tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post7240031456918710227..comments2023-11-12T14:12:54.120+00:00Comments on the rain in my purse: SpadeSarahJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-25348245922106620162010-05-11T16:50:38.267+00:002010-05-11T16:50:38.267+00:00Polemic is all about certainty and conviction. I h...Polemic is all about certainty and conviction. I haven't read the book, nor do I know anything of Ramadan, but as far as I understand the author is teed off that people who leave Islam and criticize it are in turn criticized and "out of touch." I don't know. If it were Scientology, some of us might have less patience.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-62397877308901354372010-05-11T12:23:38.603+00:002010-05-11T12:23:38.603+00:00From the excerpt it sounds more farcicle like Pale...From the excerpt it sounds more farcicle like Pale Fire than a real political analysis. I wonder what could be interpretted by a lisp?BJeronimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05238788014692666989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-18650250434229672142010-05-10T19:48:19.801+00:002010-05-10T19:48:19.801+00:00I like political philosophy described in terms of ...I like political philosophy described in terms of odor. Brilliant.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-69703758939100455512010-05-10T16:40:48.409+00:002010-05-10T16:40:48.409+00:00While I appreciate the commentary on the texture o...While I appreciate the commentary on the texture of the word, I am less than taken with Berman's reasons for its usage. It's inaccurate, for one thing - fascist refers to a very specific ideology. Also, being more deeply unpleasant about those whose beliefs one finds abhorrent- or whatever - does nothing to promote understanding. Mind you, I am not remotely politically correct. But Berman seems to be taking pleasure in certainty (in his own beliefs) which is what leads to extremisms of all kinds. See under Yeats, "The worst are filled with passionate intensity".ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.com