tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664770729447806088.post1396611446518334268..comments2023-03-22T04:49:25.414-07:00Comments on Et Lux in Tenebris Lucet!: FanaticismLe Barde Gauloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01773867280543359470noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664770729447806088.post-44474033529527185142010-05-18T16:48:57.020-07:002010-05-18T16:48:57.020-07:00Thank you, Matterhorn. It once was that disagreeme...Thank you, Matterhorn. It once was that disagreement would call forth a constructive debate rather than merely a petty argument or a spite-laden tirade. In other words, it was easier to make friends than to make enemies. But in a progressively broken society, everyone has become either an inviolate authority unto oneself, sometimes on the most untrustworthy information or specious reasoning, or a well-informed but poorly considered chirping sectary. Interestingly, all of these seem more interested in destroying present socio-cultural structures than in constructing anything, but that is grist for my next essay.<br /><br />The relative anonymity of the Internet as well leads to very poor social graces on the part of many too, I agree, with no threat of being thrown out of the café or having to face the ire of the man you just insulted. Perhaps oddly for a blogger, I would ideally support the heavy restriction of the use of information technology, particularly when I see what it is doing to the young's literacy and manners.Le Barde Gauloishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01773867280543359470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664770729447806088.post-88439617256979721922010-05-18T15:54:29.598-07:002010-05-18T15:54:29.598-07:00Thank you for this article. It is nearly impossibl...Thank you for this article. It is nearly impossible to agree with someone 100% of the time, but that doesn't automatically mean you have to be bitter foes. Some seem to fail to grasp this point, particularly on the internet.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com