tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post7563868125643778359..comments2023-07-06T10:55:44.311+02:00Comments on Attempted Essays: Project Guttenberg II: The Minister RemainsFrancis Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-66098867120090819982011-02-26T16:33:47.929+01:002011-02-26T16:33:47.929+01:00If Germans are anything like Americans when it com...If Germans are anything like Americans when it comes to this type of situation, they will forget all about it and the chancellor will go about his usual business. His attitude is rather cavalier but that is typical of arrogant men in positions of power.<br /><br />I like your musical choice!! I posted this same video on my blog a couple of years ago. Gotta love Syd!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-3432560127325829282011-02-26T13:21:33.060+01:002011-02-26T13:21:33.060+01:00@ Internation Musing Thanks, Hans! :-D@ <b>Internation Musing</b> Thanks, Hans! :-DFrancis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-66264741175212555652011-02-26T13:16:54.813+01:002011-02-26T13:16:54.813+01:00Francis, I created a link.)
Do you think Saud el_G...Francis, I created a link.)<br />Do you think Saud el_Ghaddafi and Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg are buddies?.))))Internation Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693858277179002967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-31243897427199930572011-02-25T13:18:20.122+01:002011-02-25T13:18:20.122+01:00Ah Claude, your comment here puts the whole affair...Ah <b>Claude</b>, your comment here puts the whole affair into a much better, deeper perspective. <i>Merci, cherie</i>!<br /><br />The discussion is still raging here in Germany but few have your insight. Zu Guttenberg has, as you point out, lost a major chance for growth in his own personal life. Taking the long view, I see quite a large possibility that his failure to accept the consequences of his - let's call it - mistake will follow and diminish him for the rest of his life.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the issue remains important. There are occasions where a country is given an opportunity to have a look - as it were - at its own soul, its own collective values. This affair provides Germany with such an opportunity; an opportunity to look beyond issues of power and economics to ask ourselves what kind of society we want to be - independent of any narrower political views.<br /><br />This is why the view of the majority, that the whole thing isn't so serious and that, therefore, the minister need not resign, saddens me so much. But the discussions which still continue may yet bear fruit. I can only hope so.Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-68266055977449738762011-02-25T08:02:04.091+01:002011-02-25T08:02:04.091+01:00"Attempted Essays" has been included in ..."Attempted Essays" has been included in this weeks Sites To See. I hope you like the image I featured, and I hope this helps to attract many new visitors here.<br /><br />http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2011/02/sites-to-see_25.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-90209030181923772072011-02-25T07:45:50.185+01:002011-02-25T07:45:50.185+01:00Somehow, you are pessimistic. Also quick into (may...Somehow, you are pessimistic. Also quick into (maybe) thinking that his shameful action will not have a long range effect on Guttenberg's life and career. In the country of the soul (where I have chosen to live) God has a way to reveal lies and to illuminate Truth.<br /><br />What happened is certainly disappointing for many people, but it's not the first time that we have witnessed the crippleness of over ambition. <br /><br />Are we to believe that human nature never has good moments? Let me quote Will Ariel Durant (Story of Civilisation):<br /><br /><i>To those of us who study history not merely as a warning reminder of man's follies and crimes, but also as an encouraging remembrance of generative souls, the past ceases to be a depressing chamber of horrors; it becomes a celestial city, a spacious country of the mind, wherein a thousand saints, statesmen, inventors, scientists, poets, artists, musicians, lovers, and philosophers still live and speak, teach and carve and sing. The historian will not mourn because he can see no meaning in human existence except that which man puts into it; let it be our pride that we ourselves may put meaning into our lives, and sometimes a significance that transcends death.</i><br /><br />While Guttenberg lied to get his doctorate, I know a few friends who didn't. In my long and short existence, I have met splendid, gifted, honest people in all public and private areas of life. <br /><br />Let that "big little" man function as best and as long as he can in his own corner of the world. You can be sure that he's already paying for what he has lost. He has betrayed a lot more than the faith and hope of his country. He has betrayed his soul.<br /><br />Thank you, Francis, for helping me to extend my thoughts today, and at other times. And for your patient hospitality.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775039539331403794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-90812281271210797812011-02-24T04:20:17.109+01:002011-02-24T04:20:17.109+01:00Remember this one?
Jocko Homo by Mark Mothersbaug...Remember this one?<br /><br />Jocko Homo by Mark Mothersbaugh<br /><br />Thay tell us that<br />We lost our tails<br />Evolving up<br />From little snails<br />I say it's all<br />just wind in sails<br /><br />Are we not men?<br />We are Devo<br />Are we not men?<br />DEVO<br /><br />We're pinheads now<br />We are not whole<br />We're pinheads all<br />Jocko homo<br /><br />Are we not men?<br />We are Devo<br />Are we not men?<br />DEVO<br />Are we not pins?<br />We are Devo<br /><br />Monkey men all<br />In business suit<br />Teachers and critics<br />All dance the poot<br /><br />Are we not men?<br />We are Devo<br />Are we not men?<br />DEVO<br />Are we not pins?<br />We are Devo<br />Are we not men?<br />DEVO<br /><br />Forget about God made man<br />But he used a monkey to do it<br />Apes in the plan<br />We're all here to prove it<br />i can walk like an ape<br />talk like an ape<br />i can do what a monkey can do<br />God made man<br />but a monkey supplied the glue<br /><br />Are we not men?<br />We are Devo<br />Are we not men?<br />We are Devo<br />Are we not men?<br />We are Devo<br />We must be<br />DEVO<br />We must be<br />DEVO<br />We must be<br />DEVO<br />Okay let's go<br /><br />It appears that rules are made that some need not follow.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-37373678644908237382011-02-24T01:53:19.742+01:002011-02-24T01:53:19.742+01:00The University of Beyreuth put a lid on the whole ...The University of Beyreuth put a lid on the whole thing this evening. They withdrew the title of doctor from zu Guttenberg. In their statement they commented that given the fact that the minister had himself admitted that there were major flaws in his thesis it was not necessary to further examine it. As a result, there is now no official way to investigate and have ascertained in how far the various plagiarisms and other questionable sections of the work were clearly "mistakes" and which were obviously the result of intentional fraud.<br /><br />The cowardly bastards are kicking for touch. They're also ignoring their own lack of standards in failing to pick up on the whole business; instead giving a <i>summa cum laude</i> for a work which, by all accounts, wasn't particularly original anyway - even if the author hadn't cheated. Obviously, zu Guttenberg was given the VIP treatment by the university and those concerned want to put the thing to bed as quickly as possible.<br /><br />The whole issue is absolutely disgusting; one of the nastiest things being the tactic of stirring up feelings of resentment among the Joe Sixpack faction in the population against academics. "What are the eggheads getting so excited about, the minister is doing a decent job, leave him alone! All these professor types aren't able to change a lightbulb without using a manual!"<br /><br />As you say, "flaws in ethics and judgement," But, sadly, who gives a fuck? A sad day for German society!Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-60456184667043953412011-02-24T01:08:35.815+01:002011-02-24T01:08:35.815+01:00Sadly politicians like Willy Brandt are a dying br...Sadly politicians like Willy Brandt are a dying breed, if not already dead.<br /><br />Depressingly, it seems that the whole affair has <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,747347,00.html" rel="nofollow">helped zu Guttenberg's popularity</a> rather than hinder it.<br /><br />Aside from members of the CDU/CSU wanting to turn a blind eye to the whole thing, I suspect many people don't just know enough about the process of getting a PhD to realise just how big a deal this is. Or how it shows fatal flaws in his ethics and judgement.Twisting the Spannerhttp://twistingthespanner.comnoreply@blogger.com