UPDATE: Harry spoke in class today
From the Fever Swamp:
A business to run? You mean he's not a hippie? Sure. He says he hadn't planned it. We're supposed to believe that spontaneous displays of conscience really happen in this day and age? Has to be an ulterior motive. Harry thinks he loves America. Funny way of showing it. Ingrate.I just spoke with Harry Taylor....
As I said, he said that he is shocked by all of this - that he has a business to run, and that he is real busy, and has an important meeting tomorrow... I asked him how the crowd reacted - afterwards, as he left, and as his day has gone on. He said that there was not one negative thing said to him while he was there, and that 4 people actually came up to him and shook his hand. One guy stopped him in the parking lot - Harry couldn't understand how anyone would recognize him - and thanked him.
He said that he took another call today from a military wife in Colorado Springs who called to thank him for saying [what she and the rest of her friends could not]... (Edited to remove all-caps.)
posted by fouro @ 9:56 PM
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Yeah, what an ingrate... how dare he question authority? ;-)
Seriously, you know, at first, I laughed when Bush said "it's obvious you don't like me very much... go on."
But the more I thought of the more it disgusted me. This is just another example of how closed minded he is. He didn't hear what Harry said at all. And he made a joke out of someone expressing their feelings... and he's supposed to be compassionate? To borrow a line from the movie 'Princess Bride':
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means".
What a shame. Harry/2008. I'm writing his name in....
What's that Chinese wish/curse? "May you live in disingenuous times."
Heidegger said, "resolute Dasein is the conscience of Dasein," which roughly translates into something like, "the person who speaks from a place of resolute commitment and care calls us all to be faithful to our own humanity."
Good for Harry. Good for us.
"Disingenous" times? Yes!
Funny how "resolve" is a fave buzzword of the Cowboy from Andover.
I prefer my Asian wisdom with a little blood on the hilt:
Musashi's Way of the Long Sword:
This is the way for men who wish to learn my strategy:
1. Do not think dishonestly.
2. The Way is in training.
3. Become acquainted with every art.
4. Know the Ways of all professions.
5. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters.
6. Develop intuitive judgment and understanding for everything.
7. Perceive those things which cannot be seen.
8. Pay attention even to trifles.
9. Do nothing which is of no use.
Funny how that list, well heeded, would have put Mr. Resolute in the all-star league had he used it to respond to a game-changing moment like 9-11.
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