tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post5607904416890870367..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Mutual InterestsKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-88441351916411168182016-10-26T08:25:47.278+01:002016-10-26T08:25:47.278+01:00Kaor, DAVID!
Ha, ha, ha!!! Very amusing! And bac...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />Ha, ha, ha!!! Very amusing! And back around 1969 or so when I first read SATAN'S WORLD, I wouldn't even know what "buggery" meant. As Paul said, with Old Nick any kind of malapropism is possible!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-76927674535306705422016-10-25T21:07:46.186+01:002016-10-25T21:07:46.186+01:00David,
He deffo said "beggary" at one po...David,<br />He deffo said "beggary" at one point but any malaprop is poss!<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-50701126790378657872016-10-25T21:01:36.613+01:002016-10-25T21:01:36.613+01:00Paul and Sean:
Knowing Old Nick, are we sure he di...Paul and Sean:<br />Knowing Old Nick, are we sure he didn't actually say "...just a little profit to save him from *buggery* [emphasis mine] in his old age"? It's his sort of malapropism -- and I recall another line, though I don't remember from which story, about "being left prostitute" in his declining years....David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-30893467307116622372016-10-24T01:30:34.919+01:002016-10-24T01:30:34.919+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I had to laugh at this line about Old...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I had to laugh at this line about Old NIck: "...he is a saint of peace and universal benevolence...who needs just a little profit to save him from beggary in his old age." <br /><br />You are correct to say it is in some governments perceive interests to acquire nuclear weapons. But I do not agree that EVERYONE will agree on the desirability of always preventing them being used. Else why would the ayatollahs in Tehran be so heck bent on getting them? I think they believe it might be in their interest to use such weapons.<br /><br />Philosophically, I think the ultimate degree in not having any shared interests would be with those who are pure nihilists. I mean those who deny even the possibility of thought, reason, logic, etc. I know you have some reservations about him, but John C. Wright's ten part "The Suicide of Thought" goes into this question of nihilism in massive detail.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com