tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post8974529996368756189..comments2023-11-03T01:55:16.915-07:00Comments on Aunty Belle's Front Porch: young lions lean on the oldAunty Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-32770732162335486222009-07-26T13:12:22.032-07:002009-07-26T13:12:22.032-07:00Great story. Trolls can be cynical in these times...Great story. Trolls can be cynical in these times and I can understand thier reluctance to take Generation Why seriously. But I'll take your word that your local youth are decent people and it's touching that they still respect their elders.<br /><br />On the flip side, I am reminded of the immortal words of Rodney Dangerfield when he said, "Now I know why tigers eat their young!"Buzz Killhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443964019621130222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-37738884789865526312009-07-26T13:01:14.691-07:002009-07-26T13:01:14.691-07:00Yep, Moi, youse on it--after all, even St. Paul to...Yep, Moi, youse on it--after all, even St. Paul tole the Areopagites that they had it party right even wif' nobody afore hom to evangelize 'em---<br /><br />I sees it as so simple: we's made in the image of God, so it goes to show that ever' now an' again' we does the right thang cause it feels right even when we doan know the source.<br /><br />BTW, that is one of AS's better quotes--an' he is one of those who knows that he knows he knows, but still runs when it conflicts with his lesser urges.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-52632449120910142642009-07-26T12:51:39.479-07:002009-07-26T12:51:39.479-07:00Exactly, Aunty. Humankind has been grappling with ...Exactly, Aunty. Humankind has been grappling with issues of right and wrong long before Christian ideals were codified. (BTW, my persuasion is the same as yours, if a little lapsed.)<br /><br />I always try to keep this quote from Andrew Sullivan, from his book <i>The Conservative Soul</i> in mind in my dealings with people: "In [a} nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. This is the Christianity that the conservative clings to; and it is a form of Christianity the fundamentalist rejects . . . it is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid. There is another way."moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-12883263748986761142009-07-26T08:37:24.953-07:002009-07-26T08:37:24.953-07:00FC, I hear ya. I warn't makin' no particu...FC, I hear ya. I warn't makin' no particular political statement--jes' notin' how the ole fellas meant to buck up the faintin' hearts of the young who have no experience at it yet--as I imagine that the ole fellas OWN daddies did back in the day. <br /><br />It's the runnin' alongside with the baton a wee bit longer til the man-boy has a good grip afore ya turn loose.<br /><br />Moi, amen. <br />Ya knows mah religious persuasion but I agrees wif' ya that a person of little or no faith can be ethical. After all, true thangs come from The Truth, an' jes' cause ya doan know the source doan mean ya cain't recognize fundamental truth of what makes good ethics--defined by a broad "do unto others" template.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-36828153082342750922009-07-26T06:00:33.921-07:002009-07-26T06:00:33.921-07:00Good story. We forget, in the inward-looking ways ...Good story. We forget, in the inward-looking ways of youth, that we have role models all around us. We should mine those resources more often. <br /><br />Troll, with all due respect, you don't have to be Christian to be decent, hard-working, and to possess integrity and grit :o). Religion does not have a monopoly on ethical behavior.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-47247639118637815262009-07-26T05:52:57.141-07:002009-07-26T05:52:57.141-07:00Troll,
these young men is ones you'd approve ...Troll, <br />these young men is ones you'd approve fer Trolldom--fellas who worked hard, studied hard an who prepared for the world they thought they would enter--the seismic shift is rumblin' under they feets, ya know? They ain't got no context fer such, since they own daddies ain't dealt wif' it in the boys'30 year memory--what is the reference point?<br /><br />Fishy,<br />I'se readin' omnivoire's Dilemma--eve'rwhar folks is wakin' up to the goodness of LOCAL. Take care of, be loyal to, make you place in the LOCAL.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-69808695999801675252009-07-26T05:23:51.858-07:002009-07-26T05:23:51.858-07:00Well done as always Aunty. I wish that young coupl...Well done as always Aunty. I wish that young couple well.<br /><br />It's just that ... I was newly wed getting my chops busted in the double digit Reagan years. Certainly was good times then for the old lions who where earning interest on their savings while we pups tried to find a mortgage under 13 percent.<br /><br />It all cycles I suppose, and the politicians are not so different across the party lines.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-50624938127369524262009-07-25T15:15:57.381-07:002009-07-25T15:15:57.381-07:00Lovely Aunty,
There is always a message within the...Lovely Aunty,<br />There is always a message within the message within the message in your stories. I like this one quite a bit. <br /><br />I especially like the bit about in the realities we don't live globally, we live local and yep, that is a fine place to focus. <br /><br />Glad you had a fine outing while others were looking after Granny.fishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-41840560706703532972009-07-25T12:10:48.514-07:002009-07-25T12:10:48.514-07:00Very well-written. I guess if I knew for a FACT th...Very well-written. I guess if I knew for a FACT they were decent Christian young men, I would behave like the human lions in your story.<br /><br />Otherwise, I'd view them as REAL lions view young male interlopers. Or as the Troll in Haiku Master's poem does.hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341805107057968097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-80470632107096071192009-07-25T12:04:50.483-07:002009-07-25T12:04:50.483-07:00Spoiled yutes whine to Troll:
"Times are hard...Spoiled yutes whine to Troll:<br />"Times are hard, what should I do?"<br />Troll's club is hard too.Haiku Masterhttp://thetrollreport.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com