Comments for purple motes http://purplemotes.net a journal of whimsy and hope Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:42:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Costa Concordia disaster generates sexist barrage from commanding heights by Sue Australia http://purplemotes.net/2012/01/29/costa-concordia-disaster-generates-sexist-barrage-from-commanding-heights/#comment-1969 Sue Australia Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:42:51 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7782#comment-1969 I commend the Italian culture that made captain dE fALCO SPEAK OUT his mind with grea t concern for the welfare of others.He is a hero--Sua Italians stick to your expletives! I commend the Italian culture that made captain dE fALCO SPEAK OUT his mind with grea t concern for the welfare of others.He is a hero–Sua
Italians stick to your expletives!

]]> Comment on Costa Concordia disaster generates sexist barrage from commanding heights by JD http://purplemotes.net/2012/01/29/costa-concordia-disaster-generates-sexist-barrage-from-commanding-heights/#comment-1959 JD Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:11:45 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7782#comment-1959 No Raymond Green,who says men are more able bodied automatically? Perhaps you, having an army background, but I suspect the average office worker isn't that much more able just because he is male. I think it makes perfect sense that the men thought of themselves first, that is the way he world works now. Feminists just want to have their cake and eat it... too bad for them. No Raymond Green,who says men are more able bodied automatically? Perhaps you, having an army background, but I suspect the average office worker isn’t that much more able just because he is male. I think it makes perfect sense that the men thought of themselves first, that is the way he world works now. Feminists just want to have their cake and eat it… too bad for them.

]]> Comment on books, reading, and writing in second-century Rome by Douglas Galbi http://purplemotes.net/2012/02/12/books-reading-and-writing-in-second-century-rome/#comment-1921 Douglas Galbi Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:50:58 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7876#comment-1921 Train your mind to imagine really bad things that could happen to you, e.g. losing everything and being banished to a deserted island. Then most other bad things that happen will seem trivial. In short, think of any loss from the perspective, "it could be worse." Train your mind to imagine really bad things that could happen to you, e.g. losing everything and being banished to a deserted island. Then most other bad things that happen will seem trivial. In short, think of any loss from the perspective, “it could be worse.”

]]> Comment on books, reading, and writing in second-century Rome by Farwest http://purplemotes.net/2012/02/12/books-reading-and-writing-in-second-century-rome/#comment-1909 Farwest Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:53:28 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7876#comment-1909 How did Galen suggest one should avoid grief in his book "On the Avoidance of Grief" How did Galen suggest one should avoid grief in his book “On the Avoidance of Grief”

]]> Comment on online video visitation with prisoners has promising future by Douglas Galbi http://purplemotes.net/2011/11/27/online-video-visitation-with-prisoners-has-promising-future/#comment-1874 Douglas Galbi Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:58:23 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7407#comment-1874 Sorry, I have no such information. I suggest that you contact the prison administrators to find out possible arrangements. Good luck! Sorry, I have no such information. I suggest that you contact the prison administrators to find out possible arrangements. Good luck!

]]> Comment on the ancient Library of Alexander’s tribute to knowledge by The Topiary Cow http://purplemotes.net/2012/02/05/the-ancient-library-of-alexanders-tribute-to-knowledge/#comment-1873 The Topiary Cow Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:17 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7833#comment-1873 Am I the only one dismayed by this sentence? <i>"Individual and political status-seeking are central to the production and collection of books."</i> It seems to me whenever status-seeking takes over a field it ruins it for people who, for instance, just want to read what is in the books rather than show off to friends how many they have. Just as being a musician has become more difficult because collectors are driving the costs of instruments instead of musicians, when collectors run book production I fear we are doomed to masses of beautifully illustrated coffee-table books filled with photos of such intellectually stimulating subjects as swimming pools or table settings. Am I the only one dismayed by this sentence? “Individual and political status-seeking are central to the production and collection of books.”

It seems to me whenever status-seeking takes over a field it ruins it for people who, for instance, just want to read what is in the books rather than show off to friends how many they have. Just as being a musician has become more difficult because collectors are driving the costs of instruments instead of musicians, when collectors run book production I fear we are doomed to masses of beautifully illustrated coffee-table books filled with photos of such intellectually stimulating subjects as swimming pools or table settings.

]]> Comment on online video visitation with prisoners has promising future by tonia cunningham http://purplemotes.net/2011/11/27/online-video-visitation-with-prisoners-has-promising-future/#comment-1872 tonia cunningham Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:59:07 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7407#comment-1872 i'm trying to see how i can visit my sister savanah seaman who is at the womans prison on smiley road cause i can't get there. I would like to know i go about doing this. I have a computer for this to happen. if possible i can get the information sent to me my address is ... i’m trying to see how i can visit my sister savanah seaman who is at the womans prison on smiley road cause i can’t get there. I would like to know i go about doing this. I have a computer for this to happen. if possible i can get the information sent to me my address is …

]]> Comment on the ancient Library of Alexander’s tribute to knowledge by Douglas Galbi http://purplemotes.net/2012/02/05/the-ancient-library-of-alexanders-tribute-to-knowledge/#comment-1850 Douglas Galbi Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:57:21 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7833#comment-1850 Good point that there were many non-Greek books. Alexandria, however, was a center of Greek (and from late in the first century GC, also Jewish/Christian) culture. The Library of Alexandria probably contained predominately books in Greek, just as most university libraries in the U.S. today contain predominately books in English. Considering books in Greek seems to me reasonable for analyzing a plausible range for the size of the Library of Alexander's collection. Good point that there were many non-Greek books. Alexandria, however, was a center of Greek (and from late in the first century GC, also Jewish/Christian) culture. The Library of Alexandria probably contained predominately books in Greek, just as most university libraries in the U.S. today contain predominately books in English. Considering books in Greek seems to me reasonable for analyzing a plausible range for the size of the Library of Alexander’s collection.

]]> Comment on the ancient Library of Alexander’s tribute to knowledge by Gordon C. Thomasson, Ph.D. http://purplemotes.net/2012/02/05/the-ancient-library-of-alexanders-tribute-to-knowledge/#comment-1849 Gordon C. Thomasson, Ph.D. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:53:52 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=7833#comment-1849 I find more than a little problematic that only possible Greek materials are estimated. Were literate Greeks that ethnocentric? Would Alexandria's curators have put Egyptian or Hebrew scrolls in the furnace on an Egyptian winter's night? When Socrates is said to reference us to various Egyptian tales is he pointing us strictly to oral literature? The Coptic literature of Nag Hammadi and elsewhere did not arise in a vacuum. While Goodspeed invented an illiterate Jewish population, the Dead Sea Scrolls put a stylus through the heart of that myth. I fear we are verbally doing what Bishop de Landa did in Yucatan, and the entire Spanish colonial establishment did in the Philippines, despite the VERY widespread literacy and lettres there. And then there are the non-Arabic indigenous literacy systems of West Africa (in the last decade I've seen several books that still claim Black Africa was illiterate. Nonsense! I find more than a little problematic that only possible Greek materials are estimated. Were literate Greeks that ethnocentric? Would Alexandria’s curators have put Egyptian or Hebrew scrolls in the furnace on an Egyptian winter’s night? When Socrates is said to reference us to various Egyptian tales is he pointing us strictly to oral literature? The Coptic literature of Nag Hammadi and elsewhere did not arise in a vacuum.

While Goodspeed invented an illiterate Jewish population, the Dead Sea Scrolls put a stylus through the heart of that myth.
I fear we are verbally doing what Bishop de Landa did in Yucatan, and the entire Spanish colonial establishment did in the Philippines, despite the VERY widespread literacy and lettres there. And then there are the non-Arabic indigenous literacy systems of West Africa (in the last decade I’ve seen several books that still claim Black Africa was illiterate. Nonsense!

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