tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post757782405838805899..comments2024-02-25T02:23:45.174+01:00Comments on Infinite Complacency: A Cult by any other name...jjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07221356763434456508noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6594256001224942442013-02-16T15:56:38.197+01:002013-02-16T15:56:38.197+01:00Outstanding essay, Jon! Thanks for all that you do...Outstanding essay, Jon! Thanks for all that you do, and kudos to Jonny for keeping this blog purring along.DuckBenwaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-43141831104346036522013-02-12T00:40:08.924+01:002013-02-12T00:40:08.924+01:00Excellent essay, Mr Atack. I'd add perhaps tha...Excellent essay, Mr Atack. I'd add perhaps that language, and the words that comprise it, are constantly evolving, hence the word 'cult' has somewhat evolved to it's more sinister popular definitions.Unex Skcusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-21639134841931942262013-02-11T22:27:41.931+01:002013-02-11T22:27:41.931+01:00You beat me to it, Pants: but it's not as if h...You beat me to it, Pants: but it's not as if he isn't aware of Orwell. I think he just wanted to focus his fire elsewhere.Jonny Jacobsenhttp://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-17450296777506540632013-02-11T20:53:57.941+01:002013-02-11T20:53:57.941+01:00Pretty good, but needs moar Orwell.
https://www.mt...Pretty good, but needs moar Orwell.<br />https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htmPants of fishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-67879324983783402142013-02-11T01:45:00.864+01:002013-02-11T01:45:00.864+01:00I'll also bet that philogists somewhere, say t...I'll also bet that philogists somewhere, say the common layman public have their zeitgeist definitions to themselves, and under the sub heading of the "snarl" word, cult is absolutely within the common man's right, to inject into existing words, whatever it is they feel fits, that item that a particular snarl word gets affixed to.<br /><br /><br />In otherwords, the public, us Chuck Beattyhttp://www.facebook.com/people/Chuck-Beatty/1631176570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-5238773620016100882013-02-10T23:46:42.354+01:002013-02-10T23:46:42.354+01:00As it turned out, Hubbard underestimated the wilfu...As it turned out, Hubbard underestimated the wilful stupidity of his followers. Tom Cruise and others happily say "you can be a Christian and a Scientologist"; there was no need for subterfuge.<br /><br />I'm going to disagree about that 'Church' word. When Hubbard adopted it, it did mean something 'purry' (the proper words are pejorative and meliorative). Nowadays Hartley Pattersonhttp://www.facebook.com/hartleypattersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-840903814287643542013-02-10T23:46:19.807+01:002013-02-10T23:46:19.807+01:00Simply brilliant.Simply brilliant.Horseradishnoreply@blogger.com