tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4098933298917442130..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: There he stood, he could do no other.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33877989259976453122008-04-19T23:37:00.000-04:002008-04-19T23:37:00.000-04:00Too soon to say.I could always hit my parents up f...Too soon to say.<BR/><BR/>I could always hit my parents up for a place to crash for the show, since they're only about six or seven miles away. :DTamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61213472386448976342008-04-19T14:57:00.000-04:002008-04-19T14:57:00.000-04:00I mean it, of course. Any chance of you at Blade?...I mean it, of course. Any chance of you at Blade?J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71483695080134191222008-04-18T10:31:00.000-04:002008-04-18T10:31:00.000-04:00John,"You know I know lots of folk with a deft han...John,<BR/><BR/>"<I>You know I know lots of folk with a deft hand at the keyboard.<BR/>...<BR/>You're my favorite.</I>"<BR/><BR/>I'm blushing furiously.<BR/><BR/>And giggling a little bit, because I'm recalling Taggart's line to Hedley Lamarr in <I>Blazing Saddles</I>, complementing the latter on his eloquence.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74271542425393593532008-04-17T18:33:00.000-04:002008-04-17T18:33:00.000-04:00Chris, We're still fighting the fall out of th...Chris,<BR/> We're still fighting the fall out of the Crusades, which happened a few years prior to the start of the hundred years war.<BR/><BR/>-Gregg<BR/><BR/>p.s. Tam, there is something goofy in your script. When I tried to use the "Name/URL" option it would not allow me to do so without a URL. See it kept reading the (optional) as a URL. Thus, making it required and not optional. I'm just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57812334995683663622008-04-17T17:31:00.000-04:002008-04-17T17:31:00.000-04:00100 years?We're STILL fighting the fallout of the ...100 years?<BR/><BR/>We're STILL fighting the fallout of the hundred years war.AnarchAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06447178964096399015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59254003106881617572008-04-17T12:52:00.000-04:002008-04-17T12:52:00.000-04:00Ain't nothin' like organized religion.... JimBAin't nothin' like organized religion.... JimBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62090303675490864962008-04-17T11:46:00.000-04:002008-04-17T11:46:00.000-04:00The diet of worms help the Catholic Church lose we...The diet of worms help the Catholic Church lose weight ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89257374416660616012008-04-17T11:30:00.000-04:002008-04-17T11:30:00.000-04:00"The monk had excommunicated the pope."(Will Duran..."The monk had excommunicated the pope."<BR/><BR/>(Will Durant)<BR/><BR/>Martin Luther was the first modern individualist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20751891555570088632008-04-17T10:47:00.000-04:002008-04-17T10:47:00.000-04:00100 years of fratricide over the proper way way to...100 years of fratricide over the proper way way to worship the Prince of Peace, and who gets the huge pile moola involved, sounds about as appealing as a steady Diet of Worms......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65562411731320829832008-04-17T10:46:00.000-04:002008-04-17T10:46:00.000-04:00Tamara?You know I know lots of folk with a deft ha...Tamara?<BR/><BR/>You know I know lots of folk with a deft hand at the keyboard. I have heroes like James Thurber, Steven King, John Ringo, and Orson Scott Card (Dave Weber has slipped).<BR/><BR/>You're my favorite.<BR/><BR/>Just so you know.<BR/>----<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, one could also claim that the Black Death and the rise of the merchant class actually ended the Middle Ages.<BR/><BR/>JohnJ.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24857367402003651772008-04-17T10:08:00.000-04:002008-04-17T10:08:00.000-04:00Regardless of where you stand on religious questio...Regardless of where you stand on religious questions, Martin Luther's highly visible rejection of external authority in favor of obeying his strictly <I>individual</I> conscience was definitely a blow for human freedom. You might even say that the individual attitude is what finally ended the Middle Ages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68320882683764569832008-04-17T10:03:00.000-04:002008-04-17T10:03:00.000-04:00Especially, since the counter reformation basicall...Especially, since the counter reformation basically adopted a lot of the reforms that would have made Luther less of an annoyed & stubborn german.<BR/><BR/>(And like all good "religious" conflicts there were a lot of strictly secular reasons adding fuel to that fire.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65931312232964373402008-04-17T09:08:00.000-04:002008-04-17T09:08:00.000-04:00"Europeans spent the next hundred years slaughteri...<I>"Europeans spent the next hundred years slaughtering each other in general (and depopulating Germany in specific) over the question of the proper way to worship the Prince of Peace."</I><BR/><BR/>Well... now that you put it that way, it just sounds kinda silly.<BR/><BR/>JoeJoe Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610203017162443764noreply@blogger.com