Comments - What Did "They" Believe? - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T09:41:42Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A194812&xn_auth=noBenjamin,
Exactly. I contend…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-22:537324:Comment:1951132009-04-22T10:40:27.194ZPeg Herringhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/pegfish
Benjamin,<br />
Exactly. I contend that thoughtful people, no matter what the age, reach their own conclusions. They may not argue the point, but they sense that common knowledge isn't always real knowledge. Education helps, but just as often it reinforces what "we" believe. But inside the heads of those who think, common sense speaks. A man who spends all day behind a plow has lots of time to think. He might well come to the conclusion, privately of course, that what "they" call truth is bunk.
Benjamin,<br />
Exactly. I contend that thoughtful people, no matter what the age, reach their own conclusions. They may not argue the point, but they sense that common knowledge isn't always real knowledge. Education helps, but just as often it reinforces what "we" believe. But inside the heads of those who think, common sense speaks. A man who spends all day behind a plow has lots of time to think. He might well come to the conclusion, privately of course, that what "they" call truth is bunk. As with all gross generalizat…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-22:537324:Comment:1949742009-04-22T01:28:36.891ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
As with all gross generalizations, there are too many exceptions to support blanket perceptions. "They," "the media," "the government," "those people," "you," "us," "we," "Americans," it's all the same no matter the time period.
As with all gross generalizations, there are too many exceptions to support blanket perceptions. "They," "the media," "the government," "those people," "you," "us," "we," "Americans," it's all the same no matter the time period. Jon,
Great thought! And we ha…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-21:537324:Comment:1949032009-04-21T20:09:36.089ZPeg Herringhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/pegfish
Jon,<br />
Great thought! And we have the nerve to snicker at bustles and codpieces!<br />
B.R.,<br />
My point exactly. We call it superstition when it's someone else's belief.
Jon,<br />
Great thought! And we have the nerve to snicker at bustles and codpieces!<br />
B.R.,<br />
My point exactly. We call it superstition when it's someone else's belief. I'd like to be around when fu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-21:537324:Comment:1948632009-04-21T15:51:34.511ZJon Loomishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
I'd like to be around when future archaeologists dig up the cemeteries around Los Angeles and try to figure out why all the female skeletons have bags of saline solution or silicone goo resting on their rib cages. There are obviously some cultural manifestations that <i>do</i> tell us useful and interesting things about past societies.
I'd like to be around when future archaeologists dig up the cemeteries around Los Angeles and try to figure out why all the female skeletons have bags of saline solution or silicone goo resting on their rib cages. There are obviously some cultural manifestations that <i>do</i> tell us useful and interesting things about past societies. Peg,
My bet is, that if peopl…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-21:537324:Comment:1948612009-04-21T15:45:04.254ZTom Cookehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TomCooke
Peg,<br />
My bet is, that if people in the future look at pictures of Paris Hilton to judge our society I'll be to dead to care.<br />
Perhaps the generalization of "They" is too broad, but in most cases some of "They" did have those beliefs. Just as some of our stalwart citizenry believe that the activities of Beyonce and Paris and Britney are far more important than what bills are being passed by Congress. We certainly spend as much media time on them as we do on Congress. Perhaps we will go down in…
Peg,<br />
My bet is, that if people in the future look at pictures of Paris Hilton to judge our society I'll be to dead to care.<br />
Perhaps the generalization of "They" is too broad, but in most cases some of "They" did have those beliefs. Just as some of our stalwart citizenry believe that the activities of Beyonce and Paris and Britney are far more important than what bills are being passed by Congress. We certainly spend as much media time on them as we do on Congress. Perhaps we will go down in history as the Shallow Generation. History is what it is.<br />
T You have to consider the idea…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-21:537324:Comment:1948392009-04-21T14:40:54.834ZB.R.Statehamhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BRStateham
You have to consider the idea that education greatly helps in lifting the veil of supersition from one's mind--but on the other hand, it also has that ability of creating a higher, more complex level of sophistry in justifing one's supersitition.<br />
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Like everything else, education is a two-edge sword.
You have to consider the idea that education greatly helps in lifting the veil of supersition from one's mind--but on the other hand, it also has that ability of creating a higher, more complex level of sophistry in justifing one's supersitition.<br />
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Like everything else, education is a two-edge sword. It would have depended on the…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-21:537324:Comment:1948312009-04-21T14:10:29.614ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
It would have depended on the educational level of the character. However, a good many educated people, writers included, did believe in the significance of the movement of the stars. The level of ignorance can be seen in eyewitness accounts of the black plague, for example.
It would have depended on the educational level of the character. However, a good many educated people, writers included, did believe in the significance of the movement of the stars. The level of ignorance can be seen in eyewitness accounts of the black plague, for example.