Comments for The Blag Switch http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch Pull it. You know you want to. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:53:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Urban Wildlife and Selective Moral Agency by leisurelyviking http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/03/07/urban-wildlife-and-selective-moral-agency/comment-page-1/#comment-3307 leisurelyviking Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:53:55 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=410#comment-3307 Interesting post; thanks for writing it. I think that outsourcing our moral outrage to issues far from our daily experience extends beyond environmental concerns. It seems way more popular (and easy) to talk about poverty and human rights issues in exotic third-world countries than to do something about homelessness and housing discrimination in our own backyards. I do sometimes hear about how urbanization is affecting endangered species, but only in those backwards third-world nations where everyone's too busy chopping down the rainforest to care about habitat loss. The mind of the public gets much more conflicted when someone finds an endangered prairie dog in their own backyard and someone steps in trying to implement the endangered species act. Heck, I sometimes think the only reason the public is attempting to combat global warming (mostly by using CFLs and reusing shopping bags) is because it's become a status symbol and people will guilt trip you about it. - Sarah R. Interesting post; thanks for writing it. I think that outsourcing our moral outrage to issues far from our daily experience extends beyond environmental concerns. It seems way more popular (and easy) to talk about poverty and human rights issues in exotic third-world countries than to do something about homelessness and housing discrimination in our own backyards. I do sometimes hear about how urbanization is affecting endangered species, but only in those backwards third-world nations where everyone’s too busy chopping down the rainforest to care about habitat loss. The mind of the public gets much more conflicted when someone finds an endangered prairie dog in their own backyard and someone steps in trying to implement the endangered species act. Heck, I sometimes think the only reason the public is attempting to combat global warming (mostly by using CFLs and reusing shopping bags) is because it’s become a status symbol and people will guilt trip you about it.
- Sarah R.

]]> Comment on Surfacing by The Tarquin http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/02/07/surfacing/comment-page-1/#comment-3306 The Tarquin Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:01:51 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=398#comment-3306 Interesting ideas. I like the simplicity of it, and the (theoretical) ease of crossposting once it gets all set up. I cringe a little inside every time I have to create two copies of a post whenever I cross post. To me, that means inelegance, versioning issues, wasted energy, etc. Also, good call on the comment subscriptions. I'll look into WP plugins to handle that. Interesting ideas. I like the simplicity of it, and the (theoretical) ease of crossposting once it gets all set up. I cringe a little inside every time I have to create two copies of a post whenever I cross post. To me, that means inelegance, versioning issues, wasted energy, etc.

Also, good call on the comment subscriptions. I’ll look into WP plugins to handle that.

]]> Comment on Surfacing by Chris Sullins http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/02/07/surfacing/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 Chris Sullins Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:12:52 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=398#comment-3305 I think I'd explain it somewhere, and feature links, but not too prominently. They would look like closely-related blogs. Maybe even a horizontal header menu for which to include. One major difficulty would be canonical urls for the crossover articles. Perhaps everything would need to redirect to blog.chrissullins.com, and the index pages would be the only thing different (besides some url parameter that specifies which blog they came from, which would define the style but not be included in the canonical url). On a side note, I would also want some way to notify users of replies to their comments. ;) Wordpress doesn't do such a great job there. I think I’d explain it somewhere, and feature links, but not too prominently. They would look like closely-related blogs. Maybe even a horizontal header menu for which to include.

One major difficulty would be canonical urls for the crossover articles. Perhaps everything would need to redirect to blog.chrissullins.com, and the index pages would be the only thing different (besides some url parameter that specifies which blog they came from, which would define the style but not be included in the canonical url).

On a side note, I would also want some way to notify users of replies to their comments. ;) Wordpress doesn’t do such a great job there.

]]> Comment on Surfacing by The Tarquin http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/02/07/surfacing/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 The Tarquin Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:06:18 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=398#comment-3303 That's a really good idea. And with a little bit of PHP trickery it shouldn't be terribly difficult. Would you want the end user to be aware of the fact that both sets of content are actually hosted on the same blog? Or would the same blog just seem totally different based on point-of-entry? That’s a really good idea. And with a little bit of PHP trickery it shouldn’t be terribly difficult. Would you want the end user to be aware of the fact that both sets of content are actually hosted on the same blog? Or would the same blog just seem totally different based on point-of-entry?

]]> Comment on Surfacing by Chris Sullins http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/02/07/surfacing/comment-page-1/#comment-3302 Chris Sullins Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:22:18 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=398#comment-3302 I've been considering having a few different entry points into my blog based on url. I'd write all the posts on the same backend, but categorize them differently. Then on the various entry points I would only include various categories. So blog.azureabstraction.com would have different content than blog.chrissullins.com, though there might be some overlap. Then again, I haven't really gotten around to writing many coding entries. Someday. I’ve been considering having a few different entry points into my blog based on url. I’d write all the posts on the same backend, but categorize them differently. Then on the various entry points I would only include various categories. So blog.azureabstraction.com would have different content than blog.chrissullins.com, though there might be some overlap.

Then again, I haven’t really gotten around to writing many coding entries. Someday.

]]> Comment on Local Government and Ridicule by The Tarquin http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/01/24/local-government-and-ridicule/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 The Tarquin Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:03:14 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=391#comment-3301 Also a very good point. Maybe, too, it shows that, when it comes to politics, principles and courage may be a disadvantage? A sad state of affairs, to be sure. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Also a very good point. Maybe, too, it shows that, when it comes to politics, principles and courage may be a disadvantage? A sad state of affairs, to be sure.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

]]> Comment on Local Government and Ridicule by John Willson http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/01/24/local-government-and-ridicule/comment-page-1/#comment-3300 John Willson Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:21:45 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=391#comment-3300 I might a fifth point. A reporter from a major big city newspaper who covered the story in question (and flat-out lied about the meeting and the issues in his stories) decided that my "antics" indicated that I was probably complicit in local scandals. Why else would I impede the march of democracy? So he hounded me for months. What's the lesson here? Maybe it's "No good deed goes unpunished." I might a fifth point. A reporter from a major big city newspaper who covered the story in question (and flat-out lied about the meeting and the issues in his stories) decided that my “antics” indicated that I was probably complicit in local scandals. Why else would I impede the march of democracy? So he hounded me for months. What’s the lesson here? Maybe it’s “No good deed goes unpunished.”

]]> Comment on On Anselm’s Proslogion and “Proofs” for God by J http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/01/03/on-anselms-proslogion-and-proofs-for-god/comment-page-1/#comment-3299 J Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:55:36 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=379#comment-3299 http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/11/23/36-flavors-and-then-summa/ http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/11/23/36-flavors-and-then-summa/

]]> Comment on “Guilty unless proven innocent” by Citizen Jane http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2009/11/18/guilty-unless-proven-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-3295 Citizen Jane Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:51:34 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=339#comment-3295 With respect to the death penalty, I couldn't agree more. If we as a nation are opposed to slaughter of people who cannot possibly do others (further) harm, then the government shouldn't be allowed to do it any more than anyone else is. We harm ourselves as a nation by sanctioning death by violence for reasons of revenge. As for Khalid Shaykh Mohammed, it's so nice to see him being treated like any other (accused) criminal and not some all-powerful evil dignitary who warrants or deserves special treatment. With respect to the death penalty, I couldn’t agree more. If we as a nation are opposed to slaughter of people who cannot possibly do others (further) harm, then the government shouldn’t be allowed to do it any more than anyone else is. We harm ourselves as a nation by sanctioning death by violence for reasons of revenge.

As for Khalid Shaykh Mohammed, it’s so nice to see him being treated like any other (accused) criminal and not some all-powerful evil dignitary who warrants or deserves special treatment.

]]> Comment on “Guilty unless proven innocent” by The Tarquin http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2009/11/18/guilty-unless-proven-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-3294 The Tarquin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:37:40 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=339#comment-3294 It's definitely my pleasure, Czar. Thanks for stopping by my humble blog. It’s definitely my pleasure, Czar. Thanks for stopping by my humble blog.

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