Comments on: This Isn’t Personal. This is About Ideas. http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/ Commentary on Our Brave New Utopia Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:09:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jeff http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-52 Jeff Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:01:51 +0000 http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-52 Steve, I like it. Nice blog and a good set of ideas to start with. See you Saturday. Steve,
I like it. Nice blog and a good set of ideas to start with. See you Saturday.

]]> By: The Savage http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-43 The Savage Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:38:00 +0000 http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-43 LL, Yes, leave the personalities to Hollywood. I'm interested in innovation and thoughtful ideas. I agree that Europe is not the answer. However, I like a few things about the EU, I especially like <a href="http://cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek/2006/09/tierney_on_esto.html" rel="nofollow">Estonia's free market.</a> Some say Estonia has the freest economy in the world,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Estonia" rel="nofollow"> and it shows 10-12% annual growth.</a> 10 times that of its socialist neighbors. LL,

Yes, leave the personalities to Hollywood. I’m interested in innovation and thoughtful ideas.

I agree that Europe is not the answer. However, I like a few things about the EU, I especially like Estonia’s free market. Some say Estonia has the freest economy in the world, and it shows 10-12% annual growth. 10 times that of its socialist neighbors.

]]> By: The Lady Logician http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-42 The Lady Logician Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:35:01 +0000 http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-42 Steve - stellar post! You hit the nail right on the head. It is ALL about ideas - not the people spouting them. I may not agree with all of your ideas, but I will die to defend your rights to them and to express them and as long as we can debate them in a respectful manner you and I will, in the end, depart as friends! Eric - Europe is not the answer. They are further down the government control road than we are. Stay here and fight for your country! That is what all patriots should do! Steve - keep up the good work! I can't WAIT to read more! LL Steve - stellar post! You hit the nail right on the head. It is ALL about ideas - not the people spouting them. I may not agree with all of your ideas, but I will die to defend your rights to them and to express them and as long as we can debate them in a respectful manner you and I will, in the end, depart as friends!

Eric - Europe is not the answer. They are further down the government control road than we are. Stay here and fight for your country! That is what all patriots should do!

Steve - keep up the good work! I can’t WAIT to read more!

LL

]]> By: Jan http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-32 Jan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:09:00 +0000 http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-32 Wow, tremendous reminder to us of the nature of debate and what education formerly was designed to impart! That's what happens when we give up "The Lost Tools of Learning" as expressed by Dorothy Sayers (see http://www.stanthonypaduainstitute.org/lostart.htm): "Is not the great defect of our education today--a defect traceable through all the disquieting symptoms of trouble that I have mentioned--that although we often succeed in teaching our pupils "subjects," we fail lamentably on the whole in teaching them how to think: they learn everything, except the art of learning." Your list of "ideas" also challenges me to relook at their origins. It was truly enlightening for me this past year when I started to learn how public education came about and began reading John Taylor Gatto's works. Shocking, more like it! What a challenge to my thinking! Your articles and comments are really thought-provoking and much appreciated in this time when so many accept without thought what others (and they themselves) spout as "fact." Wow, tremendous reminder to us of the nature of debate and what education formerly was designed to impart!

That’s what happens when we give up “The Lost Tools of Learning” as expressed by Dorothy Sayers (see http://www.stanthonypaduainstitute.org/lostart.htm): “Is not the great defect of our education today–a defect traceable through all the disquieting symptoms of trouble that I have mentioned–that although we often succeed in teaching our pupils “subjects,” we fail lamentably on the whole in teaching them how to think: they learn everything, except the art of learning.”

Your list of “ideas” also challenges me to relook at their origins. It was truly enlightening for me this past year when I started to learn how public education came about and began reading John Taylor Gatto’s works. Shocking, more like it! What a challenge to my thinking!

Your articles and comments are really thought-provoking and much appreciated in this time when so many accept without thought what others (and they themselves) spout as “fact.”

]]> By: Eric http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-22 Eric Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:24:09 +0000 http://www.thefreesavage.com/2008/03/20/this-isnt-personal-this-is-about-ideas/#comment-22 Steve, I must say that reading this article gave me chills. I'm a freshman in college, on the cusp of adulthood, and I've managed to find niches on the periphery of The System that have allowed me to thrive on my own terms. However, Reality is creeping in, and it's damn depressing. I've seriously considered moving to Europe after I graduate, but that's simply running away from the problem. I am truly inspired that there are individuals in our society like you who are not afraid of challenging the status quo and offering alternatives. Keep it up! Steve,
I must say that reading this article gave me chills. I’m a freshman in college, on the cusp of adulthood, and I’ve managed to find niches on the periphery of The System that have allowed me to thrive on my own terms. However, Reality is creeping in, and it’s damn depressing. I’ve seriously considered moving to Europe after I graduate, but that’s simply running away from the problem. I am truly inspired that there are individuals in our society like you who are not afraid of challenging the status quo and offering alternatives. Keep it up!

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