tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post116066682726091145..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): It's a Gas, do the mathsJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-1160959810429380232006-10-16T00:50:00.000+00:002006-10-16T00:50:00.000+00:00The CPUSA don't really count as communist anymore....The CPUSA don't really count as communist anymore. "Just vote democrat" Is reactionary as fuck!<BR/><BR/>BTW I'm gonna add you to my blogroll if that's cool with you. Just comment me back.<BR/><BR/>-LeftyHenryLeftyHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870433011584211043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-1160792155183919442006-10-14T02:15:00.000+00:002006-10-14T02:15:00.000+00:00One of the reasons why I think ethics is important...One of the reasons why I think ethics is important is because socialists have to be rooted in the community and you have to be trusted and seen as people of principle and integrity by that community. Without ethics ordinary working class people aren't gonna trust you.<BR/><BR/>They might <B>like</B> you, or <B>respect</B> you even - but not trust you.<BR/><BR/>If, for example, you say things because you are obliged to, it allows you to take sharp turns and argue the opposite without blinking an eye - because what you say is only about achieving your ends in the first place anyway. But once people have come to know you, they know you do that and view your statements with that in mind.<BR/><BR/>This happens a lot with left wing publications.<BR/><BR/>If on the other hand you are consistently honest and argue the way it seems to you - especially when that does not suit your immediate needs - then, I think, there is the potential to build up a <B>long term</B> and therefore deeper trust.<BR/><BR/>Do you see what I'm saying?<BR/><BR/>I also happen to think being honest is the right thing to do anyway.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-1160730374295399402006-10-13T09:06:00.000+00:002006-10-13T09:06:00.000+00:00I think it would be fantastic if the left adopted ...<I>I think it would be fantastic if the left adopted an ethical code...</I><BR/><BR/>Yes. One way of putting why I'm now a Christian and not a Marxist is that Christianity spoke to the person and (in my own experience) Marxism failed to do this (perhaps because of a certain exhaustion, it has to be said - I was in my late teens in the late eighties, which says it all).<BR/><BR/>Christanity (at its best - there's a great deal of reductionism, antiscientism and fundementalism around) is more humane, and has a more robust and flexible ethical language, or heart-language.Daniel S. Ketelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940178456378424733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-1160722263300400852006-10-13T06:51:00.000+00:002006-10-13T06:51:00.000+00:00Nina told me she was a "red diaper baby", which me...Nina told me she was a "red diaper baby", which means her parents were communist, in the McCarthy era.<BR/><BR/>At my blog in the comments, I posted a link with more info about Nina.<BR/><BR/>Now I know what a tosser is. One who likes to spank the monkey.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.com