tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post4925147452014096867..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: Swinish EnvyDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-60569948635287099752008-09-03T21:33:00.000+01:002008-09-03T21:33:00.000+01:00Nay, it is our inner pelagian jumping for joy, bec...Nay, it is our inner pelagian jumping for joy, because if he can't make it, then we can feel better about ourselves. At least I'm not as bad as that tax collector over there - you know, the one that features prominently on the Society pages, or gasp, the one who is running for office...Magotty Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039164409659890130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-31337393684088548712008-08-25T17:55:00.000+01:002008-08-25T17:55:00.000+01:00On the other hand, it may be that a kind of hope i...On the other hand, it may be that a kind of hope is kindled by such revelations: the object of our admiration being thus revealed to be like us in ordinary ways establishes a bridgehead between us - and perhaps makes it possible for us to imagine, however stupidly or naively, that we might actually aspire to be like him in the ways that we yearn to be.Malcolm Pollackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589628469540807380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-85337321823080350252008-08-21T21:40:00.000+01:002008-08-21T21:40:00.000+01:00To people who seek to imitate, I say in all sincer...To people who seek to imitate, I say in all sincerity, "Get a life!"Sky Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154273736917461358noreply@blogger.com