tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post1588734441490764632..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Judging the Covenanttruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-78689940418567591252008-03-02T07:10:00.000-08:002008-03-02T07:10:00.000-08:00"Drug habit." Stephen Pinker springs to mind when ..."Drug habit." Stephen Pinker springs to mind when I encounter that kind of language, he using the phrase "euphemism treadmill." We seem to be in the habit of covering up our experienced life with code words and fluff to conceal the obvious from ourselves as if it really weren't there. An example comes to mind this morning in looking at downtown eastside enquirer's coverage of "social housing." even bin Laden and co. living in a cave is social. All housing is social if people live like human beings rather than as hermits. "Social housing" is just another example of lying. <BR/><BR/>Thus begins another day. With, of course, my coffee habit.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-69269843327595176212008-03-01T23:20:00.000-08:002008-03-01T23:20:00.000-08:00well we are creatures of habitwe can't live a simp...well we are creatures of habit<BR/><BR/>we can't live a simply spontaneous and creative existence.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-13652896368754899732008-03-01T22:24:00.000-08:002008-03-01T22:24:00.000-08:00don't you really wonder about the phrase "drug hab...don't you really wonder about the phrase "drug habit"? sort of like, I have a habit of coffee first thing in the morning, or Susan has a habit of reading the paper on the weekend, and other people have a habit of, well, trashing their bodies, ruining their lives, losing their teeth, putting themselves at the mercy of hells angels etc. for their casual little 'drug habit'. What a weird phrase, eh? drug habit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-45089654057318997502008-02-28T16:53:00.000-08:002008-02-28T16:53:00.000-08:00It's here in Vancouver that I came up with the ter...It's here in Vancouver that I came up with the term "povertarian." Yes, another beat me to it, as I found out by searching. He is from India, and he referred to Gandhiesque posing as poor and celebrating poverty of others as a philosphical vision of the Moral. India. I came to the same conclusion with the same term in Vancouver. Canada. Go figure.<BR/><BR/>I have figured. I've been writing about this for years now. I wrote about "Velvet Fascism," and now Johan Goldberg has out a wonderful book, "Liberal Fascism." There's something in the air, folks, and it's democracy. Breathe it in deep and you'll want to meet us at the library.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.com