I have been mostly out-of-pocket the past few days, but wanted to say how much I just enjoyed your comment at Neo's:
"One aspect of my conservatism is conviction that the world is perfectly designed. Injustice ought be opposed - yet it exists for a reason which is beyond my understanding, and I do not begrudge it’s existence (except during weak moments, when I begrudge the hell out of it).
"And I think this is what Updike is talking about in the quote: the dirty business of violence exists; it’s designed in; it’s not a bug but a feature."
Wisdom like this is not to be passed over lightly. Thank you for sharing it. I agree with everything you've said.
I have been mostly out-of-pocket the past few days, but wanted to say how much I just enjoyed your comment at Neo's:
ReplyDelete"One aspect of my conservatism is conviction that the world is perfectly designed. Injustice ought be opposed - yet it exists for a reason which is beyond my understanding, and I do not begrudge it’s existence (except during weak moments, when I begrudge the hell out of it).
"And I think this is what Updike is talking about in the quote: the dirty business of violence exists; it’s designed in; it’s not a bug but a feature."
Wisdom like this is not to be passed over lightly. Thank you for sharing it. I agree with everything you've said.
Were I a cowboy in the Tuscon desert, I would tip my hat and say "Thanks, Ma'am."
ReplyDeleteThen I would wink, and smile really big, because it's fun to be a cowboy when womenfolk are around.
Well we womenfolk love cowboys, for sure!
ReplyDeleteExactly! Womenfolk are such a pleasure. You don't emasculate; you masculate.*
ReplyDelete*s/b a word