Comments on: Memory hole http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/ Ron Coleman's pretty good blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Do Purim « Likelihood of Success http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/#comment-16499 Do Purim « Likelihood of Success Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:14:59 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/#comment-16499 [...] As well explained in the Book of Esther, it’s the holiday of turnabout, surprises, false identities, intrigue, and not a little spiritual confusion. The outcome isn’t always funny, or even fun, except perhaps in the sense of the divine comedy. [...] [...] As well explained in the Book of Esther, it’s the holiday of turnabout, surprises, false identities, intrigue, and not a little spiritual confusion. The outcome isn’t always funny, or even fun, except perhaps in the sense of the divine comedy. [...]

]]> By: Ara http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/#comment-34 Ara Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:52:27 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/#comment-34 The 60 Minutes piece WAS extraordinary, was it not? That moment when they show the file number to the man and he rolls up his sleeve to show the matching number... As for Holocaustism, I read the link and was reminded of something I heard recently. It was an interview with Elif Shafak, author of <i>Bastard of Istanbul.</i> She was speaking of her friend, Hrant Dink, the murdered Armenian writer. She said that he lived his life looking to the future, not to the past. She said that he was just as much against the law in France making it a crime NOT to recognize the Armenian genocide as he was against the law in Turkey making it a crime to "insult Turkishness." He was a good guy and it's too bad he's gone. The 60 Minutes piece WAS extraordinary, was it not? That moment when they show the file number to the man and he rolls up his sleeve to show the matching number…

As for Holocaustism, I read the link and was reminded of something I heard recently. It was an interview with Elif Shafak, author of Bastard of Istanbul. She was speaking of her friend, Hrant Dink, the murdered Armenian writer. She said that he lived his life looking to the future, not to the past. She said that he was just as much against the law in France making it a crime NOT to recognize the Armenian genocide as he was against the law in Turkey making it a crime to “insult Turkishness.”

He was a good guy and it’s too bad he’s gone.

]]> By: Ron Coleman http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/#comment-23 Ron Coleman Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:10:31 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/#comment-23 You're right, Arnold -- and welcome, by the way -- that <i>purim</i> is plural for pur. But Purim is singular for the Jewish holiday of Purim and for the way I used it -- the event it commemorates. It does look like things are unraveling over there, doesn't it? Can't be too soon. Thank you for your kind and temperate words, Arnold! I will try to keep rulemaking to a minimum. You’re right, Arnold — and welcome, by the way — that purim is plural for pur. But Purim is singular for the Jewish holiday of Purim and for the way I used it — the event it commemorates.

It does look like things are unraveling over there, doesn’t it? Can’t be too soon.

Thank you for your kind and temperate words, Arnold! I will try to keep rulemaking to a minimum.

]]> By: ArnoldHarris http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/#comment-22 ArnoldHarris Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:06:34 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/07/memory-hole/#comment-22 1) Actually, "Purim" itself is a plural. "Pur" = one lot. "Purim" = multiple lots. "Lot" as in the kind you cast like a pair of dice. (I think.) 2) That's the worst thing about the iranian Adolf Hitler, this never-ending obsession with the Jews. It'll kill him one day. I think. 2) You got a nice blogsite here. I promise not to use filthy language, inasmuch as that was your particular line in the sand. And I respect lines in sand. Even if they inevitably shift with the winds and tides. Arnold Harris Mount Horeb WI 1) Actually, “Purim” itself is a plural. “Pur” = one lot. “Purim” = multiple lots. “Lot” as in the kind you cast like a pair of dice. (I think.)

2) That’s the worst thing about the iranian Adolf Hitler, this never-ending obsession with the Jews. It’ll kill him one day. I think.

2) You got a nice blogsite here. I promise not to use filthy language, inasmuch as that was your particular line in the sand. And I respect lines in sand. Even if they inevitably shift with the winds and tides.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI

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