Comments for Ian T. Thomas http://iantthomas.com Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on David Foster Wallace, Reading, and Empathy by Alan Moore May, In Fact, No Longer Know the Score « Also Sprach Fletchathustra http://iantthomas.com/2010/06/19/david-foster-wallace-reading-and-empathy/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 Alan Moore May, In Fact, No Longer Know the Score « Also Sprach Fletchathustra Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:10:22 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1049#comment-1707 [...] the interior life of those we might have dismissed as enemies.  (David Foster Wallace has said things to that effect – I may be unconsciously plagiarizing here, or this may be a perfect example of [...] [...] the interior life of those we might have dismissed as enemies.  (David Foster Wallace has said things to that effect – I may be unconsciously plagiarizing here, or this may be a perfect example of [...]

]]> Comment on My THATCamp Prime 2011 by Patrick Murray-John http://iantthomas.com/2011/06/13/my-thatcamp-prime-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 Patrick Murray-John Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:32:10 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1171#comment-1534 Ian, Glad you enjoyed it -- and great work with the Honey Badger hack! Ian,

Glad you enjoyed it — and great work with the Honey Badger hack!

]]> Comment on The Case for Pacifism by Ian http://iantthomas.com/2011/04/29/the-case-for-pacifism/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 Ian Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:11:57 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1165#comment-1521 Thanks for your comments, dani. I am not non-violent so I can judge the violent, I am non-violent because that's, I believe, the only way to achieve peace. I reject the notion that peace is something to be fought for. Peace by war is like purity through fornication. Thanks for your comments, dani. I am not non-violent so I can judge the violent, I am non-violent because that’s, I believe, the only way to achieve peace. I reject the notion that peace is something to be fought for.

Peace by war is like purity through fornication.

]]> Comment on The Case for Pacifism by dani http://iantthomas.com/2011/04/29/the-case-for-pacifism/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 dani Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:25:42 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1165#comment-1515 In response to anti-pacifism, I think you make valuable points that can be helpful to people who identify with pacifism ( like myself). Self-righteousness, naivity, cowardice, hypocrisy are all potential dangers for someone who wants to explore nonviolence. But these are also risks for one who espouses justified violence. I also think someone who is genuinely nonviolent seeks out the grey area in order to bring opposing parties together. It is war , on the other hand, that lives off of either/or, us/them dichotomies. In response to anti-pacifism, I think you make valuable points that can be helpful to people who identify with pacifism ( like myself). Self-righteousness, naivity, cowardice, hypocrisy are all potential dangers for someone who wants to explore nonviolence. But these are also risks for one who espouses justified violence. I also think someone who is genuinely nonviolent seeks out the grey area in order to bring opposing parties together. It is war , on the other hand, that lives off of either/or, us/them dichotomies.

]]> Comment on The Case for Pacifism by anti-pacifism http://iantthomas.com/2011/04/29/the-case-for-pacifism/comment-page-1/#comment-1442 anti-pacifism Wed, 18 May 2011 21:21:58 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1165#comment-1442 Pacifism isn't the answer to all problems. Instead, it's a naive, dangerous, hypocritical, and self-righteous ideal that's well-meaning on the inside but improper on the inside. In other words, pacifism is for extreme goody-two-shoes. And those aren't acceptable people because they lean towards the black and white area too much while violence leans more towards the gray area. If you want peace, you sometimes have to fight for it. Violence can never be eradicated fully. Even though it's not the best thing in the world, it's sometimes necessary. If you live a sheltered life from violence, how are you going to respond to it if you meet it in real life? Pacifism isn’t the answer to all problems. Instead, it’s a naive, dangerous, hypocritical, and self-righteous ideal that’s well-meaning on the inside but improper on the inside.

In other words, pacifism is for extreme goody-two-shoes. And those aren’t acceptable people because they lean towards the black and white area too much while violence leans more towards the gray area.

If you want peace, you sometimes have to fight for it.

Violence can never be eradicated fully. Even though it’s not the best thing in the world, it’s sometimes necessary.

If you live a sheltered life from violence, how are you going to respond to it if you meet it in real life?

]]> Comment on Poem In Your Pocket Day by ME http://iantthomas.com/2011/04/14/poem-in-your-pocket-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 ME Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:51:38 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1162#comment-1211 Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by some guy named Frost. Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by some guy named Frost.

]]> Comment on Poem in Your Pocket by Ian T. Thomas » Blog Archive » Poem In Your Pocket Day http://iantthomas.com/2010/04/28/poem-in-your-pocket/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 Ian T. Thomas » Blog Archive » Poem In Your Pocket Day Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:53:41 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1035#comment-1208 [...] 14 April 2011, is Poem In Your Pocket Day. I wrote about this noble celebration last year and I won’t add much to that post except to report what poem I am carrying: “As [...] [...] 14 April 2011, is Poem In Your Pocket Day. I wrote about this noble celebration last year and I won’t add much to that post except to report what poem I am carrying: “As [...]

]]> Comment on HU Queer Press by Mike Uca-Dorn http://iantthomas.com/2011/03/02/hu-queer-press/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 Mike Uca-Dorn Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:26:40 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1150#comment-1084 Dear Ian, I appreciate your helping the HU Queer Press get noticed. I'm writing on behalf of The Truth Force Project (TFP), a new program of Hosanna! People's Seminary (hopesem.org). I think TFP's new Activist-Scholars Program entitled, Good Sex/Bad Sex: Christian Taboos, Testimonies, and Transcendence would be of interest to members of the HU Queer Press. It's a free program for ages 18-22 and will begin in September 2011 and run the course of the academic year. Apply online at truthforceproject.org by June 15th. Dear Ian, I appreciate your helping the HU Queer Press get noticed. I’m writing on behalf of The Truth Force Project (TFP), a new program of Hosanna! People’s Seminary (hopesem.org). I think TFP’s new Activist-Scholars Program entitled, Good Sex/Bad Sex: Christian Taboos, Testimonies, and Transcendence would be of interest to members of the HU Queer Press. It’s a free program for ages 18-22 and will begin in September 2011 and run the course of the academic year. Apply online at truthforceproject.org by June 15th.

]]> Comment on Brave New Media Conference by Edward Carson http://iantthomas.com/2011/03/22/brave-new-media-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Edward Carson Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:42:41 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1160#comment-1068 I cannot believe I was not asked....Boo. No, I would love to read a follow up to this. I cannot believe I was not asked….Boo. No, I would love to read a follow up to this.

]]> Comment on Brave New Media Conference by ME http://iantthomas.com/2011/03/22/brave-new-media-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 ME Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:11:10 +0000 http://iantthomas.com/?p=1160#comment-1034 I'm looking forward to seeing both of you! I’m looking forward to seeing both of you!

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