Comments on: 7 Quick Takes III

By: joyful

joyful — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:02:09 +0000

#5 – cool and crazy
#7 – cool and amazing

By: thduggie

thduggie — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:04:37 +0000

#2 – I think the reason the Greeks aren’t dancing in the streets over the permission to default on part of the debt is that what they’ve experienced, so far, is that Europe makes them save beyond where it hurts and there’s no visible improvement – in fact, all that saving has their economy even more in the doldrums. So, even though the root cause isn’t European intervention, I assume they see their woes correlating with European involvement and that makes them leery of any further involvement. (The article also states that Europe’s decision to allow a partial default is an implicit admission that the previous policies had failed.)

#3 – He can have all my sliver, but I’m not so sure about my gold. 😉 I share your preferences. And “invocation” only makes it a silver better.

#5 – Why does it scare me less than bungee jumping, even though those poles look far from sturdy?

#6 – They do say that their impression is not that this concentration is a result of evil volition, but that it’s what happens if you let the markets do their thing.

By: IrishOboe

IrishOboe — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:07:39 +0000

#5 – Is this what happens when the Harry Potter generation comes of age?

By: SursumCorda

SursumCorda — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:38:37 +0000

#2 — I should try to understand it, because the view from here (meaning my own; I can’t speak for the country) is: “What? They’re forcing the banks to allow Greece to default on half its debt and that’s not good enough for them?” So I’d like to know the European view. But articles on finance make my head spin anyway, and translations such as “In their view, be right but also the Euro politicians who now oppose the planned referendum, Greek and warn” do nothing to improve my comprehension.

#3 — perhaps if you think if it as an invocation instead of an incantation it would seem better. My objection is that, like many praise songs, it puts a lie into the mouths of the singers, e.g. “all we want to do is give our love to You.” Hymns are not immune to this problem, although it is rarer: “”Take my sliver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold.” And of course one can get into this kind of trouble reciting some of the Psalms, too. But this is one reason I prefer hymns that speak of God to ones that talk about me — what HE IS, is consistent, but what I FEEL varies from moment to moment.

#5 — Whoo-hoo! I can think of several nephews of my own who would jump in line to give it a try. Especially the Quidditch player…. 🙂

#6 — too scary to attempt translation.

#7 — Beautiful! Unless you’re the rabbit.