Comments on: I Was Mr. Gray [part four] http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/15/i_was_mr_gray_part_four Comeday morm and, O, you're vine! Sendday's eve and, ah, you're vinegar! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:59:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: greypilgrim http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/15/i_was_mr_gray_part_four/comment-page-1#comment-71226 greypilgrim Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:09:44 +0000 /?p=324#comment-71226 I've read Fussell, though it's been awhile. I really liked his book "Wartime" about behavior in the 2nd World War. Whenever I write about war, I often have his thoughts and conclusions in mind in elaborating on my own ideas. I’ve read Fussell, though it’s been awhile. I really liked his book “Wartime” about behavior in the 2nd World War. Whenever I write about war, I often have his thoughts and conclusions in mind in elaborating on my own ideas.

]]> By: Grady http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/15/i_was_mr_gray_part_four/comment-page-1#comment-71130 Grady Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:51:33 +0000 /?p=324#comment-71130 This has been a fascinating series. Thanks for writing it. You sound to be what I'd call a 'civil libertarian' - distinct from right wing economic libertarians in that you appear to have a stronger concern for personal freedoms than for economic property rights. I'm a lifelong progressive and Democrat. I don't believe improvements in social justice or sustainability are inevitable in the march of history, but I do believe a better future is possible, if we work for it. While I'm not a political conservative, I respect that one can be an honorable conservative - but I was at the time and still am baffled by the virulence of anti-Clinton hatred -- and now, hatred of liberals generally, from many conservative pundits and bloggers. Your story offers thoughtful insights into one person's evolution away from that - thank you. By the way, I've just finished Paul Fussell's The Great War in Modern Memory, about the effects of World War One on British culture. Based on your evolving view of war, I think you might find Fussell's account interesting. This has been a fascinating series. Thanks for writing it. You sound to be what I’d call a ‘civil libertarian’ - distinct from right wing economic libertarians in that you appear to have a stronger concern for personal freedoms than for economic property rights.

I’m a lifelong progressive and Democrat. I don’t believe improvements in social justice or sustainability are inevitable in the march of history, but I do believe a better future is possible, if we work for it. While I’m not a political conservative, I respect that one can be an honorable conservative - but I was at the time and still am baffled by the virulence of anti-Clinton hatred — and now, hatred of liberals generally, from many conservative pundits and bloggers. Your story offers thoughtful insights into one person’s evolution away from that - thank you.

By the way, I’ve just finished Paul Fussell’s The Great War in Modern Memory, about the effects of World War One on British culture. Based on your evolving view of war, I think you might find Fussell’s account interesting.

]]> By: Bronwen http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/15/i_was_mr_gray_part_four/comment-page-1#comment-890 Bronwen Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:22:58 +0000 /?p=324#comment-890 By the way, New Zealand made prostitution legal last year...country dosn't seem to have gone to hell yet :-) By the way, New Zealand made prostitution legal last year…country dosn’t seem to have gone to hell yet :-)

]]> By: Matthew http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/15/i_was_mr_gray_part_four/comment-page-1#comment-889 Matthew Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:22:16 +0000 /?p=324#comment-889 Oh yeah. that's a good one! <em>Wild at Heart</em> is a GREAT film. It's a shame Todd is too prudish to submit his tender eyes to it :-) Oh yeah. that’s a good one! Wild at Heart is a GREAT film. It’s a shame Todd is too prudish to submit his tender eyes to it :-)

]]> By: Kaysea http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/15/i_was_mr_gray_part_four/comment-page-1#comment-888 Kaysea Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:17:05 +0000 /?p=324#comment-888 You could always become a citizen of the UK and join the Monster Raving Loony Party. I'm a couple years older than you, but didn't really start paying much attention to things until the second Clinton election. I think the pull I felt between being part of an extremely religious conservative family and church, and my own changing/growing beliefs in my heart and head just kinda made me not want to think about it at all. But now I'm much more vocal...I can't take it anymore, much to the chagrin of my family. And luckily I now belong to a church that doesn't think morality just belongs to Republicans. Well done, when do we get the movie? BTW, in referece to part 1 (or 2, I can't remember). I still think one of the best movie lines ever is when Laura Dern says to Nicholas Cage, "You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt." You could always become a citizen of the UK and join the Monster Raving Loony Party. I’m a couple years older than you, but didn’t really start paying much attention to things until the second Clinton election. I think the pull I felt between being part of an extremely religious conservative family and church, and my own changing/growing beliefs in my heart and head just kinda made me not want to think about it at all. But now I’m much more vocal…I can’t take it anymore, much to the chagrin of my family. And luckily I now belong to a church that doesn’t think morality just belongs to Republicans. Well done, when do we get the movie?

BTW, in referece to part 1 (or 2, I can’t remember). I still think one of the best movie lines ever is when Laura Dern says to Nicholas Cage, “You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt.”

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