Comments on: The Dark Age is the New Enlightenment, Part 1 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: M http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9887 M Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:38:12 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9887 Ah, Twisty, while the Daily Mail might advocate a return to the Dark Ages they couldn't hack the real thing. Show them even a tiny band of blood-soaked Anglo-Saxons who are out for vengeance, bloodfeud and the occasional Grendel and they'd wet their knickers and run away. Ah, Twisty, while the Daily Mail might advocate a return to the Dark Ages they couldn’t hack the real thing. Show them even a tiny band of blood-soaked Anglo-Saxons who are out for vengeance, bloodfeud and the occasional Grendel and they’d wet their knickers and run away.

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9885 Twisty Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:12:28 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9885 I am not espousing the ethical impeccability of the Daily Mail. I merely allude to the article as a symptom of the rampant anti-enlightenment ideology currently ravaging the countryside. But I don't understand why, if you are a fan of dark ages, aren't also a fan of the Daily Mail, wihch publication seems to urgently advocate them. I am not espousing the ethical impeccability of the Daily Mail. I merely allude to the article as a symptom of the rampant anti-enlightenment ideology currently ravaging the countryside.

But I don’t understand why, if you are a fan of dark ages, aren’t also a fan of the Daily Mail, wihch publication seems to urgently advocate them.

]]> By: M http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9881 M Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:09:18 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9881 I do wish people would stop dissing the 'Dark Ages'. I mean, the age where, on the cusp of Christianising-Godbagism certain women were actually quite powerful (St Hild of Whitby comes to mind). 'Evidence-based religion' was practiced - 'This God person you're going on about - can he win us this battle?'. Patriarchy certainly; levels of ignorance, yes. But particularly worse than lots of other pre-modern periods? No. And ignore the Daily Mail. They work on the principle of 'say something often enough and it will become true'. If same thing appears in a less crazy right-leaning paper (like The Times) feel free to worry. "The ideal Daily Mail story leaves the reader hating somebody or something". http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmpubadm/274/4032505.htm Good grief there are a lot of quotation marks in there. I do wish people would stop dissing the ‘Dark Ages’. I mean, the age where, on the cusp of Christianising-Godbagism certain women were actually quite powerful (St Hild of Whitby comes to mind). ‘Evidence-based religion’ was practiced - ‘This God person you’re going on about - can he win us this battle?’. Patriarchy certainly; levels of ignorance, yes. But particularly worse than lots of other pre-modern periods? No.

And ignore the Daily Mail. They work on the principle of ’say something often enough and it will become true’. If same thing appears in a less crazy right-leaning paper (like The Times) feel free to worry.

“The ideal Daily Mail story leaves the reader hating somebody or something”.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmpubadm/274/4032505.htm

Good grief there are a lot of quotation marks in there.

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9878 Twisty Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:07:14 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9878 Quoth Djac in #28 " So when I asked whether you had a theory as to why you couldn’t tell the difference between Bush and Hamas and you answered: “Why as a matter of fact, I do! .. it’s a little thing I like to call “patriarchy” “, you really didn’t have a theory as to why you can’t tell the difference between two. I do." In my haste I was unclear. I <em>can</em> in fact tell the difference between Hamas and the Bush administration. My "theory" as to why their differences are only cosmetic is that both regimes are implementations of the same ideology. That ideology is patriarchy, the existence of which is not a matter open to debate on this blog. Quoth Djac in #28 ” So when I asked whether you had a theory as to why you couldn’t tell the difference between Bush and Hamas and you answered:

“Why as a matter of fact, I do! .. it’s a little thing I like to call “patriarchy” “,

you really didn’t have a theory as to why you can’t tell the difference between two.

I do.”

In my haste I was unclear. I can in fact tell the difference between Hamas and the Bush administration. My “theory” as to why their differences are only cosmetic is that both regimes are implementations of the same ideology. That ideology is patriarchy, the existence of which is not a matter open to debate on this blog.

]]> By: Crys T http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9876 Crys T Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:27:30 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9876 Simon, THANK YOU for posting the link for the headline generator! Hilariously, yet frighteningly, most of the ones that popped up when I was playing with it looked plausible, given what I've seen of the Mail in the 7 years I've lived in the UK. For those in other countries, in all honesty these next two are not so far from what is actually printed: "Will the Germans Lead Your Mortgage Astray?" "Could Gypsies Infect Farmers With AIDS?" And a couple of the most satirically accurate: "Does the EU Hurt the Memory of Diana?" "Will the French Scrounge Off Cliff Richard?" And, lastly, the one that is actually on all Mail readers' mind: "Will Lesbians Rob British Justice Blind?" Simon, THANK YOU for posting the link for the headline generator! Hilariously, yet frighteningly, most of the ones that popped up when I was playing with it looked plausible, given what I’ve seen of the Mail in the 7 years I’ve lived in the UK.

For those in other countries, in all honesty these next two are not so far from what is actually printed:

“Will the Germans Lead Your Mortgage Astray?”

“Could Gypsies Infect Farmers With AIDS?”

And a couple of the most satirically accurate:

“Does the EU Hurt the Memory of Diana?”

“Will the French Scrounge Off Cliff Richard?”

And, lastly, the one that is actually on all Mail readers’ mind:

“Will Lesbians Rob British Justice Blind?”

]]> By: sapphic_beats http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9873 sapphic_beats Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:19:15 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9873 Quoth some redneck mother (not to be confused with our Redneck Mother) “As long as they teach my kids that God created man and we didn’t evolve from no apes I don’t care!” Evidently double negatives are a key indicator of "intelligent" design. What brilliant engineering. I'll take the Flying Spaghetti Monster anyday... Quoth some redneck mother (not to be confused with our Redneck Mother) “As long as they teach my kids that God created man and we didn’t evolve from no apes I don’t care!”

Evidently double negatives are a key indicator of “intelligent” design.
What brilliant engineering.
I’ll take the Flying Spaghetti Monster anyday…

]]> By: BritGirlSF http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9863 BritGirlSF Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:24:05 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9863 It has often occurred to me that the American godbag dislike of Iran is rather amusing given that most of them would probably rather enjoy living there. Well, the men would anyway, and we all know that they don't really give a shit how the women feel about it. There is rather an "end of days" feeling going around lately, isn't there? It's getting more depressing by the minute. The "E" network alone is surely sign of irreversable cultural decline. It has often occurred to me that the American godbag dislike of Iran is rather amusing given that most of them would probably rather enjoy living there. Well, the men would anyway, and we all know that they don’t really give a shit how the women feel about it.
There is rather an “end of days” feeling going around lately, isn’t there? It’s getting more depressing by the minute. The “E” network alone is surely sign of irreversable cultural decline.

]]> By: Donna http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9862 Donna Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:03:30 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9862 And patriarchy is blind to human rights. And patriarchy is blind to human rights.

]]> By: Djac http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9853 Djac Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:01:28 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9853 So when I asked whether you had a theory as to why you couldn't tell the difference between Bush and Hamas and you answered: "Why as a matter of fact, I do! .. it’s a little thing I like to call “patriarchy” ", you really didn't have a theory as to why you can't tell the difference between two. I do. So when I asked whether you had a theory as to why you couldn’t tell the difference between Bush and Hamas and you answered:

“Why as a matter of fact, I do! .. it’s a little thing I like to call “patriarchy” “,

you really didn’t have a theory as to why you can’t tell the difference between two.

I do.

]]> By: Kathy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9851 Kathy Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:58:56 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/29/the-dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-1/#comment-9851 Atheists? We're one of the only groups that DOESN'T preach patriarchy. I'm interested in the list of atheists you've got up your sleeve whose atheism is an integral part of the belief system that spawns all those equally violent crimes against wimmin. Atheists? We’re one of the only groups that DOESN’T preach patriarchy. I’m interested in the list of atheists you’ve got up your sleeve whose atheism is an integral part of the belief system that spawns all those equally violent crimes against wimmin.

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