tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1379841467307950298.post3243069340615733055..comments2023-05-17T04:59:04.113-05:00Comments on Balsbaugh7: My First RSTS MeetingJPBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06826067193555843647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1379841467307950298.post-75643304382744750922008-08-25T22:53:00.000-05:002008-08-25T22:53:00.000-05:00a friend posted the following article on facebook....a friend posted the following article on facebook. it's an essay/letter by tolstoy. reading this blog post reminded me of the letter tolstoy wrote.<BR/><BR/>http://www.lewrockwell.com/snyder/snyder14.html<BR/><BR/>(i have no problems with the letter itself, but i do have a couple problems with the introduction to the letter, namely that the author conflates the classical liberalism tolstoy's talking about with what we americans call liberalism nowadays. also, and maybe this is just blind optimism/naivete on my part, but i don't think the US has yet become so unrepresentative, undemocratic, rigidly bureaucratic, and autocratic to merit comparison with czarist russia. these two points kind of invalidate the use of tolstoy's letter as supporting evidence for the intro's author's argument, in my opinion. also, there's the fact that i'm not libertarian, so i'm not going to agree with him)<BR/><BR/>BUT ANYWAY. ignoring the non-tolstoy introduction, i can recommend tolstoy's letter, which i think you'd appreciate in the context of this blog post. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1379841467307950298.post-3639564165767100692008-08-19T19:09:00.000-05:002008-08-19T19:09:00.000-05:00I'm super-excited to know that someone else in PoP...I'm super-excited to know that someone else in PoP is familiar with Hauerwas and Yoder!!! And I agree with your thoughts on the false dichotomy. Recently I've been thinking that the the world is not going to be changed so much by Washington, D.C. as it will be by Allendale and south side Indianapolis ...Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090633995801931518noreply@blogger.com