Wow! It’s been quite some time since I’ve taken up the pen (or the keyboard as it were) to update this thing. Well, I’m here now and I’ve come with a vengeance. Ok, not really a vengeance.
Today I want to talk a little bit about ignorance. I found myself confronting my own ignorance today when I realized that I know next to nothing about Arab or Middle Eastern History. I’ve studied American and European History quite a bit the past 10-12 years but have never really set my sights on those countries making up the Middle Eastern Arab countries. (Apart from watching Lawrence of Arabia a few times that is).
Thankfully, ignorance is easily curable. I took a trip to my local book store today and picked up a copy of “The Middle East, A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years“. It looks fascinating and I look forward to the coming enlightenment.
Also, I bought a Dixie Chicks CD today to offset the insanely asinine boycott they’ve found themselves confronting. I haven’t listened to it yet and I’m not sure what to expect. However, it gave me great satisfaction just buying this CD knowing that the act flies right in the face of those evil bastards perpetrating the boycott. Ok, ok. The term evil bastards travels a bit down the road of hyperbole. But what would life be without the occasional outburst?
Speaking of ignorance. As Eric noted earlier, we had our first flame on our guestbook. When I first read it, I was convinced that one of my “friends” posted piece in question. However, after deliberate and close interrogation I am convinced no one I know or knew had anything to do with it.
Let me make this clear, I have no problem with a difference of opinion. Opine all you want. But for the love of God, make it an intelligent post will you? I’m really not in the mood to suffer fools lately. Saying something like,
You guys need to step away from your computers long enough to realize that
the world is more than your simplistic opinions. My greatest fear is that some
day I’ll be in a horrible accident that causes great brain damage that drops me
to a IQ around your combined levels.
,no matter how eloquently written is just so much tripe waiting for justifiable ridicule. Basically when you boil the above statement down to its core elements it says nothing more than:
You guys need to realize that you are stupid. My greatest fear is to be as stupid as you guys.
Great argument buddy…now, go read a book. (I am finding that Eric is much more tactful than I when it comes to this sort of unpleasantness, and good for him!)
