

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No, sir. The Bible.

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But if I may venture to suggest, sir, one should often make allowances for our American cousins such as the author of this little morceau to which you have taken exception. Their tuition in the amenities is not always what we would consider adequate, sir.

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Precisely, sir. As you put it, their instruction in the emollient and refined phrase is not at all like mother used to make.

]]> By: B. Wooster http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/11/22/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-58742 B. Wooster Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:24:30 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6315#comment-58742 Cor stone a crow, I had thought this was a dashed club for gentlemen and gentlemen's gentlemen, not a jimcrack lyceum for jack tars. This sort of language would make even a female novelist blush. I shall write a sternly-worded letter to the secretary, by gum, dash it. Cor stone a crow, I had thought this was a dashed club for gentlemen and gentlemen’s gentlemen, not a jimcrack lyceum for jack tars. This sort of language would make even a female novelist blush. I shall write a sternly-worded letter to the secretary, by gum, dash it.

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