tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post7590478984656285139..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: Lincolnmregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-25157150357311316182012-11-25T18:26:33.799-05:002012-11-25T18:26:33.799-05:00Cinema also has him hunting vampires, Bach.
Mind ...Cinema also has him hunting vampires, Bach. <br />Mind numbing stuff. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-23777182883198558192012-11-25T17:44:28.902-05:002012-11-25T17:44:28.902-05:00There are some strong rumors that Lincoln was a ga...There are some strong rumors that Lincoln was a gay atheist. See <a href="http://santitafarella.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/was-abraham-lincoln-gay-and-agnostic/" rel="nofollow">here</a> for example. Apparently Lincoln was having sex with other men in the White House while his wife was sleeping in another room. troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05136662027396943138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-21950681578301179282012-11-25T17:35:27.805-05:002012-11-25T17:35:27.805-05:00Slightly off topic, I notice that iTunes (I tend t...Slightly off topic, I notice that iTunes (I tend to watch films on an iPad - because it allows me to watch them at my convenience over several days) has a new film on offer for rental or purchase:<br /><br />Abraham Lincoln Versus Zombies.<br /><br />Set during the Civil War, with Lincoln personally battling against the Undead of the Confederacy.<br /><br />Gawd. The trailer is as bad as the title and the synopsis.bachfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752055891882312204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-27688582634782997712012-11-25T17:26:38.567-05:002012-11-25T17:26:38.567-05:00JQ,
Lincoln had a real war to fight. One which k...JQ,<br /><br />Lincoln had a real war to fight. One which killed 600,000 in a combined population of around 29 million. George W Bush's 'War on Terror' wasn't a war. It was little more than an enhanced police action against a relatively small group of criminals who killed several thousand Americans in a population of 300 million.<br /><br />And Bush then proceeded to start two unnecessary wars which resulted in the deaths and injury of vastly larger numbers of people, Americans and non-Americans alike.<br /><br />I agree that Lincoln was a great president. I look forward to seeing the film (although, I rarely watch films nowadays). I often wonder if Lincoln were alive today, would he be nominated for any public office by today's Republicans?bachfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752055891882312204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-32139130202189081992012-11-25T16:21:39.082-05:002012-11-25T16:21:39.082-05:00So many comments, so little substance...So many comments, so little substance...mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-77880353494325273632012-11-25T14:45:56.652-05:002012-11-25T14:45:56.652-05:00LOL. I just did. You seem to have a very short mem...LOL. I just did. You seem to have a very short memory, Egnor. <br /><br />Read the beginning of your comment, where you acknowledge that you are wrong "in many things." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-48620240414123433222012-11-25T14:44:01.969-05:002012-11-25T14:44:01.969-05:00I am indeed wrong in many things. I was very wrong...I am indeed wrong in many things. I was very wrong about the election. <br /><br />I speak my mind, under my own name, in public. I am quite fallible. <br /><br />You have many opportunities to demonstrate how I am wrong. I welcome it. You rarely take those opportunities-- you merely assert that I am wrong, without facts or logical argument, or call me names. <br /><br />So I'll keep expressing my opinions. <br /><br />Show me where I'm wrong. mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-9669780854082019002012-11-25T14:06:36.505-05:002012-11-25T14:06:36.505-05:00You get a D for your effort, JQ. Anon's commen...You get a D for your effort, JQ. Anon's comment mentioned falsity, not lying. <br /><br />Egnor is consistently wrong on many things. It's possible that he is genuinely mistaken, in which case being wrong would not make him a liar. But he is wrong nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-36282445588501169672012-11-25T13:56:54.478-05:002012-11-25T13:56:54.478-05:00A prediction that does not come true is not a lie....A prediction that does not come true is not a lie. That's exactly what I'm talking about, Anon. You're such a vicious partisan that you see "lies" everywhere. <br /><br />At the beginning of every baseball season, sports writers from every paper in the country make predictions about who's going to win the World Series. I always read them with amusement because they are never right. Most are really far off the mark. Sometimes the team that was picked to win the World Series doesn't even make the playoffs. But the sports writers are not liars, they're simply not quite as prescient as they think they are. <br /><br />A lie is when I say that Anon beats his wife when I know he doesn't. <br /><br />JQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-36498602838225163402012-11-25T13:43:26.732-05:002012-11-25T13:43:26.732-05:00TRISH and JQ,
We can objectively check how accura...TRISH and JQ,<br /><br />We can objectively check how accurately Egnor sees the world. Here is a homework assignment for you:<br /><br />1. Have a look at this thread: <a href="http://egnorance.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-prediction.html" rel="nofollow">My Prediction</a>. <br />2. Out of the six predictions made, how many were accurate? <br />3. Discuss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-81115469686243479252012-11-25T13:34:17.869-05:002012-11-25T13:34:17.869-05:00Lincoln was pretty racist. He also exercised warti...Lincoln was pretty racist. He also exercised wartime powers that would seem a little, ahem, tyrannical by today's standards. Let's say that if George W. Bush did to opponents of the war on terror what Lincoln did to opponents of the civil war, they would have impeached and removed him. Obama could have gotten away with it, I think, because he gets away with everything and the media never holds him to account. <br /><br />JQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-11028597539973706312012-11-25T13:31:14.337-05:002012-11-25T13:31:14.337-05:00Anon's problem is that he sees all disagreemen...Anon's problem is that he sees all disagreement as "lying" on the part of his opponent. He sees things one way, and because Egnor (or someone else) sees it another, it contradicts what he "knows" to be right. The other person is "lying"! <br /><br />He interprets the Constitution one way--which oddly enough bares little resemblance to what the Constitution actually says--and anyone who has the audacity to argue with him is telling whoppers. <br /><br />A disagreement is not a lie, and a lie is not a disagreement. Learn the difference. <br /><br />JQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-3433746103051178872012-11-25T13:26:18.318-05:002012-11-25T13:26:18.318-05:00You've documented nothing in the comments, Ano...You've documented nothing in the comments, Anonymous. You frequently draw false conclusions or draw on spurious sources. You think that you win big when you get the last word, but really people just tune you out like noise. <br /><br />Please go check out another "train wreck." Speaking of train wrecks, how's that Obama economy doing? <br /><br />TRISHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-17517912872751503902012-11-25T12:37:05.535-05:002012-11-25T12:37:05.535-05:00Lincoln held to views about race that were certain...Lincoln held to views about race that were certainly not complementary to blacks. He definitely thoughts blacks were inferior to whites. <br /><br />But he had strong beliefs about equality under law, and had personal qualities that were quite admirable. He was completely wrong about racial equality (no race is inferior to any other), but he was precisely the right man for the right time. <br /><br />If he had been more radical in his abolitionist beliefs, he would have failed to preserve the Union and failed to end slavery. <br /><br />The movie includes this point, in some detail, especially in the portrayal of Thaddeus Stevens, who was a radical Republican who Lincoln had to cool off in order to get the 13th Amendment ratified. mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-67361235969455515082012-11-25T12:28:17.850-05:002012-11-25T12:28:17.850-05:00I have long been interested in Mr Lincoln and the ...I have long been interested in Mr Lincoln and the civil war period of American history. <br />I am hoping to get out and see Spielberg's hagiography as soon as I can. <br />But, I was recently passed a copy of a book by a firend and colleague of mine called 'Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream' by a noted US historian, who also happens to be black (like my colleague, incidentally). My friends perspective on the subject of the civil war has always seemed rather 'unique' - and he claimed this study vindicated him. His family has fled slave catchers in the Northern States just prior to the civil war, you see. <br />The book flipped my lid. <br />I don't think anyone who wants to do a proper study of this President should pass it up. It is by no means a flattering portrayal of Mr Lincoln, but according to the sources and critics - it is extremely accurate. <br />Some of the direct and authenticated quotes would curl your hair! <br />That said, I don't think we will see any films based on it any time soon. <br />It has been met with silence outside of historical circles. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-78591396811317458212012-11-25T11:28:46.644-05:002012-11-25T11:28:46.644-05:00You have been doing your clown act for so long tha...You have been doing your clown act for so long that it stopped being a novelty. You just come across as a clueless dork (remember those confident election predictions?). <br /><br />If this is your sort of thing, by all means keep doing it. Just be aware that people eventually tune out and go to check out another train wreck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-24447781828684594452012-11-25T11:13:58.320-05:002012-11-25T11:13:58.320-05:00I live to surprise and delight you.
So if I surp...I live to surprise and delight you. <br /><br />So if I surprised and delighted you, you wouldn't be surprised.<br /><br />So I can't do it. mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-235433167192906092012-11-25T11:07:39.619-05:002012-11-25T11:07:39.619-05:00Very, very doubtful. But you could start (and it ...Very, very doubtful. But you could start (and it would just be a start) by admitting the falsity of your claims about evolutionary biology, constitutional interpretation, history, physics, artificial intelligence, and so forth, that have been documented again and again in the comments.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to some real honesty and integrity on your blog. It would be a surprising and delightful change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-70268861299659866812012-11-25T10:36:01.655-05:002012-11-25T10:36:01.655-05:00I'm trying to pick some up.I'm trying to pick some up. mregnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-84570572833963717692012-11-25T10:25:08.744-05:002012-11-25T10:25:08.744-05:00Interesting that you admire a man with integrity, ...Interesting that you admire a man with integrity, when you have none at all yourself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com