tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post8573758625975857695..comments2024-03-17T03:16:44.995-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Michael Coren, Your Tears Sustain Mebigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-28033836072245523722011-12-11T11:26:13.533-05:002011-12-11T11:26:13.533-05:00From Coren's column:
"But I’ve hardly e...From Coren's column:<br /><br /><i>"But I’ve hardly ever met any members of the occupation forces, those people who hate the season and want to expunge it from our calendar."</i><br /><br />Ah, but he's sure they exist, that they are Legion, and that their presence is a symptom of the west's inexorable decline.<br /><br />This is a man who is certain he knows how you should live, while he flops back and forth between tepid Catholicism and evangelical Christianity.<br /><br />But he knows how you and your neighbors ought to behave down to the smallest detail; and he knows that any deviation from his standard is a sign that western civilization is DOOMED.<br /><br />He really should have called his Sun News show <i>The Eunuch Who Scolds You.</i>Terrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770025296239122283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-86339415879833793612011-12-11T11:11:55.272-05:002011-12-11T11:11:55.272-05:00I suppose if you watch A Christmas Carol backwards...I suppose if you watch A Christmas Carol backwards, it does turn into a story of how capitalism corrupts good men.<br /><br />Oddly enough, that's pretty much the story you get if you watch it frontwards. The only difference is that the backwards version is a tragedy, as the main character is never redeemed.<br /><br />Hm!Terrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770025296239122283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-36932966759738166602011-12-10T18:41:02.801-05:002011-12-10T18:41:02.801-05:00Except you have to ignore the last five minutes of...<i>Except you have to ignore the last five minutes of it, where The Grinch, at the very cusp of victory, cracks at the sound of music (there's a reason the Taliban hate music!) and gives those freaks in Whoville all their Xmas Crap back!</i><br /><br />You have to watch it backwards, from finish to start. That way it turns into a tale of a joyous and generous spirit who learns to despise Christmas. This also works when watching A Christmas Carol.Robert McClellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441059623685149683noreply@blogger.com