tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post4943548443873867180..comments2023-10-21T05:29:38.360-06:00Comments on Where the Columbines Grow: Where Is Distributist America?Kevin J. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907423156155669252noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-87394688385650641012007-04-24T12:09:00.000-06:002007-04-24T12:09:00.000-06:00Just to be clear, that wasn't a ban warning, just ...Just to be clear, that wasn't a ban warning, just a request to keep things on topic and away from personal disputes.Kevin J. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907423156155669252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-26573049131050680282007-04-23T17:40:00.000-06:002007-04-23T17:40:00.000-06:00Kevin,While I agree that you should certainly be a...Kevin,<BR/><BR/>While I agree that you should certainly be able to moderate your comments as you wish. And that LTG can sometimes be gruff in his generalizations, he thinks with a great thomistic clarity that can often shed light on the issues at hand.<BR/><BR/>Further, I have been enjoying the very local flavor of this post, considering that both LTG and I live in the Archdiocese of Denver.<BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-22397904049364506102007-04-23T15:36:00.000-06:002007-04-23T15:36:00.000-06:00Complaining about college students being inexperie...Complaining about college students being inexperienced is like complaining about water being wet. They'll only be able to criticize themselves from some point in the future. Always better to deal with the content rather than the style of a statement.<BR/><BR/>I hope you will understand when I ask that you voice your grudges elsewhere, possibly on a blog of your own. Much as I enjoy the length Kevin J. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907423156155669252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-92085861611202934422007-04-23T13:08:00.000-06:002007-04-23T13:08:00.000-06:00Btw, if you have the impression that I don’t think...Btw, if you have the impression that I don’t think highly to the Cornell Society, you’re correct. They accused a my wife’s best friend, a mother of nine, and local FSSP parishioner from week one, of being a purveyor of pornography because she didn’t see eye to eye with the Cornell Society’s Jansenist views on modesty. And when she attempted to defend herself, they deleted her comments. And Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-3440756954888849092007-04-23T12:50:00.000-06:002007-04-23T12:50:00.000-06:00Mr. Jones writes: “The issue isn’t contemplation s...Mr. Jones writes: “<BR/><BR/>The issue isn’t contemplation so much as it’s wisdom which in turn requires experience which the modern academic environment does not provide. And which the members of the Cornell society have proven to be likewise sorely in need of. The latest Cornell society comment on distributism is not only woefully ignorant of the argument, but typical of their of their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-38644656077924938182007-04-23T12:05:00.000-06:002007-04-23T12:05:00.000-06:00'love the girls' writes:"What do you expect from a...'love the girls' writes:<BR/>"What do you expect from a bunch kids who plan on teaching at some university somewhere where their every need will be taken care of for them by the school?"<BR/><BR/>Though there are many vices in the academic life, contemplativeness is not one of them. There is something to be said for a thoughtful class somewhat insulated from the vicissitudes of life, provided Kevin J. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907423156155669252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-39762138911248122082007-04-23T09:54:00.000-06:002007-04-23T09:54:00.000-06:00Ben,You right,In so far as they were sharecroppers...Ben,<BR/><BR/>You right,<BR/><BR/>In so far as they were sharecroppers, the landlord has a responsibility to them.<BR/><BR/>It was my understanding that the farmers in Grapes of Wrath owned the land as typical today where farmers sell themselves to the banks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-63835586474631005792007-04-23T09:16:00.000-06:002007-04-23T09:16:00.000-06:00LTG,While I would always listen attentively to Fr....LTG,<BR/><BR/>While I would always listen attentively to Fr. Joe, I would ask him if it made a difference that the sharecropper inherited his condition. I believe that it was part of the story that his family had been on the land for something like 4 generations.<BR/><BR/>This makes sharecropping in this instance more like the manorialist system of the middle ages than modern industry. It was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-76027419463678812642007-04-20T19:26:00.000-06:002007-04-20T19:26:00.000-06:00Kevin Jones,If by slim chance you don't know who F...Kevin Jones,<BR/><BR/>If by slim chance you don't know who Fr. Joe is, he was the pastor writ large, for most of the orthodox Catholics in the Denver metro area, and the former headmaster at Our Lady of the Rosary Academy in Mountain View until Chaput kicked him out at the behest of the libs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-50336017709912523282007-04-20T19:15:00.000-06:002007-04-20T19:15:00.000-06:00The story in Grapes of Wrath remind of a conversat...The story in Grapes of Wrath remind of a conversation years ago with Fr. Joe Ganssle where someone was complaining about the searches at the airport. Fr. Joe commented that boat sailed when the airlines invited the government in to build their airports for them.<BR/><BR/>In other words, the farmer should first shoot himself, since he's the one who started the ball rolling by inviting the bank inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-33031686435821028942007-04-20T15:48:00.000-06:002007-04-20T15:48:00.000-06:00I recently checked "Grapes of Wrath" out of our lo...I recently checked "Grapes of Wrath" out of our local video library and watched it with the homeschooled teenage son.<BR/><BR/>There was a scene of an Okie sharecropper being evicted where he was arguing with the man who came to evict him. Now the sharecropper, being a just man, wanted to make sure he was acting rightly so he hesitated before he fired his gun long enough to learn that this man Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-76249278880048134372007-04-20T14:44:00.000-06:002007-04-20T14:44:00.000-06:00What do you expect from a bunch kids who plan on t...What do you expect from a bunch kids who plan on teaching at some university somewhere where their every need will be taken care of for them by the school? <BR/><BR/>And it's why distributism will never occur in the US except as it always has, organically by those who get down in the dirt and do it. And of whom virtually none have never heard of the term, let alone know or care what it means.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com