tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post8365478495038899603..comments2024-03-26T02:19:27.813-07:00Comments on ♆ The Macho Response ♆: The Drop Outs (That's All I See Anymore)The Crack Emceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-62866093014438342962009-07-16T16:50:26.717-07:002009-07-16T16:50:26.717-07:00I have spent a significant part of my life in thir...I have spent a significant part of my life in third world countries. Last summer I was in Malawi, Africa. Every night after we went to sleep, the local people would dig through the things we had thrown into the trash pit, like cans, aluminum foil, and bags. It's a paradigm-shifting experience to see schoolchildren walking past with their school papers neatly tucked into small plastic bags that once held a kilo of sugar, but with the addition of a thin braided rope (also made of plastic bags), have now become messenger bags.Louhttp://www.blahblahblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-7689638924891114032009-07-16T12:44:28.859-07:002009-07-16T12:44:28.859-07:00The previous comments led me to this conclusion: ...The previous comments led me to this conclusion: people don't consider New Age a threat because it is insidiously woven into so many aspects of our lives. We don't really see it.<br /><br />We need people like you to shock us out of complacency. And shock you do! Some of those images are amazing.<br /><br />People seem to need to believe in something beyond our immediate senses. Our awareness of self perhaps triggers an awareness that something more than self may exist. Also fear of death, the pain of illness and misfortune, and the sorrow caused by the loss of loved ones, are too hard for most to cope with w/o a spiritual safety-net, so to speak. <br /><br />As traditional religious traditions, which fulfilled the spiritual need, fall by the way side, New Age hucksters and true-believers move in to fill the void; replacing the old school tel-evangelist style hucksters. But they also remind one of the snake-oil peddlers that have existed forever.<br /><br />In other words, it's a complex issue you've chosen to tackle!<br /><br />Fascinating blog, btw. I found it through a comment of yours on Althouse. I guess that's why I read her. You never know what you'll find at her playhouse.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577584676839171856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-25222518456877942962009-07-16T10:47:58.676-07:002009-07-16T10:47:58.676-07:00Right on the mark. The NewAgers are a threat in su...Right on the mark. The NewAgers are a threat in such a subtle way. My neighbor has children in elementary school. One day the kids came home talking about chi and how to use it to manage negative emotions that cause fights. She almost fainted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-78777781075393881222009-07-16T09:56:59.815-07:002009-07-16T09:56:59.815-07:00I also think it is curious that New Age is not see...I also think it is curious that New Age is not seen as a threat. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that New Age doesn't require anything of anyone other than 'being open to everything', sort of how a pedophile might be the nicest guy in your neigborhood, 'open to everything'. Once you get burned though, shame sets in, and self-blame. Victims often go quiet. New age then moves on, it dresses up as something else, something even 'more real'. And New Age never takes a stand. it just sucks you dry and works on keeping folks from picking up on the stench. Althouse and Reynolds can't quite put their finger on this. They smell it, but they won't look for the unrecognizable rotten dead rat behind the dishwasher. They talk about the stench and not the rat. Your article about France was about the stench in a sense, so it is on the periphery where they'd rather dwell.diddly.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203082776419426855.post-35503700858261081622009-07-16T07:18:59.455-07:002009-07-16T07:18:59.455-07:00Love your site, yada yada. One question, though: w...Love your site, yada yada. One question, though: where the <b>hell</b> do you find enough time to source all these images? It's truly amazing!Danimalnoreply@blogger.com