tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post980542615686413018..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: My Muddled View of Current EventsP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-82880203675985155712017-08-21T19:13:21.230-07:002017-08-21T19:13:21.230-07:00That's the one! I will ask the Firefighter if...That's the one! I will ask the Firefighter if I can borrow his movie night setup. Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-32850205919094478762017-08-20T08:47:26.347-07:002017-08-20T08:47:26.347-07:00Gerry, it's pretty rare to agree with any othe...Gerry, it's pretty rare to agree with any other individual on everything, but I can happily say that I am in agreement with everything you've written here in your comment above. <br /><br />And -- TA-DA!!! -- the title of the movie in question is "Junebug"! Here is a wonderful review by the late Roger Ebert that makes me want to see this movie all over again -- for the 4th or 5th time!<br /><br />http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/junebug-2005P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-7786059589897486552017-08-19T14:11:42.520-07:002017-08-19T14:11:42.520-07:00One winter evening we can kick back with wine and ...One winter evening we can kick back with wine and snacks and watch it together. (Assuming we can identify it.) <br /><br />After several digressions I've finished your post and have some other thoughts. I'm pretty sure true nonviolence does not allow hate to flourish. At the same time, I am not at all sure that anything but the massed armies of the western world could have stopped Hitler. I keep thinking about the powerful effect of "Have you no shame?" - and then ruefully admitting that the entire culture has coarsened to the point that, no, Sen. McCarthy would have no shame any more than today's demagogues have. No, the Civil War did not resolve sectional animosity, but it damn sure DID resolve the issue of whether one person could own another in these disunited states, and that, as they say, is not nothing. I am pretty busy working on finishing the job we started then, and it is very hard work. I am in NO mood to move backward. I find that it is harder for me to be brave than it is for me to be self-righteous, which leads to more work, mainly on myself. I hate that. I have no satisfying answers but I will tell you this: I am glad to be on this side of the grass along with you and a lot of other neighbors in this beautiful place while we keep working at it. <br /><br />Finally, I have been reading Zayde Smith's Swing Time. She always makes my head hurt until I stop overthinking and just have the experience. All of this seems like part of the same thing.<br /> Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-14813205378478837432017-08-19T12:54:26.260-07:002017-08-19T12:54:26.260-07:00Gerry, I'm sure we're talking about the sa...Gerry, I'm sure we're talking about the same movie -- young, pregnant, sweet, naive wife and bumbling, immature husband (more comfortable with workmates than family). I cannot remember the title, but I've seen it about three times. We'll have to follow up this quote and get it right.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-74049638549322404422017-08-19T12:42:59.992-07:002017-08-19T12:42:59.992-07:00I reached the part about the favorite movie line a...I reached the part about the favorite movie line and had to stop to comment - one of my favorite lines, which I also can't remember exactly, is "God loves you just the way you are but that doesn't mean he doesn't wish you'd try a little harder." It's said by a very pregnant wife to her immature husband. OK, now I have to go back and finish the post.Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com