tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7176438548465910547..comments2024-03-28T16:01:09.538-05:00Comments on Althouse: "It's not a protest without Ben."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33799588219542951202011-05-01T23:03:48.869-05:002011-05-01T23:03:48.869-05:00William said.. a lot.
And that is why I read this...William said.. a lot.<br /><br />And that is why I read this blog.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883624614717089962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40191791738682119112011-05-01T20:34:18.817-05:002011-05-01T20:34:18.817-05:00Don't have the obit but it was on the front si...Don't have the obit but it was on the front sidebar of one of the sections of the Dallas Morning News; good on them. But Stoney Burns died last week. He ran a countercultural newspaper in Dallas. Thoughtful soul; Jewish guy I guess. Nonviolent; open mnded. Seemed to have his own gyroscope for what was proper. I guess that was what was appealing about this guy. Spitting on Scoop Jackson was a little ungrateful; Scoop was in part responsible for getting the Russians 'to let my people go.' I guess insanity about the VN war was/is to be excused if not taken as akin to virtue though generally.a psychiatrist who learned from veteranshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347313804041291393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9372816965407439862011-05-01T19:06:54.125-05:002011-05-01T19:06:54.125-05:00That really is a shame. I had many long and entert...That really is a shame. I had many long and entertaining conversations w/ Ben. People like him are why Madison will always be my favorite city.<br /><br />Blue Skies Ben.<br /><br />Cordially,<br /><br />Uncle JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5190681204995567232011-05-01T18:06:40.800-05:002011-05-01T18:06:40.800-05:00It would be nice if after we died God let us see a...<em>It would be nice if after we died God let us see all the possible parallel universes that would have existed if we had been a little better or a little worse.</em><br /><br />I think that He probably does.Shouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813058890609756982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2841376549002547782011-05-01T17:29:30.324-05:002011-05-01T17:29:30.324-05:00I enjoy watching the Larry David series, Curb Your...I enjoy watching the Larry David series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry is blessed with leisure, a luxury home in a sunny clime, interesting friends, and until recently an attractive wife. You could be reincarnated a million times and not fall into the deal Larry has. Despite that, every week Larry finds some reason for misery. It's a curse. You can have everything a man would want, and the only catch is, you have to be miserable in paradise.....I suppose the Catch 22 is that if he found joy in his blessings, he would not be Larry David and would not have found such success.....Ben sounds something like Larry David. He had a kind of idyllic life if all you want to do is take drugs, screw coeds, and read a lot of books. Nonetheless, the only thing that roused him from his reveries was the chance to protest a world that treated him with such indulgence....The irritatant in the oyster becomes a pearl, and maybe his irritability engendered something worthwhile.....It would be nice if after we died God let us see all the possible parallel universes that would have existed if we had been a little better or a little worse.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12947004207232863932011-05-01T17:22:28.649-05:002011-05-01T17:22:28.649-05:00Yeah, it seems he was jerk. Only a liberal could l...Yeah, it seems he was jerk. Only a liberal could love that jerk crap. He really made a difference, yeah sure. A life well lived, I don't think so.dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758740197698814061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77452813021821166222011-05-01T17:07:57.071-05:002011-05-01T17:07:57.071-05:00Sounds like an asshole. He was for "free spee...Sounds like an asshole. He was for "free speech" but spits on people speaking. Smoked for decades till it killed him, despite knowing better. Seems to have had no visible means of support mentioned. Asshole loser. At least Ann Arbor's Shaky Jake would busker for a donations or sell you a t-shirt or bumper sticker. <br />http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2007/09/shaky_jake.htmlBayoneteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478845573525918943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67333906354412900342011-05-01T16:30:42.876-05:002011-05-01T16:30:42.876-05:00Oops, try again hereOops, try again <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2006/10/everybody-should-quit-facebook-right.html?showComment=1160235600000#c116023564970819256" rel="nofollow">here</a>garage mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485491995866513686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82402440293020146602011-05-01T16:26:52.410-05:002011-05-01T16:26:52.410-05:00And, I'll add...
It really doesn't matter...And, I'll add...<br /><br />It really doesn't matter what Ben was, or what I think of his life.<br /><br />He was a child of God. God bless him.Shouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813058890609756982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85701341021122427892011-05-01T16:26:29.898-05:002011-05-01T16:26:29.898-05:00Comment?
WV: unglogic
No shit.Comment?<br /><br />WV: unglogic<br /><br />No shit.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45769361296443865592011-05-01T16:23:14.652-05:002011-05-01T16:23:14.652-05:00Saw this old comment from Ben that made me laughSaw <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14555636850843535644" rel="nofollow">this</a> old comment from Ben that made me laughgarage mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485491995866513686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47617694677023665732011-05-01T15:17:20.592-05:002011-05-01T15:17:20.592-05:00Did not know about the acoustics at the Capitol. ...Did not know about the acoustics at the Capitol. Next time I'm up there, I'll try to find the sweet spots.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26274519336675817092011-05-01T15:11:45.176-05:002011-05-01T15:11:45.176-05:00Thanks you the answer, Althouse.Thanks you the answer, Althouse.Shouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813058890609756982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59151319456782530212011-05-01T15:08:56.071-05:002011-05-01T15:08:56.071-05:00Not meaning to be confrontational or anything, but...Not meaning to be confrontational or anything, but did this man ever have a job? I mean a real job, where he showed up and put in a day's work for a day's pay?Larry Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005320430740976182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28894151966806646582011-05-01T15:03:05.710-05:002011-05-01T15:03:05.710-05:00So his mind expanded to the point that it killed h...So his mind expanded to the point that it killed his body?ASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591247136037620408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87137475104397673282011-05-01T14:55:41.650-05:002011-05-01T14:55:41.650-05:00When I had trouble with that threat, he helped me....When I had trouble with that threat, he helped me.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84662395535436366322011-05-01T14:54:26.505-05:002011-05-01T14:54:26.505-05:00"This guy kind of falls under the general lab..."This guy kind of falls under the general label of "street character.""<br /><br />That's a generic type that I don't particularly know. Ben was an educated and very intelligent man. He was quite rational and sensible, and he had a sound idea of how he wanted to live and he stuck to it. Most people go with convention and don't have an individualistic idea of a different kind of life to live. Or they're individualistic when they are young or only in their off hours. <br /><br />Here's a quote of his: "Life's a movie. Don't be an extra, star in your own."Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3112201724292390082011-05-01T13:48:12.614-05:002011-05-01T13:48:12.614-05:00Hey, don't spit on the man's grave.
Ben ...Hey, don't spit on the man's grave. <br /><br />Ben Masel was a rabble rouser and he probably suppressed inhibitions from that half of his brain which restrains most of us. But in the end, I think he was good for both sides.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78965920965789550352011-05-01T13:21:56.084-05:002011-05-01T13:21:56.084-05:00Allen, I am certain there wasn't anything char...Allen, I am certain there wasn't anything charming about it, but what explains the admiration beyond what is obvious to you and I.SteveRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864387606863466980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64802296344063445892011-05-01T13:18:50.386-05:002011-05-01T13:18:50.386-05:00Just curious, Althouse. It would be very generous...Just curious, Althouse. It would be very generous of you to respond.<br /><br />This guy kind of falls under the general label of "street character." As I said, we've got our own supply of these in Woodstock. San Francisco and the Village have them, too.<br /><br />You seem to have maintained your tolerance and, you seem to generally like this type.<br /><br />How do you do this?<br /><br />As I said, I don't dislike these characters. Their public posture as a "character" is usually all they've got going. Many, if no most of the them, live on SSI. Years ago, I sat down to talk with them in the local cafes. Kind of lost interest and haven't talked with them in years.<br /><br />Besides their pet causes, they generally have absolutely nothing going on and nothing to talk about. Their personal lives are usually nonexistent. Their ability to tolerate another (real) human is almost zero, while they carry on endlessly about the duty of other humans to tolerate them.<br /><br />I get writing about them as characters and a long term presence in Madison.<br /><br />But, do they really interest you? Do they really strike you as some sort of positive manifestation, and not as... well... mental cases?Shouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813058890609756982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60333794131319488952011-05-01T13:14:41.815-05:002011-05-01T13:14:41.815-05:00Perhaps there was charming elements to the story
...<i> Perhaps there was charming elements to the story</i><br /><br />I don't know where you're from, but around here, there is nothing charming about spitting on anyone. Apologize? Jerks don't apologize. I'll bet he never did.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38020429538170051402011-05-01T13:10:54.965-05:002011-05-01T13:10:54.965-05:00Spitting on anyone is pretty uncool, no matter the...Spitting on anyone is pretty uncool, no matter the circumstances. Perhaps there was charming elements to the story which evolved. Spitting is not "free speech". I assume he apologized.SteveRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864387606863466980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61363574221531609042011-05-01T13:10:50.812-05:002011-05-01T13:10:50.812-05:00It depends who you spit on. If he'd spit on Je...It depends who you spit on. If he'd spit on Jesse Jackson instead of Scoop Jackson, he would've had to move back to Jersey.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01326112431463279918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86906873946992630382011-05-01T13:02:59.687-05:002011-05-01T13:02:59.687-05:00Nothing says "commitment to free speech like ...Nothing says "commitment to free speech like spitting on someone trying to speak,eh? What is it about college towns that they make guys like this pillars of the community?Bayoneteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478845573525918943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16905667613350814402011-05-01T12:56:06.239-05:002011-05-01T12:56:06.239-05:00One more thing, Quilly, this jerk was convicted in...One more thing, Quilly, this jerk was convicted in 1976, of assault, for spitting on U.S. Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson. Now, I ask you, whose free speech was he in favor of. Jackson's or his own? I think we know the answer, don't we?<br /><br />Free speech for me! You, not so much.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.com