tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post3575444264126482069..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Meals, dinner parties, social patterns and the need for changeJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-29147191682942654862014-03-11T06:27:28.299+11:002014-03-11T06:27:28.299+11:00Thanks, Ramana. Received!Thanks, Ramana. Received!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-33011912034748346002014-03-11T00:58:51.204+11:002014-03-11T00:58:51.204+11:00I would go back to Epicurus! Shall send you an ar...I would go back to Epicurus! Shall send you an article by mail.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-78050412523112430492014-03-10T20:31:15.498+11:002014-03-10T20:31:15.498+11:00I begin to suspect, Evan, that just about everybod...I begin to suspect, Evan, that just about everybody suffers from some form of cognitive dissonance!<br /><br />The word conservative is still useful. It just doesn't apply to the neo-liberals, whoever they may be. <br /><br />I actually agree with you on ecology and society, although some of my views here might make you shudder! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-14101375401586664722014-03-09T19:47:36.618+11:002014-03-09T19:47:36.618+11:00Under Howard I discovered I was more a Burkeyan co...Under Howard I discovered I was more a Burkeyan conservative than a subscriber to the 'new labor' neo-liberal worldview.<br /><br />Your not the only one to experience cognitive dissonance.<br /><br />I think the neo-cons have probably made the word 'conservative' not much in describing a political position any more.<br /><br />And the big questions I think are about ecology and society - with all the big questions about the place of humans and individuals in relation to 'nature'. The old left and right I think made sense in terms of industrialism but not when confronting our ecological crisis (which, if it is addressed, look like being addressed by business rather than government - more cognitive dissonance for me).Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-4717006661512809212014-03-09T19:39:22.256+11:002014-03-09T19:39:22.256+11:00I knew that you still did SW from an earlier post,...I knew that you still did SW from an earlier post, JC. I do promise to come to one of your shows, especially now that I am travelling more. Still, it was calendar girls that most attracted me. Just curious! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-24389562525343974042014-03-09T19:36:42.420+11:002014-03-09T19:36:42.420+11:00Cognitive dissonance is right, Evan.How can you ac...Cognitive dissonance is right, Evan.How can you accuse me of being a leftie and a radical?! There is actually a story here involving my grandfather, himself hardly a leftie, that I should bring up in a main post.<br /><br />You see, you don;t have to be a leftie to have radical views, nor are all radicals on the left. Today, sadly, most are on the right! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-82118795720208050462014-03-08T18:17:55.988+11:002014-03-08T18:17:55.988+11:00I still do Swedish Lamb, and although the dinner p...I still do Swedish Lamb, and although the dinner parties are less frequent, they still tend to go to the wee small hours. BTW, why didn't you make Steel Mags? My long lost cousin from Wollongong did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-48138398886803017972014-03-08T13:22:58.479+11:002014-03-08T13:22:58.479+11:00Well Jim, this might induce some cognitive dissona...Well Jim, this might induce some cognitive dissonance for you. It sounds like you are a leftie and radical - circa 1960's-70's when we were advocating leisure (rather than the corporates taking the wealth and people having to work harder).<br /><br />Many of us don't want to play anymore. The Australia Institutes study of downshifting showed the numbers were huge. Regrettably this is simply ignored by our politics. <br /><br />I think we are witnessing the birth of the religion of work. Some of our public discussion seems to be based on the idea that people should be judged by their work; my view is that we live to work we don't work to live. (A PM lamenting good conditions for workers is extraordinary I think).Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.com