tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post8455310460254707407..comments2024-03-28T08:15:02.660-05:00Comments on Dad29: The Squad Harpies BarbariansDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-90772240293968529502019-08-01T15:26:25.206-05:002019-08-01T15:26:25.206-05:00Has nothing to do with Stanwyk.........drat.Has nothing to do with Stanwyk.........drat.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-54303261141500712152019-07-30T22:55:37.796-05:002019-07-30T22:55:37.796-05:00I'm sure you're right. Philosophers are u...I'm sure you're right. Philosophers are usually considered free to define their own terms, and they certainly <i>feel</i> free to do it -- even if the words have well-established meanings in common use.<br /><br />Do you know <a href="https://www.history.com/news/where-did-the-word-barbarian-come-from" rel="nofollow">the origin of the word "barbarian,"</a> by the way? Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-71238550268132351682019-07-30T05:43:45.971-05:002019-07-30T05:43:45.971-05:00I think Belloc means to define "barbarian&quo...I think Belloc means to define "barbarian" rather than to recall the ancient tribes.<br /><br />IOW, he's saying "THIS is a barbarian...."Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-37812307794437874082019-07-30T00:15:59.763-05:002019-07-30T00:15:59.763-05:00Barbarians were never so bad. Tacitus spoke well ...Barbarians were never so bad. Tacitus spoke well of the virtues of the folk in Germania, and it was the barbarians and not the Romans who built the ships that could sail the North Atlantic. <br /><br />I don't know what to call those four, aside from socialists -- communists -- but 'barbarian' is too good a word.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com