tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post58795688797091810..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Name Calling@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-54741300630236715172009-11-16T04:48:09.617-05:002009-11-16T04:48:09.617-05:00> No one cries foul.
Oh, we cry foul. All the ...> No one cries foul.<br /><br />Oh, we cry foul. <i>All the time</i>.<br /><br />The specially Helen Keller-trained media flacks respond as if they were carefully trained for the task...OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-21113928298985635572009-11-06T15:52:45.649-05:002009-11-06T15:52:45.649-05:00How many decades have we had discussions and news ...How many decades have we had discussions and news stories that begin "Have centrist/moderates been frightened away from the Republican Party by (fill in the blank)?"<br /><br />Talking heads stroke chins. Deliver pronouncements on the subject. No one cries foul.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-64462616153911688512009-11-05T19:46:14.700-05:002009-11-05T19:46:14.700-05:00AVI, you take my over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek nam...AVI, you take my over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek name suggestions too seriously. In at least some cases I was deliberately being silly.<br /><br />;-)<br /><br />Hey, another name for the list thanks to Word Verification:<br /><br />Jityligris<br /><br />8oD<br /><br />.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-26355880421581009022009-11-02T22:07:28.696-05:002009-11-02T22:07:28.696-05:00Naming creates a framework which constrains what m...Naming creates a framework which constrains what may bhe said and thought.<br /><br />You haven't got the touch on the naming, OBH. Conservatives tend to be too aware of denotative meanings to wring the full connotations of sounds.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-6479220065357458742009-11-02T17:56:09.715-05:002009-11-02T17:56:09.715-05:00To label something is to name it.
To name it is t...To label something is to name it.<br /><br />To name it is to define it,<br /><br />To define it is to say what it is and what it is not.<br /><br />Once that is accomplished all else is nuance.Geoffrey Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663224962346593872noreply@blogger.com