tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5742084520557555801..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: My 15 Minutes Of Fame (Or Infamy) Gets An Unexpected ExtensionLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-65313153639388831522017-08-01T09:15:29.560-04:002017-08-01T09:15:29.560-04:00I wonder if he has any inkling himself, Pamela.I wonder if he has any inkling himself, Pamela.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-8579376867448709552017-07-31T22:55:24.716-04:002017-07-31T22:55:24.716-04:00I wonder Lorne, what the real source of his rage i...I wonder Lorne, what the real source of his rage is? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-8862439393023799972017-07-31T15:58:12.421-04:002017-07-31T15:58:12.421-04:00I blame the general incivility growing in society ...I blame the general incivility growing in society on a number of factors, Mound, including the fact that social media allows for an anonymity that emboldens the unhinged; the years of constant denigration encouraged by Harper, and, of course, the elevation to the American presidency of a man who lacks the intellect, temperament and character to occupy that office, and encourages the kind of madness he revels in.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-17628956363824950382017-07-31T15:23:20.962-04:002017-07-31T15:23:20.962-04:00Accounts like this, Lorne, seem to have a cumulati...Accounts like this, Lorne, seem to have a cumulative nature that causes us to look into this great cultural divide, this rent in our society. In "my day" judges were utterly circumspect, in public invisible. They weren't aloof but genuinely removed and discrete, one of the prices they had to pay for their essential independence. A number have commented on the detachment and loneliness that the job carried.<br /><br />Not only is social cohesion in decline but, worse, it doesn't seem to trouble very many of us. We don't seem to grasp what we're losing. Certainly that's true for those who slagged you. They're not far removed from the caged monkey that flicks its feces at passersby.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-72710581982216253232017-07-31T12:18:59.051-04:002017-07-31T12:18:59.051-04:00Thanks for your support and very apt commentary Sa...Thanks for your support and very apt commentary Sal. Both are much-appreciated.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-24078638824992573252017-07-31T12:09:04.027-04:002017-07-31T12:09:04.027-04:00.. well .. sorry to hear you've been harrassed..... well .. sorry to hear you've been harrassed.. at any level..<br />Twas an interesting bit of posturing.. the video<br />Shrill, self righteous.. even nasty, but that's RubMeMedia eh ?<br /><br />This however is the new epoch.. of social media<br />One, like you can blog comprehensive coherent information<br />and be rewarded with abuse, threats.. stupidity<br /><br />Somehow, someday.. I will unlock the key<br />of Marshall McLuhan & Hunter S Thompson<br />predicting exactly where you have arrived Lorne<br /><br />Now Marshall would certainly see you as an artist<br />or a citizen poet on the edge of media..<br />Hunter S might see you as a simple blunt honest man<br />a frightening kind of Canadian to abject partisans<br /><br /> i have already lost memory of the young woman's name<br />who harangued & vilified you.. as a 'weasel' ..<br />(deary me.. a weasel.. and a tattler as well? Goodness !<br /><br />My grandmother would have schooled her so fast<br />with a wooden spoon.. without a doubt<br />about lecturing or smart mouthing her betters..<br /><br />Regsrdless.. go on fearlessly ..<br />Never fear to request some backing<br />if you feel there is realistic threat to you or family.<br />In almost all cases where there is implied or veiled threat<br />I suggest folks file a report at the local police ststion.<br />Its for the record.. on the record.. <br />via seasoned desk sergeant.. <br /><br />I may drop the ignorant youg lady <br />a tiny tweeted slice of advice..<br />quite polite about informing herself..<br />rsther than pimpimg Ezra Levant et al<br />but that usually falls on deaf earsthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-85196072190415035062017-07-31T11:48:59.408-04:002017-07-31T11:48:59.408-04:00Well-put, Owen!Well-put, Owen!Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-33377543494537560522017-07-31T10:38:51.901-04:002017-07-31T10:38:51.901-04:00Those who insist that it's my way or the highw...Those who insist that it's my way or the highway invariably wind up in the ditch, Lorne.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com