tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post4210168948525803516..comments2023-06-28T09:59:42.375-05:00Comments on The Clue Batting Cage: Open Minded Liberalsphilmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-82457171754568976922011-07-21T19:16:56.611-05:002011-07-21T19:16:56.611-05:00Oh oh, watch it. We've got "metaethics&q...Oh oh, watch it. We've got "metaethics" and "cromulent" in the same thread now. I'm not sure the reputation of this blog can take it.<br /><br />Where I work we are in the data warehousing and reporting area. We talk about metadata. Which is data about data.<br /><br />So is metaethics data about ethics, or is it ethics about ethics?<br /><br />Either way, that's what I mean about getting wrapped up in layer upon layer of abstraction and still thinking you're talking about the real world. That's what they do.philmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-50756431111089526882011-07-21T18:38:11.908-05:002011-07-21T18:38:11.908-05:00Did anybody else look up that book title just to m...Did anybody else look up that book title just to make sure we weren't being goofed on? And is there a word that more concisely communicates "I'm over-educated beyond any use to society" than "metaethics?" Sure, it's a perfectly cromulent word, but I can't imagine using it unless I *really* wanted to puff out my intellectual chest.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-10968099225061919972011-07-21T15:07:36.980-05:002011-07-21T15:07:36.980-05:00Love the part where he starts complaining about &q...Love the part where he starts complaining about "aggressively non-threatening NPR males." Heh heh. Doesn't even mention Alan Alda's name but you know exactly who he has in mind.mkfreeberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265933747192068934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-5139838046949762682011-07-17T22:22:00.558-05:002011-07-17T22:22:00.558-05:00"I can't actually quote her, since my fin..."I can't actually quote her, since my fingers simply refuse to type that garbage"<br /><br />Oh, my abs are getting a great workout laughing hysterically at that. Because ... the best humor is very often the humor with the most truth in it.philmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-60377859007023497092011-07-17T21:05:53.187-05:002011-07-17T21:05:53.187-05:00Sadly, the prose is even worse than the title. Th...Sadly, the prose is even worse than the title. This is the same lady (Mary Daly) who calls her seminars "ovulars" and won't admit male students. (That's not "discrimination," though, because... well, just because). <br /><br />I can't actually quote her, since my fingers simply refuse to type that garbage, but trust me - it's awful. <br /><br />Feminist prose can be rewarding, though, if you manage to wade through it. I'm thinking especially of an "essay" by bell hooks [sic... of course] who, if I translated the hieroglyphics correctly, seemed to be asserting that teachers bonking students was perfectly ok so long as the woman in the relationship felt empowered... but the minute she didn't, it was rape. Just for giggles I wanted to critique Ms. hooks for heteronormativity -- what if it were a lesbian relationship? -- but I just couldn't do it. Good times.Severianhttp://academiczoology.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-34778294623421429132011-07-15T09:29:49.486-05:002011-07-15T09:29:49.486-05:00Gyn-Ecology??!? See, it's MOTHER EARTH for a ...Gyn-Ecology??!? See, it's MOTHER EARTH for a REASON!!1!one!<br /><br />Gaaaahhh, I can't even imitate 'em anymore for fun, without getting the shivers.nightflyhttp://nightflyblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-9940902646289001462011-07-15T09:02:14.860-05:002011-07-15T09:02:14.860-05:00Phil,
own it, read it, loved it. I even have a s...Phil,<br /><br />own it, read it, loved it. I even have a system for hiding my thoughtcrime books when people come over -- a hardcore communist professor of feminist studies (aren't they all, though) retired a few years back and gave away lots of her old books. I snagged a few, and now whenever I have politically suspect company, I hide my Ann Coulter and John Debyshire behind <i>Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism</i> and <i>Gyn/Ecology: A Metaethics of Radical Feminism.</i> Works like a charm.<br /><br />And yeah, those are real book titles.Severianhttp://academiczoology.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com