tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post8032797763149476165..comments2023-06-27T10:33:35.086-04:00Comments on kirbycairo: Our Era; enlightenment in reverse . . Kirbycairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-21213074681977527732016-10-06T09:47:41.353-04:002016-10-06T09:47:41.353-04:00Correction:
That should be "Societies are big...Correction:<br />That should be "Societies are big on..."<br />My apologies.Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-29112217500486799262016-10-03T18:44:58.291-04:002016-10-03T18:44:58.291-04:00Society's are really big on all those "re...Society's are really big on all those "red herring" issues: drug and alcohol addiction; sexual harassment; gay and transgender issues; gun control; terrorism threats; racial division ...and so forth ...when the real issues are the lack of a decent quality-of-life, our deepest spiritual and emotional needs being ignored and neglected, lack of self-respect and moral integrity, the decimation of the "trust factor", the decimation of our freedom-of-choices, the erosion of freedom of speech and self-expression, shameless social rank fascism.<br /><br />Those are the things that ultimately culminate in the crisis we're witnessing everywhere: the terrorism, the racial strife, the police scandals, the "snake oil" style of politics and advertising, the celebrity worship, and most all other discordant elements pervading the modern-day world. Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-47734468019948124842016-10-01T16:55:45.160-04:002016-10-01T16:55:45.160-04:00It is a sad reality, Kirby, that the efforts of th...It is a sad reality, Kirby, that the efforts of those who have advocated and taught critical thinking seem to have amounted to very little. The embrace of willful ignorance and decline of rational discourse you describe cannot help but leave one feeling very pessimistic about our future prospects.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-91526178217674018002016-10-01T13:30:46.339-04:002016-10-01T13:30:46.339-04:00On the eve of World War I, Kirby, the conventional...On the eve of World War I, Kirby, the conventional wisdom was that the world's peoples were entering a great age of progress. How wrong that prediction was.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com