Comments for Lilian Calles Barger http://lilianbarger.com An idea lab about life, culture and faith Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on The not voting option by Lilian Calles Barger http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-10-18T16:11:29Z#comment-90245 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:34:54 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-10-18T16:11:29Z#comment-90245 Voting is a symbol of freedom, but it's not freedom itself. Many people vote in the world and remain slaves to tyranny. In the US, voting can give us an illusion of control. My point is that you are free to vote, but you don't have a Christian responsibility to do so. Voting is a symbol of freedom, but it’s not freedom itself. Many people vote in the world and remain slaves to tyranny. In the US, voting can give us an illusion of control. My point is that you are free to vote, but you don’t have a Christian responsibility to do so.

]]> Comment on The not voting option by David ZagRodny http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-10-18T16:11:29Z#comment-90242 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:33:27 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-10-18T16:11:29Z#comment-90242 We live as Americans in a relatively free society - which has been admired and emulated around the world - because men and women choose not only to vote, but to fight and die for the freedoms we have. I think of the generations of disenfranchised people: women, African Americans ... who sacrificed years, or in some cases their lives, to vote. Not voting as an option? Are you really serious? David in Los Angeles We live as Americans in a relatively free society - which has been admired and emulated around the world - because men and women choose not only to vote, but to fight and die for the freedoms we have. I think of the generations of disenfranchised people: women, African Americans … who sacrificed years, or in some cases their lives, to vote.

Not voting as an option? Are you really serious?

David in Los Angeles

]]> Comment on Boycotting the Olympics by David in Los Angeles http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-08-07T16:04:40Z#comment-85702 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:21:03 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-08-07T16:04:40Z#comment-85702 While the Olympic Games have come and gone ... great comments. However, this is not the first time the Olympics have hosted by an authoritarian government: the Soviet Union hosted the games in 1980, Germany hosted the games in 1936. While the Olympic Games have come and gone … great comments. However, this is not the first time the Olympics have hosted by an authoritarian government: the Soviet Union hosted the games in 1980, Germany hosted the games in 1936.

]]> Comment on It’s a jungle out there… by Luanne http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-09-10T15:46:32Z#comment-80551 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:48:28 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-09-10T15:46:32Z#comment-80551 Camille Paglia is so refreshing because she's not blinded by her opinions/prejudices. She's the type of person who belongs in the public square because she's willing to engage honestly, not fearfully retreat into name-calling. Camille Paglia is so refreshing because she’s not blinded by her opinions/prejudices. She’s the type of person who belongs in the public square because she’s willing to engage honestly, not fearfully retreat into name-calling.

]]> Comment on Greed is good by Luanne http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-09-28T11:11:49Z#comment-80547 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:44:34 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-09-28T11:11:49Z#comment-80547 "A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, and such a society is a house built on sand." -- from "The Mind of the Maker" by Dorothy Sayers “A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, and such a society is a house built on sand.” — from “The Mind of the Maker” by Dorothy Sayers

]]> Comment on It’s a jungle out there… by Sharon http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-09-10T15:46:32Z#comment-76777 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:34:31 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-09-10T15:46:32Z#comment-76777 That was one of THE best articles I have ever read on just about any subject, but particularly on all of the political candidates. I sure would like to see what she thinks about Joe Biden. Joe Biden said something so stupid the other day and said something about FDR talking on TV when TV wasn't even invented then (see www.MichelleMalkin.com). If Palin had said it, she would have been crucified. I'm not a big fan of Palin - just too conservative for me these days, but I have been amazed at the sexist response she has received - particularly from liberals. That was one of THE best articles I have ever read on just about any subject, but particularly on all of the political candidates.

I sure would like to see what she thinks about Joe Biden. Joe Biden said something so stupid the other day and said something about FDR talking on TV when TV wasn’t even invented then (see www.MichelleMalkin.com). If Palin had said it, she would have been crucified.

I’m not a big fan of Palin - just too conservative for me these days, but I have been amazed at the sexist response she has received - particularly from liberals.

]]> Comment on It’s a jungle out there… by jleader http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-09-10T15:46:32Z#comment-69236 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:10:44 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-09-10T15:46:32Z#comment-69236 Hi-larious article! Go Sarah! Hi-larious article! Go Sarah!

]]> Comment on The ethics of consumption by Kendis Paris http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-07-26T15:19:57Z#comment-57600 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:45:58 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-07-26T15:19:57Z#comment-57600 Absolutely. I'm reading it right now and the theology is rich. Cavanaugh does an excellent job challenging the reader regarding fair trade issues and where our "stuff" comes from, not to mention thinking through how much of it we really need. I also appreciated his chapter on consumerism being not about attachment to things, but a detachment from them. The thrill is not the thing itself but the pursuit of that thing. It's not the buying so much as it is the shopping. Absolutely. I’m reading it right now and the theology is rich. Cavanaugh does an excellent job challenging the reader regarding fair trade issues and where our “stuff” comes from, not to mention thinking through how much of it we really need. I also appreciated his chapter on consumerism being not about attachment to things, but a detachment from them. The thrill is not the thing itself but the pursuit of that thing. It’s not the buying so much as it is the shopping.

]]> Comment on Speaking of China by Sharon http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-08-22T17:48:05Z#comment-53544 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:01:31 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-08-22T17:48:05Z#comment-53544 Yep. Yep.

]]> Comment on Boycotting the Olympics by Sharon http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-08-07T16:04:40Z#comment-47599 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:21:06 +0000 http://lilianbarger.com/blog/2008-08-07T16:04:40Z#comment-47599 I could not agree more Lilian...boycotting is the least we could do. I have not watched one minute of the olympics (for the first time in my life) for this very reason. I thought it was sick to allow China to host the games and now to see everyone falling all over themselves not to say what the Chinese government is: COMMUNISTS. I think we forget that. When people ask me if I'm watching the olympics I just say I will when China released all the Christians it has in jail or allows freedom of speech or quits killing their own people. Don't even get me started on what they are doing to the planet. Maureen Dowd had an interesting op ed piece in the New York Times on this very subject (among others) which I agree 100% with (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/opinion/17dowd.html.) I've actually been very disappointed in how many people I know are watching the olympics. I thought there would be a lot more people like myself who would not watch it because China regularly violates human rights. And I always hear...well the Olympics isn't suppose to be political...then don't pick a communist country next time. Who will host 8 to 12 years from now? Iran? Shall we run marathons around their nuclear plants? Or how about Russia? Will they have time to host the Olympics in between invading all their neighbors. I could not agree more Lilian…boycotting is the least we could do. I have not watched one minute of the olympics (for the first time in my life) for this very reason. I thought it was sick to allow China to host the games and now to see everyone falling all over themselves not to say what the Chinese government is: COMMUNISTS. I think we forget that. When people ask me if I’m watching the olympics I just say I will when China released all the Christians it has in jail or allows freedom of speech or quits killing their own people. Don’t even get me started on what they are doing to the planet. Maureen Dowd had an interesting op ed piece in the New York Times on this very subject (among others) which I agree 100% with (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/opinion/17dowd.html.) I’ve actually been very disappointed in how many people I know are watching the olympics. I thought there would be a lot more people like myself who would not watch it because China regularly violates human rights. And I always hear…well the Olympics isn’t suppose to be political…then don’t pick a communist country next time. Who will host 8 to 12 years from now? Iran? Shall we run marathons around their nuclear plants? Or how about Russia? Will they have time to host the Olympics in between invading all their neighbors.

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