tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post112719036906133298..comments2023-10-26T01:54:35.116-07:00Comments on Guerilla Orthodoxy: A dollar for a cup of coffeeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1129571321967321732005-10-17T10:48:00.000-07:002005-10-17T10:48:00.000-07:00The woman-in-the-car's actions speak more of what ...The woman-in-the-car's actions speak more of what I feel is the biggest evil in the modern world ... the "All About Me" mindset. It's all too easy to justify as non-important the things that don't impact the Me. Ultimately there is no You, there is only the Not-Me.<BR/><BR/>These people aren't evil, they just view the world as their own private reality show. Somewhere she's in Starbucks drinking a 5$ cup of coffee telling her friends about this homeless guy who walked out in front of her and she brushed with her car. By next week it'll be the story of a homeless guy she almost hit, and then a month from now it'll be the story of a scary homeless man who was obviously deranged and she tried to help but he refused.Ernesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740451675011962605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1127359330981803032005-09-21T20:22:00.000-07:002005-09-21T20:22:00.000-07:00Mike and I briefly discussed the possibility of so...Mike and I briefly discussed the possibility of some kind of legal action (he thinks he remembers the license plate number), but he wasn't really enthusiastic. He rattled off a few of his other health issues, then said, "Looking at it as a boilermaker, I'm not optimistic about the machine."<BR/><BR/>Mike is fifty. People on the street don't live much longer (the average age of death is about 43, as opposed to 70 for the rest of us).<BR/><BR/>S.Paul4peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821389305503938933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1127345452173673942005-09-21T16:30:00.000-07:002005-09-21T16:30:00.000-07:00I agree with the need for a police visit. And som...I agree with the need for a police visit. And some massive insurance claims. Having pity and holding responsible are both compassionate.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101239830142078005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1127339083377841172005-09-21T14:44:00.000-07:002005-09-21T14:44:00.000-07:00Whatever pity or compassion the woman needs, she a...Whatever pity or compassion the woman needs, she also needs a visit from the police - leaving the scence of an accident like that is criminal. <BR/><BR/>But I read this post yesterday morning and then went to take my wife out to lunch on her lunch-break. We stopped by a Subway and after we sat down I noticed a young woman filling out an application with her young child sitting next to her in a stroller. The kid had a black eye and a bandage on her cheek. Obviously I don't know this for sure, but from the intent & careful way she was filling out the app, I got a sense of desperation from her. And I couldn't imagine myself being desperate to get a minimum wage at Subway. I think that's where the problem, at least for me, really lies - a lack of compassionate imagination. We can't see ourselves in the shoes of someone praying for $5.75 an hour.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476174265551740950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1127306270780769962005-09-21T05:37:00.000-07:002005-09-21T05:37:00.000-07:00Stacy gnosticism is a powerful heresy. Don't under...Stacy gnosticism is a powerful heresy. Don't undersestimate its sway. The woman deserves compassion if indeed she is under it.<BR/><BR/>Sampson this is olympiada.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1127264147185881972005-09-20T17:55:00.000-07:002005-09-20T17:55:00.000-07:00It seems, perhaps, that maybe the woman driving th...It seems, perhaps, that maybe the woman driving the car deserves our pity more than the homeless man. He seems to "get" a few things about life that are beyond the material. All she seems to have is the material. In her person she embodies the ancient heresy of gnosticism.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101239830142078005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1127262957087093672005-09-20T17:35:00.001-07:002005-09-20T17:35:00.001-07:00Dear Olympiada,I think you make an interesting poi...Dear Olympiada,<BR/><BR/>I think you make an interesting point by connecting this post with our previous discussion on violence. My own observation would be that somehow our capacity for violence is linked to our being in a hurry.<BR/><BR/>I would go so far as to say that we commit some of the worst acts of our lives because we are in a hurry.<BR/><BR/>S.Paul4peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821389305503938933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1127233802733629952005-09-20T09:30:00.000-07:002005-09-20T09:30:00.000-07:00That was a beautiful post Sampson thank you.I saw ...That was a beautiful post Sampson thank you.<BR/>I saw a homeless man in my shopping center yesterday. I identified with him more than all the rich yuppies that patronize the place.<BR/>I have seen violence in my time. I saw my ex beat up some homeless man outside our former community.<BR/>It sounds like violence also exists in this woman who ran over your friend.<BR/>Lord have mercy.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.com