tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post5137929421922620297..comments2023-08-12T03:31:24.561-07:00Comments on postpostochlophobist: steiner does dallas, well ok, it turns out it was tulsa. what a way to take your bow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-56625256535593882752011-05-19T13:13:31.172-07:002011-05-19T13:13:31.172-07:00A few years ago, one of my older uncles remarked t...A few years ago, one of my older uncles remarked to me how he loved the ED pills because they helped him continue the "fun". I failed to mask the horror on my face, and said something like, <i>"What the hell? My libido has been complicating my life since I turned 11, and I can't wait for it to go away. Why don't you read a book or take up gardening?"</i><br /><br />It seems crazy to me that people who are old enough to have a choice, choose to keep the monkey on their backs.JSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681934865643964687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-29663032902074863662011-05-14T15:14:51.038-07:002011-05-14T15:14:51.038-07:00rabid,
Good point. What a bastard he was. All h...rabid,<br /><br />Good point. What a bastard he was. All his whining about anti-war protests in the country of his refuge was beyond tedious.Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-57214439905694458202011-05-14T14:49:39.859-07:002011-05-14T14:49:39.859-07:00Hey while we're pulling Red Herings,
Solzheni...Hey while we're pulling Red Herings,<br /><br />Solzhenitzyn certainly didnt seem that non-interventionist when he was banging war drums for the US attack on Vietnam.rabidgandhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775744049172133221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-54463770752743864252011-05-13T09:54:35.055-07:002011-05-13T09:54:35.055-07:00Blogger, in their latest escapade of incompetence ...Blogger, in their latest escapade of incompetence since Google took them over, erased the last 5 comments from this thread when they were down this morning. Sorry.Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-45850103790588769342011-05-11T21:33:08.891-07:002011-05-11T21:33:08.891-07:00Dammit Owen if all your off-the-cuff literary comm...Dammit Owen if all your off-the-cuff literary comments aren't spot on... I could never take Said seriously after getting to the moronic mistranslation of Goethe in Orientalism... (Also, admittedly, for the past 6 years I've attended the American Oriental Society conference. No sex, thank you, we're philologists....) If only you could convince your lawyer buddy that Strauss equally misunderstood al-Farabi and Maimonides....Samn!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14142811721903345946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-19477097132674609632011-05-11T21:04:53.855-07:002011-05-11T21:04:53.855-07:00I wonder if the widespread use of viagra and rela...I wonder if the widespread use of viagra and related meds by older and less healthy men is resulting in increased risk of strokes or heart attacks among this group?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-20314816383569452852011-05-11T18:33:42.013-07:002011-05-11T18:33:42.013-07:00Thanks, Owen. That was very informative.
I too a...Thanks, Owen. That was very informative.<br /><br />I too agree with Said on some political matters, but evidently he's not too valuable an ally.Chris Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220498656377282715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-55772189242190647122011-05-11T16:28:19.436-07:002011-05-11T16:28:19.436-07:00That's funny about the medieval conference. I...That's funny about the medieval conference. If you want to see real deal Sodom and Gomorrah, check out an American Society of Int'l Law conference or the Jessup International Moot Court Competition (finals held in D.C. every March). There you will find a range of professors and failed attorneys who claim to be into "human rights" getting with girls from Southeast Asia and other developing parts of the world that these "gentlemen" claim to care about. As far as I can tell, the Latin American girls--the few that come--don't put out because they don't want to ruin their dating chances back home and the Europeans all have good looking boyfriends. As for the Latin American males, they're all over the American girls. I mean, the door's wide open; they'd actually have to work for it back home.<br /><br />20-something debauchery is one thing, but 40+ year old debauchery is something horrific altogether. Still, some people know how to work it. A friend of mine who needed some last minute speakers for a few panels simply took off her wedding ring and viola! It really was that easy. The hard part, she said, was turning down all of the offers for free drinks that night. Nothing says "love and compassion" for humanity like a little date rape.G Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797757461858023882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-26213801534684375492011-05-11T13:10:33.431-07:002011-05-11T13:10:33.431-07:00Chris,
The first time I read of Said's story ...Chris,<br /><br />The first time I read of Said's story of his upbringing being a complete sham was in the Times Literary Supplement and as I recall the evidence presented was damning. <br /><br />But aside from that, I consider Orientalism to be one of the most condescending and intellectually disingenuous works of the 20th century. Of course I agree with Said on some political matters, but a fraud is a fraud. Who was it who said of Said that he was tricky on theory and weak on languages? I think that sums it up well. I had a prof years ago who told me that I only had the right to piss on academia once I had gone through it and gotten a PhD. I take that as something akin to telling an artist that he can embrace late modern forms of painting only after mastering classical forms. I have read and to various degrees appreciated critical theory for most of my adult life, and I am not among those who find it utterly useless. But if ever there were a scholar who embodied the stereotype of using a quickie and trite embrace of critical theory to cover for his lack of actual intellectual discipline and skill, it was Said.Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-48542536671012986182011-05-11T12:23:34.203-07:002011-05-11T12:23:34.203-07:00the archfraud Edward Said
I know this is off the ...<i>the archfraud Edward Said</i><br /><br />I know this is off the point of the post, but I'm curious why you characterize Said this way. He is one of those people that I know little about but have a vaguely positive feeling about.<br /><br />I know that some believe that his account of his Palestinian childhood (and the basis for his self-identification with the Palestinian people) is largely a fabrication; but I've read that only from right-wing, pro-Israeli sources that I tend to take with a large grain of salt. I'm a bit surprised to see Said viewed that way from the left side of the aisle.Chris Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220498656377282715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-50557161977236868272011-05-11T10:40:23.636-07:002011-05-11T10:40:23.636-07:00I forgot to mention in the post - before anyone go...I forgot to mention in the post - before anyone goes out and gets a copy of My Unwritten Books, they should be aware that the archfraud Edward Said claims the book is superb in a blip on the cover. <br /><br />I assume that many follow my rule of treating any assertion by Said as incorrect until proven otherwise.Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.com