tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post8052914834709004100..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: James W. Nichol's Transgression Is An Unusually Fine Book Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-33879822026456150362017-02-23T09:55:36.602-05:002017-02-23T09:55:36.602-05:00The internet has made experts of us all. Or at le...The internet has made experts of us all. Or at least that's the American version of "democracy." If we're all equal, my opinion is as good as yours. Of course, the opinion of an M.D. is better than that of a quack, but we preach it round and square: all men are created equal (before the law) turns into: you're no better than me! Well, no, but some can be better educated, at which point it turns into: "What makes you think you're so smart?"<br /><br />And then, if the answer is not quantifiable (e.g., an engineering problem) then my opinion is definitely what the world has been waiting for!<br /><br />Which is why I never bother with comments on the internet. Most of them are people complaining because they didn't get what they wanted, and what they wanted was something to make them happy, and who knows why they are unhappy anyway? It's probably not the fault of whatever they are commenting about. But everyone's opinion must be heard, and so we slowly drown in the great sea of mendacity.<br /><br />We are all Tennessee Williams' characters, now.....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com