tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076751456949662638.post2066570481786027096..comments2015-04-10T17:43:57.220-04:00Comments on Sitz im leben: Hopeless Wanderer, or Misguided Education?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10692576012191928545noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076751456949662638.post-17059175936648641922015-04-10T17:43:57.220-04:002015-04-10T17:43:57.220-04:00A really good post Anthony and a follow up reply t...A really good post Anthony and a follow up reply to Steven's response. He does raise a legitimate point even though it is slightly overstated. Your response validates your own integrity and that is greatly appreciated. <br />I want to affirm the 'rightness' of responding to slash interpreting a post on social media (family member or not)!<br />Any social media platform is an invitation to interpretation and you did that. No one is above a 'hermeneutical critique' just because there is a DNA match. So we'll done. Well said. Well written. Good post. RDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13580573444742133530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076751456949662638.post-19774038088480708262013-10-27T14:40:36.997-04:002013-10-27T14:40:36.997-04:00I appreciate your feedback, Steven. We must never...I appreciate your feedback, Steven. We must never waiver in standing up for the truth. Whether it be an academic argument in the classroom, a deep discussion amongst friends, or yes, even against a family memeber, we must never shy away from that which is true. I will say this, that I did not know the exact intentions of the author at the time of publication (athough I did ask permission to use it), and after having heard the intentions post-facto, I admit I still am a bit cloudy on the author's actual intentions. But despite that, I believe my counter argument was not based on the specific intentions of the author, but rather, the over-arching implications that this poem elicits. I guess you could say my counter arguments were aimed at the essence of the piece as a whole, and my comments were directed at our culture which is very ill informed through the lenses of skepticism, relativism, and pragmatism. If you read this and interpretted it in a way that paints me as someone who dissects the writings of my family members in a disrespectful and devious way, then I have failed you as an author. The truth in charity, this is what kind of person I really am (and I feel that if you read my other posts you would definitely agree). Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692576012191928545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076751456949662638.post-8659533838555865522013-10-27T14:02:42.005-04:002013-10-27T14:02:42.005-04:00How can you state that you are certain this isn...How can you state that you are certain this isn't what the family member intended in the poem, but continue to tear it apart and say you disagree? How can you as a decent human being and a Catholic man, dissect a poem written by your own family member and intentionally take it out of context? Sounds like you're either not close with this family member or don't care enough about him or her to use his or her poetry for what? A blog? Congratulations, I hope for your sake the family member never reads this. Then again, maybe this family member of yours should know what kind of person you really are.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296889121373193046noreply@blogger.com