tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post6871059441295773905..comments2023-07-23T14:10:14.460+02:00Comments on Shall we talk?: Oh yeah, sure, sing as long as you want...Floconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-68268806786931614502011-12-19T22:42:02.836+01:002011-12-19T22:42:02.836+01:00SemperFidelis,
"To be fair, ordered liberty ...SemperFidelis,<br /><br /><i>"To be fair, ordered liberty does not necessarily require democracy."</i><br /><br />Another part of your comment that would call for an answer the length of a thesis...<br /><br />And again arises the same question: What is this <b>democracy</b> you're referring to? <br /><br />Le mot démocratie n'apparaît nulle part dans la Constitution américaine Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-22200096045253449162011-12-19T15:00:13.642+01:002011-12-19T15:00:13.642+01:00SemperFidelis : "I find the anti-democratic t...SemperFidelis : <i>"I find the anti-democratic theme of some of your recent writings intriguing"</i><br /><br />Your very first sentence includes the word that has become like a mantra the world over, a word that certainly has its definition as a concept but has very little substance in the real word: <b>democracy</b>.<br /><br />My opinion is that what we experience in the name of thisFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-23904593095808306252011-12-19T01:14:13.246+01:002011-12-19T01:14:13.246+01:00SemperFidelis, je répondrai plus tard mais là I...SemperFidelis, je répondrai plus tard mais là I've got to get some sleep...Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-80572579352853202602011-12-19T01:13:30.015+01:002011-12-19T01:13:30.015+01:00Anijo,
Voici le billet auquel tu penses.
Dès le ...Anijo,<br /><br /><a href="http://superfrenchie.com/?p=1253" rel="nofollow">Voici le billet</a> auquel tu penses.<br /><br />Dès le début la question essentielle était posée : <i>"one should start by asking what a revolution is"</i><br /><br />Il s'agissait d'une comparaison entre deux événements historiques presque contemporains l'un de l'autre. Je persiste à penser qu&Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-55508587412101112142011-12-18T22:34:35.428+01:002011-12-18T22:34:35.428+01:00Flocon: I find the anti-democratic theme of some ...Flocon: I find the anti-democratic theme of some of your recent writings intriguing. Further development of your ideas about this would be worthwhile. <br /><br />The anglo-saxon solution to the problem of freedom has settled firmly with Edmund Burke and governments of "ordered liberty." To be fair, ordered liberty does not necessarily require democracy. <br /><br />For me, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-65439296077379610432011-12-18T21:42:20.565+01:002011-12-18T21:42:20.565+01:00Flocon, si je me souviens bien, tu ne crois pas qu...Flocon, si je me souviens bien, tu ne crois pas que notre révolution était une vrai révolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-85424748593241676032011-12-18T11:24:22.371+01:002011-12-18T11:24:22.371+01:00Re this song, I remember I was somewhat surprised ...Re this song, I remember I was somewhat surprised by how realistic and nearly down to earth if not squarely reactionnary Lennon was by the time, 1968!<br /><br />Not that he was right or wrong but at the same period, Jagger was singing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUO8ScYVeDo" rel="nofollow">Street Fighting Man</a>... <br /><br />Also, the concept of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-66267047766526489952011-12-16T06:28:37.879+01:002011-12-16T06:28:37.879+01:00You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We al...<i>You say you want a revolution<br />Well, you know<br />We all want to change the world<br />You tell me that it's evolution<br />Well, you know<br />We all want to change the world<br />But when you talk about destruction<br />Don't you know that you can count me out<br />Don't you know it's gonna be all right<br />All right, all right<br /><br />You say you got a real solutionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-3933409827833390872011-12-16T06:24:17.379+01:002011-12-16T06:24:17.379+01:00Yes, well..Yes, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkwgTBrW78" rel="nofollow">well..</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-77408703634683953962011-12-16T00:51:35.767+01:002011-12-16T00:51:35.767+01:00Anijo,
"Surely, you exaggerate"
You sh...Anijo,<br /><br /><i>"Surely, you exaggerate"</i><br /><br />You should know by now that my name isn't "subtlety" ;-)...<br /><br />1575 comments!!! Needless to say I haven't read all of them but <a href="http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/nyregion/police-begin-clearing-zuccotti-park-of-protesters.html?sort=recommended" rel="nofollow">the Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-42634421236638139192011-12-16T00:08:48.242+01:002011-12-16T00:08:48.242+01:00SemperFidelis,
Flocon: You provide a long respons...SemperFidelis,<br /><br /><i>Flocon: You provide a long response to a very short question.</i><br /><br />Maybe is it me or is it my Frenchiness... Also, some short questions call for long answers. <br /><br />ex: What is life? Encyclopedias have been written on the subject and no definitive answer has been provided so far...<br /><br />-------<br /><br />Re Somalia. Indeed, that country may be Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-73098901227832368522011-12-15T15:40:24.858+01:002011-12-15T15:40:24.858+01:00Salut Flocon,
Hope you're recovering well fro...Salut Flocon, <br />Hope you're recovering well from your surgery. Best wishes from New Mexico.<br /><br />Hi SemperFi,<br />Nice to see you're still around these parts.<br /><br /><i>Is that much different from how the Chinese autorities or the Iranian one procede? Only North Korea or Saudi Arabia would be more radical.</i><br /><br />Surely, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-32297226157340715492011-12-15T15:32:54.795+01:002011-12-15T15:32:54.795+01:00Flocon: You provide a long response to a very sho...Flocon: You provide a long response to a very short question.<br /><br /> I cannot respond in kind due to the press of events here. So I will ask to be excused for a few days. <br /><br />Re Montesquieu's view, it seems to me that a man has the greatest possibilities for action today in Somalia. There, he can accomplish anything he wishes, limited only by the physical power of others to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-64951559192538547962011-12-14T21:37:43.210+01:002011-12-14T21:37:43.210+01:00Thanks for your wishes SemperFidelis,
re the quot...Thanks for your wishes SemperFidelis,<br /><br />re the quote by Montesquieu.<br /><br />The interesting part of it his that he defines what liberty is: "Le pouvoir de faire".<br /><br />It's a rather restrictive an static definition since one may question if all that is to say about liberty is the possibility to act/to do.<br /><br />On the other hand, one must take into account Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-42682926241915047512011-12-14T20:21:53.940+01:002011-12-14T20:21:53.940+01:00Jan alway with an appropriate video at the ready.....Jan alway with an appropriate video at the ready... ;-)Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-82493381207265568492011-12-14T04:22:02.475+01:002011-12-14T04:22:02.475+01:00It is certainly not in the USA. Best wishes for a...It is certainly not in the USA. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. <br /><br />SemperFidelisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-72534541359119698052011-12-14T01:23:11.365+01:002011-12-14T01:23:11.365+01:00>>Should be better tomorrow or
>>the d...>>Should be better tomorrow or<br />>>the day after tomorrow...<br />"As nature bows down her head / <br />See what tomorrow brings":<br />http://tinyurl.com/cq2gzzk<br /><br />-Jan<br />CDNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-59144454592247617242011-12-13T20:15:26.266+01:002011-12-13T20:15:26.266+01:00Hi SemperFidelis,
Since I'm just back from su...Hi SemperFidelis,<br /><br />Since I'm just back from surgery, I simply can't properly answer your question (SemperFidelis a question? That's not like him :-)) )<br /><br />But just in relation to what you seem to understand under the word "freedom", I can tell you it's certainly not in France.<br /><br />Should be better tomorrow or the day after tomorrow...Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-76795567598679260232011-12-13T02:13:34.259+01:002011-12-13T02:13:34.259+01:00Where are men and women most free today?
SemperFi...Where are men and women most free today?<br /><br />SemperFidelisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-40422684986678467002011-12-11T12:34:39.972+01:002011-12-11T12:34:39.972+01:00"tout le monde is not all that free after all...<i>"tout le monde is not all that free after all."</i> <br /><br />Which goes along with the conclusion of the post:<br /><br />Tu chantes et tu critiques autant que tu veux et tu votes pour qui tu veux, tu es libre... <b>jusqu'à un certain point...</b>Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-35742512908943119222011-12-11T02:24:00.455+01:002011-12-11T02:24:00.455+01:00Salut Anijo, glad to hear from you.
Why, than you,...<i>Salut Anijo, glad to hear from you.</i><br />Why, than you, merci.<br /><br /><br /><i>According to Montesquieu, tout le monde est libre. Ou inversement, personne ne l'est, ce que je crois bien volontiers.</i><br /><br />According to Montesquieue, tout le monde is free only to the extent that the laws permit, meaning, of course, that tout le monde is not all that free after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-65404443587197838962011-12-10T23:10:40.355+01:002011-12-10T23:10:40.355+01:00Salut Anijo, glad to hear from you.
Montesquieu é...Salut Anijo, glad to hear from you.<br /><br />Montesquieu était avant tout un magistrat and therefore il raisonne en magistrat, c'est-à-dire en juriste et non en moraliste.<br /><br />Quand il est question de tolérance il est question de morale.<br /><br />Question : Qui fixe, et comment, les règles qui détermine ce qui est est "moral" ou ne l'est pas?<br /><br />According to Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-65915241000102066972011-12-10T22:53:46.831+01:002011-12-10T22:53:46.831+01:00Regarding Paul Robeson, I didn't know him but ...Regarding Paul Robeson, I didn't know him but your links to Joan Baez et all led me on his way.<br /><br />----------<br /><br /><i>« Dans la loi, il y a une provision que les EU peuvent arrêter n'importe quelle citoyen "suspecté" de terrorisme ou d'avoir des rapports avec le terrorisme et le imprisoner pour une durée indeterminée. Good-bye the 4th Amendment ».</i><br /><br Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-11944325633679852432011-12-10T20:29:33.871+01:002011-12-10T20:29:33.871+01:00La liberté est le pouvoir de faire tout ce que les...<i>La liberté est le pouvoir de faire tout ce que les lois permettent</i><br />~Charles De MontesquieuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-28071719457007432252011-12-10T10:33:40.366+01:002011-12-10T10:33:40.366+01:00Je suis surpris que je n'avais pas parlé de Pa...Je suis surpris que je n'avais pas parlé de Paul Robeson plus tôt. Comme tu as sans doute lu son biographie a Wiki, je n'ai pas besoin à elaborer.<br /><br />Une des chansons de Joe Hill <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&feature=related&v=uhhzElzTZJw" rel="nofollow">Pie in the Sky</a><br /><br />Cette semaine, le Sénat aux EU a voté la loi sur le budget militaire. Dans Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.com