Comments on: Betty Friedan Made Me Do It! http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/04/24/betty-friedan-made-me-do-it/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: bumbledraven http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/04/24/betty-friedan-made-me-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 bumbledraven Sat, 19 May 2007 11:07:23 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1749#comment-2088 <i>The problem is that the least productive imaginable way to approach that sort of question, guaranteed to yield precisely zero generalizable insights, is to use a <b>deranged mass murderer</b> as your starting point. </i> <p>It doesn't sound so unreasonable to me. Aren't you making the same mistake here as the conservatives who accuse Ron Paul of "blaming America" when he analyzes the implications of Osama bin Laden's statements on our foreign policy?</p> The problem is that the least productive imaginable way to approach that sort of question, guaranteed to yield precisely zero generalizable insights, is to use a deranged mass murderer as your starting point.

It doesn’t sound so unreasonable to me. Aren’t you making the same mistake here as the conservatives who accuse Ron Paul of “blaming America” when he analyzes the implications of Osama bin Laden’s statements on our foreign policy?

]]> By: Tobias http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/04/24/betty-friedan-made-me-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 Tobias Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:11 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1749#comment-2087 <i>How does greater sexual openness in a culture affect those who, for whatever reasons, aren't getting any?</i> Michel Houellebecq's novels come to mind as -- to an extent -- elaborating on this. How does greater sexual openness in a culture affect those who, for whatever reasons, aren’t getting any?

Michel Houellebecq’s novels come to mind as — to an extent — elaborating on this.

]]> By: Barry http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/04/24/betty-friedan-made-me-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2086 Barry Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:12:45 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1749#comment-2086 Except for the fact that the subject male is a mass murderer. Makes it hard to pull the "I don't get laid because I'm too nice of a guy" line. Except for the fact that the subject male is a mass murderer. Makes it hard to pull the “I don’t get laid because I’m too nice of a guy” line.

]]> By: julian http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/04/24/betty-friedan-made-me-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 julian Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:56:38 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1749#comment-2085 Amazing, I thought this was going to become the next "nice guys" commenting-thread phenomenon. Amazing, I thought this was going to become the next “nice guys” commenting-thread phenomenon.

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