tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6694210421075432540..comments2024-03-28T17:30:34.605-05:00Comments on Althouse: Harvard Cultural Studies Club characterized as a hate group for its planned staging of a religious ritual.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15521602303013554722014-05-13T18:16:02.369-05:002014-05-13T18:16:02.369-05:00I know some Satanists. I've found them a harml...I know some Satanists. I've found them a harmless lot for the most part. Sheesh – it's getting warm tonight. <br /><br />What's that smell? Like rotten eggs … getting stronger. <br /><br />Haha. NICE costume what with the horns and tail. <br /><br />Anyone know why I have this trident stuck in my butt?gracklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138997480493469444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16633709691119807362014-05-13T17:44:34.177-05:002014-05-13T17:44:34.177-05:00As I remember it, the principal purpose behind the...As I remember it, the principal purpose behind the Black Mass was to create a kind of portal that would allow a once-banished Satan back into the natural world. <br /><br />H.P. Lovecraft picked up on this theme with his idea that eons ago dark forces were expelled from space and time but, with the proper ritual, could be called back. mtrobertsattorneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428761048285792427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3564786714213366512014-05-13T15:08:26.824-05:002014-05-13T15:08:26.824-05:00@Matthew Sablan:
...pseudo-scary, but safely conta...@Matthew Sablan:<br /><i>...pseudo-scary, but safely contained in fantasy.</i><br /><br />Precisely like burning a Koran. Safe. Well within fantasy. scary to the Islamists.<br /><br />Light one up. Watch and see how safe it really is.<br />paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65623142761265464272014-05-13T15:06:28.115-05:002014-05-13T15:06:28.115-05:00Salem, baby, Salem.
ITYKWIMSalem, baby, Salem.<br /><br />ITYKWIMpaul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32603754587292816232014-05-13T13:21:10.794-05:002014-05-13T13:21:10.794-05:00I recall reading about Black Masses when I was a k...I recall reading about Black Masses when I was a kid - I think it was in LIFE Magazine. And one striking detail about the Black Mass was, it supposedly featured a naked woman at the altar.<br /><br />Sexist, no?MisterBuddwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17121831316136762751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85110322318284345972014-05-13T13:12:03.084-05:002014-05-13T13:12:03.084-05:00Not that their believability was high before, but ...Not that their believability was high before, but they hit bottom damned fast.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51038101185799987552014-05-13T12:49:43.685-05:002014-05-13T12:49:43.685-05:00It's not religion. It has no moral dimension....It's not religion. It has no moral dimension. However, it is faith-based. It is a cult.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6714378957225861962014-05-13T12:17:24.310-05:002014-05-13T12:17:24.310-05:00They may be intelligent but they're not smart,...They may be intelligent but they're not smart, or funny. Just childish. A year in Iran would teach them what funny, and hate speech, is all about. The world is a dumber place for having to entertain this crap for its fifteen minutes.Carnifexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561390087899686588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27751129368183001612014-05-13T11:11:55.183-05:002014-05-13T11:11:55.183-05:00"Harvard Extension School…"
Oh, well, t..."Harvard Extension School…"<br /><br />Oh, well, then… I shouldn't have assume "intelligent."Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74854899484030872452014-05-13T11:09:09.875-05:002014-05-13T11:09:09.875-05:00>" The University should not be discrimina...>" The University should not be discriminating against religious speech and nonreligious speech or between different religions. And it shouldn't be discriminating between pro-religious speech and speech that mocks or criticizes religion."<br /><br />Yes, well, in a perfect world, what the University should and shouldn't be doing is always clear. Since THAT isn't the case, perhaps reality should intrude upon the commentary.<br /><br />Perhaps the University should stop sanctioning and/or endorsing any student groups on campus. Let the University get on with their official function (teaching classes) and let the students organize whatever and however they choose. <br /><br />A free speech free-for-all. A free religion free-for-all. A free assembly free-for-all. Enough with protected group status and all the other speech code and group membership dictates, i.e. Christian groups must admit non-believers. As it is, most universities are diversity in everything but thought--where conformity is mandated. Sad state of affairs. <br />Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78181224087416510642014-05-13T10:59:24.033-05:002014-05-13T10:59:24.033-05:00Maybe we should read the email from the club as a ...<i>Maybe we should read the email from the club as a satire of academic fussing over hate speech. The overdone phrases...coming from intelligent students — hint of an effort at humor.</i><br /><br />Then again, let's not forget the definition of <b>sophomoric:</b> "Of or pertaining to, befitting or resembling, characteristic of, a sophomore; hence, pretentious, bombastic, inflated in style or manner; immature, crude, superficial." (via the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>)Biffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18077565129056607925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74765533823647355162014-05-13T10:24:22.396-05:002014-05-13T10:24:22.396-05:00Word is the moral universe of the Harvard Satanist...Word is the moral universe of the Harvard Satanists was first informed by their love of heavy metal.The Cracker Emcee Refulgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092601135276316645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67573663290049030662014-05-13T10:19:16.245-05:002014-05-13T10:19:16.245-05:00I am tired of repeating this, but at least my kids...I am tired of repeating this, but at least my kids have it down by heart: there is no hate speech, just speech.<br /><br />_XCExpat(ish)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14735123290866640101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-92068947585069982312014-05-13T10:09:14.454-05:002014-05-13T10:09:14.454-05:00It's Harvard Extension School-anyone can go th...It's Harvard Extension School-anyone can go there.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593014816206957874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82213740687259044982014-05-13T09:18:49.803-05:002014-05-13T09:18:49.803-05:00This just serves to mask the more serious problem ...This just serves to mask the more serious problem of cafeteria satanists. Everyone wants to be a satanist when it comes to raping a virgin at the black mass, but when it comes to murdering a baby at the anti-Xmas celebration, attendance is spotty. Satanists need to return to the stern religion of their forefathers and stop this dilettante play acting.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22356099550176313832014-05-13T09:15:28.936-05:002014-05-13T09:15:28.936-05:00I'd say this all played out as well as it coul...I'd say this all played out as well as it could have. There's no need for hate speech law but a university doesn't have to host it either. And the Catholic response was to counter with more speech. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the satirical response of the Satanic Temple group, doesn't really make the point that they think it does. They're trying to have it both ways- on the one hand, they pretend that they have no actual belief system (this is all purely educational, donchaknow?) )but on the other, they stage events meant to claim protected speech rights for speech that has no meaning other than mockery (they are behind the OK Satan monument as well.) again, nothing that should be illegal but the sham itself should be mocked.<br /><br />For those readers envisioning a group of intelligent kids playing a prank here, you're misinformed. This is the work of Lucien Greaves, a Harvard graduate, not a current student. Though I'm sure some kids are going along for the ride.CStanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467496850893922521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32732328367122038282014-05-13T08:57:21.628-05:002014-05-13T08:57:21.628-05:00I keep hoping that they successfully perform the b...I keep hoping that they successfully perform the black mass, and it turns out kinda like the end of <i>Raiders of the Lost Ark</i><br /><br />That would be funny.Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15908695449503258342014-05-13T08:34:09.212-05:002014-05-13T08:34:09.212-05:00"— to a nearby restaurant — the Hong Kong.&qu..."— to a nearby restaurant — the Hong Kong."<br /><br />Such a dive--great place to drink though: Good hot Chinese appetizers, beer and scorpion bowls. It is rumored that W used to drink there when he was getting his MBA at Harvard--though the b-school is on the Boston side of the Charles.dbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457585811847604584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10211836264612812572014-05-13T08:30:54.866-05:002014-05-13T08:30:54.866-05:00The hyper-salaried administrators at Harvard are o...The hyper-salaried administrators at Harvard are overpaid just so they can react properly to this kind of thing, and follow the <b>policy</b> that has been enacted by previous administrators.<br /><br />But I, also, can't help the feeling they're being played by the students, who are back in their dorms/apartments laughing hysterically.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8763804598560941742014-05-13T08:18:10.254-05:002014-05-13T08:18:10.254-05:00This is the Harvard Extension School, not Harvard ...This is the Harvard Extension School, not Harvard College, doing this. So the students may be intelligent, but they are not students of Harvard College.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31307157028025895362014-05-13T08:08:03.472-05:002014-05-13T08:08:03.472-05:00"they have disingenuously mischaracterized ou..."they have disingenuously mischaracterized our invited guests as being part of a hate group."<br /><br />Which if they were Tea Partiers would be fine, but they're not, they're Satanists, so it bothers us.Bob Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217663230833386582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87742007235830600442014-05-13T07:44:16.286-05:002014-05-13T07:44:16.286-05:00The rediculousness of today's colleges is beyo...The rediculousness of today's colleges is beyond parody.Bill, Republic of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205704962575861378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36147427028498715492014-05-13T07:09:39.354-05:002014-05-13T07:09:39.354-05:00My impression is that the only reason hate speech ...My impression is that the only reason hate speech laws are passed is to suppress free speech. You can have free speech or you can ban hate speech but you can't have both. <br /><br />Perhaps it is true that free speech has its limits just like most other rights. Speech such as lying on a legal contract or yelling fire in a crowded theater when there is no fire are examples. Those exceptions were already well covered before "hate speech" came along. <br /><br />It would appear that the hate speech laws were passed to suppress free speech which is not regulated under the traditional exceptions. Hate speech laws ban speech which expresses an honestly help opinion and is not an immediate danger to anyone else. <br /><br />Hate speech laws are an attempt to crawl into another person's mind and to control their very thoughts. Hate speech laws are an assertion of ownership by the clique in power over everyone else. Although their targets may not realize it, they are already in a position just as onerous as slaves since they have lost agency over their own bodies and their own minds. <br />Illuninatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423190828865695564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91286153810139589872014-05-13T07:05:15.905-05:002014-05-13T07:05:15.905-05:00I honestly always assumed anyone talking about doi...I honestly always assumed anyone talking about doing a "black mass" was well into the level of parody. That's like, right out of an episode of the X-Files; pseudo-scary, but safely contained in fantasy.Matt Sablanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885240752820005149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27161722556423852412014-05-13T06:58:56.949-05:002014-05-13T06:58:56.949-05:00I would love them to be pulling a Harvard lampoon....I would love them to be pulling a Harvard lampoon. Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398730540934226860noreply@blogger.com