tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post3865425810299024534..comments2024-03-18T11:28:36.841-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: And the Dying Cheerbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-75494699232916217012018-05-28T11:28:06.541-07:002018-05-28T11:28:06.541-07:00Thank you
Thank you<br /><br />bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-46669409638644831672018-05-28T07:13:42.281-07:002018-05-28T07:13:42.281-07:00This is so brilliant. Got the link from a recent p...This is so brilliant. Got the link from a recent post at LRC. I thought I’d read al the pertinent parts from Barzun’s summa, but now I must go back and revisit! Thank you!Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533408755019004507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-5896914658221264012017-11-20T19:15:46.138-08:002017-11-20T19:15:46.138-08:00I agree with all.I agree with all.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-30658274250612789932017-11-20T17:57:37.377-08:002017-11-20T17:57:37.377-08:00Re human condition being as it is, it is amazing t...Re human condition being as it is, it is amazing that there was not more political centralization during the Middle Ages. I've realized a long time that those years were not so "dark". The anti-Christian intellectuals of later years have reframed much of that history.<br /><br />But the corruption in the Papacy must accept its blame in birthing the Reformation. Rome was the spiritual head, but was breaking its own declared law, and had set up the human Pope's word equal to God's word. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-39943758621241565942017-08-26T18:27:18.625-07:002017-08-26T18:27:18.625-07:00The Traditionalist School sounds interesting. I w...The Traditionalist School sounds interesting. I will keep this on the list.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-23854887503673225732017-08-26T18:23:58.276-07:002017-08-26T18:23:58.276-07:00I have not. Unfortunately I have a stack of about...I have not. Unfortunately I have a stack of about a dozen books I have in queue....bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-12551770113811076262017-08-26T11:46:59.856-07:002017-08-26T11:46:59.856-07:00To contrast with Protagoras, this from Julius Evol...To contrast with Protagoras, this from Julius Evola: "All in man is beyond himself" (Meditation on the Peaks).<br /><br />The Traditionalist School is really worth checking out. Hans Hoppe from ground up, Evola (and the divine speaking through the Old and Good) from top down.australia-for-ron-paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706579669059351144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-13283614263254807362017-08-26T11:08:22.340-07:002017-08-26T11:08:22.340-07:00Dear BM, thank you for your great work.
Have you ...Dear BM, thank you for your great work.<br /><br />Have you ever read Julius Evola or Rene Guenon? I suspect you would get a lot out of them.australia-for-ron-paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706579669059351144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-9391774560714670702017-06-13T06:57:16.286-07:002017-06-13T06:57:16.286-07:00Thank you, Scott. One benefit of the blog for me ...Thank you, Scott. One benefit of the blog for me is the learning it affords to me. The comments often open as many new roads as does my other reading.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-21580091588748351992017-06-13T06:55:06.722-07:002017-06-13T06:55:06.722-07:00Scott, your clarification is appropriate; I should...Scott, your clarification is appropriate; I should have been clear: left alone by whom.<br /><br />Thomas, I agree.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-13325639902573802312017-06-13T04:40:59.960-07:002017-06-13T04:40:59.960-07:00"Who knows what heights man might have achiev..."Who knows what heights man might have achieved if left alone?"<br /><br />Oh that's easy, just look at history before the influence of the Christianity; man will go back to that. But since Man loves Pandora and Prometheus because they are the spirit of the middle finger that wave in the face of Christ, Man will rather burn the earth to a husk before they will allow God to be acknowledge on His throne. <br /><br />If Christ and Satan appeared before Western man and offered their view of the future, man would accept Satan's immediately. For it would offer man the fantasy that he can rule better than God and still enjoy his flesh. <br /><br />I find it odd that rebellious Western man thinks that he could do a better job administering Free Will and creation than God. Doesn't he realize that if man had all of God's power, foreknowledge, imagination and wisdom; that if God handed it over to man, that Mankind would then recreate the universe in the EXACT same way God did because His plan was perfect from the start and Man cannot exceed the limits of his Creator?!<br /><br />Vanity, vanity all is vanity. Thomas Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856536324144959692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-27351811787453294412017-06-13T04:28:11.858-07:002017-06-13T04:28:11.858-07:00Not the serpent but EVE added/altered God's Wo...Not the serpent but EVE added/altered God's Word by adding not touch it; <br /><br />Genesis 3:1-4 KJV 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. <br /><br />God only told them not to eat it. Once she added to God's commandment Satan knew he had his sucker. Thomas Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856536324144959692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-32728628271928749242017-06-13T00:18:01.291-07:002017-06-13T00:18:01.291-07:00The writing is the process of taking all that you ...The writing is the process of taking all that you have been ingesting and processing it into a logical system of thought. I go through binges of reading, usually followed by irresistible binges of writing. Unlike you, I have never done a blog because I find even that to be a burden in terms of expectations, like continued and regular entries ;-) I tried and just couldn't stick with it.<br /><br />That said, I have been fortunate to have a diverse circle of close friends that go back some nearly 40 years. After an intense session of writing, I often fire off the results as an email to this group. That provides the discussion that usually leads to the next round of reading and the cycle starts over.<br /><br />I very much enjoy your blog and your exploration of ideas and issues. It takes a lot of effort and courage to tear down the sacred shrines built in our minds by our former "education" and to truly begin to question things anew... It can be an uncomfortable and painful process, especially if you try to share your results with others unwilling to follow your example, but it is worth it! Please carry on!Scott Fridayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889695307037375857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-12048707898336334772017-06-13T00:02:33.182-07:002017-06-13T00:02:33.182-07:00Perhaps it is man being "left alone" tha...Perhaps it is man being "left alone" that is the issue. The Bible is full of cases where God "turned them over to the way of their thinking". Then there is the passage about, "There is a way that seems right to a man but leads to destruction." If we were TRULY left alone, I think things would be FAR worse than they are now. Whatever the flaws of believers down through the centuries, I do think their presence in the world has had some restraining affect on mankind. Admittedly, that restraint appears to be weakening in our times...Scott Fridayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889695307037375857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-22336620182617022772017-06-08T02:53:08.927-07:002017-06-08T02:53:08.927-07:00Dear Bionic Mosquito,
Great post!
Otto von Habsb...Dear Bionic Mosquito,<br /><br />Great post!<br /><br />Otto von Habsburg wrote that it was the Enlightenment (not the French Revolution) that opened the gate for tyranny by both single, strong men and the masses, by replacing divine law with man-made law.J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-66600835764194791992017-06-04T13:36:44.589-07:002017-06-04T13:36:44.589-07:00Thank you.Thank you.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-2354219373752042102017-06-04T12:38:43.699-07:002017-06-04T12:38:43.699-07:00Dear Mr. Bionic >>> this must be put in t...Dear Mr. Bionic >>> this must be put in the links on the top of your page!!! Seriously. <br />God bless your work!<br /><br /><br />--------------------<br />Dont pay taxes stay safe <br />+][+Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-89550768156265318032017-06-04T12:37:04.080-07:002017-06-04T12:37:04.080-07:00Dear, Mr. Bionic >>> this needs to be put...Dear, Mr. Bionic >>> this needs to be put in the links on the top of the page!!! Seriously. <br />God bless your work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254902755616347497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-7970376646867957092017-05-28T10:28:44.748-07:002017-05-28T10:28:44.748-07:00If you published a book, I would purchase a copy f...If you published a book, I would purchase a copy for myself and all of my family and friends.C. Staytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396087766472554582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-50687764962376606812017-05-26T20:10:52.053-07:002017-05-26T20:10:52.053-07:00Thank you, Jeff.
On and off I think about things ...Thank you, Jeff.<br /><br />On and off I think about things like twitter and Facebook - I know these will further the reach my posts...<br /><br />But I fight against my desire to not burden my writing with the expectations or demands that come with this.<br /><br />For example, as valuable as I know the tabs at the top of the page can be (the timelines, libertarians and culture, etc.), I really don’t like being forced to update these. But I do it because I know they have some worth.<br /><br />I enjoy just learning and writing. I don’t like the idea of changing my relationship with this blog or my writing. But I suspect one day the time will come when I will have to do so. <br /><br />bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-32567478520550096992017-05-26T19:21:19.812-07:002017-05-26T19:21:19.812-07:00Have to agree with AN on hoping you produce someth...Have to agree with AN on hoping you produce something more formal and comprehensive. Some of your writings on (specifically) libertarians and culture is quite new, at least to me. That's unusual among libertarian writers who seem to increasingly focus on minuet of little practical interest. Your work deserves a stronger medium than a blog and a few links on Lew Rockwell's site. <br /><br />Jeff Bell Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-81794750045023045822017-05-26T17:54:29.180-07:002017-05-26T17:54:29.180-07:00Thank you for the reminder of this quote. As to a...Thank you for the reminder of this quote. As to a treatise, or something more...my mind freezes at the thought of the discipline and drudgery that this would involve.<br /><br />However, I have at least begun the process with two of the tabs, above - "BU2B" and "Libertarians and Culture." I irregularly update both.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-86266579145683531732017-05-26T11:23:12.820-07:002017-05-26T11:23:12.820-07:00Excellent post, bionic mosquito. I think (hope) yo...Excellent post, bionic mosquito. I think (hope) you may be nearing the time of getting these thoughts together into a more comprehensive, formal treatise (article, book?). I can hope, right? :-)<br /><br />Your post reminded me of the excellent quote that ends Frederic Bastiat's "What is Seen and What is Not Seen":<br /><br />"There are two consequences in history: one immediate and instantaneously recognized; the other distant and unperceived at first. These consequences often contradict each other; the former come from our short-run wisdom, the latter from long-run wisdom. The providential event appears after the human event. Behind men rises God. Deny as much as you wish the Supreme Wisdom, do not believe in its action, dispute over words, call what the common man calls Providence “the force of circumstances” or “reason”; but look at the end of an accomplished fact, and you will see that it has always produced the opposite of what was expected when it has not been founded from the first on morality and justice." - Vicomte François René de Chateaubriand, "Memoirs from beyond the Tomb"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-6949260813777330822017-05-26T09:39:38.042-07:002017-05-26T09:39:38.042-07:00"Of course we would have developed air condit..."Of course we would have developed air conditioning without Diderot. We may have well done it sooner."<br /><br />Absent the millions of dead and the wealth destruction of the enlightened and progressive wars, you are very likely correct. <br /><br />Who knows what heights man might have achieved if left alone?bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-3284488937127683042017-05-26T09:37:14.169-07:002017-05-26T09:37:14.169-07:00Thank you for the comment.
Regarding your seeming...Thank you for the comment.<br /><br />Regarding your seeming contradiction, etc., I, too, struggle with the entire issue, for the reasons mentioned in the essay.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.com