Comments for Virtue Magazine http://www.virtuemag.org Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:14:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Remembering Mayberry by TommyShortt http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/remembering-mayberry#comment-95724 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:59:36 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/remembering-mayberry#comment-95724 Im still watching ever chance I get I love it! Im still watching ever chance I get I love it!

]]> Comment on The Growth of Christianity Worldwide by Nyles Seru http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/204#comment-80208 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:28:11 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/204#comment-80208 Every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord Every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord

]]> Comment on Who Won WWII - Part II by P deHolczer http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/who-won-wwii-2#comment-78737 Sun, 31 May 2009 07:32:44 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/who-won-wwii-2#comment-78737 "Ah, so at last—predictably—the tried-and-tested insinuations come forth in place of reason and rational discussion: If one indeed dares question the vindictiveness of the Versailles Treaty, if one attempts to explain Hitler’s (and therefore Central Europe’s) fears of post-WWI communist expansion, or if indeed one might defend or attempt to explain Weimar German fears of the policies of Walther Rathenau, one is automatically an apologist for Hitler. Am I right? Did I thus read Mr. Holczer correctly?" No, it is just coincidence that the arguments in favor of the anti-communist Hitler are arguments made by David Irving. There are lots of reasons why the Axis powers rose to power and why they adopted and pursued certain domestic policies. Versailles, Trianon, inflation and Depression -- these and other reasons explain some of the problems the fascists sought to resolve. This is not denied by anyone. There was much injustice in the treaties ending World War One. World War One Austria-Hungary and Germany were certainly no better or worse than World War One Britain, France and Russia. What is not clear is why Hitler's invasion of Poland was an act of anti-communism. Or why the invasion of Denmark and Norway were acts of anti-communism. Or why the murder of millions of Jews, Roma, etc. were acts of anti-communism. Were there other alternatives to these policies? Yes. Could Germany have built a coalition to resist Soviet Russia? Yes. Would such a coalition have required the murder of so many Germans, Jews etc.? Certainly not. Lauding Hitler for his anti-communist tendencies is pretty much scraping the bottom of his virtues in order to say something nice. Next thing, we will hear that he was a pretty good artist and really loved his dog. “Ah, so at last—predictably—the tried-and-tested insinuations come forth in place of reason and rational discussion: If one indeed dares question the vindictiveness of the Versailles Treaty, if one attempts to explain Hitler’s (and therefore Central Europe’s) fears of post-WWI communist expansion, or if indeed one might defend or attempt to explain Weimar German fears of the policies of Walther Rathenau, one is automatically an apologist for Hitler. Am I right? Did I thus read Mr. Holczer correctly?”

No, it is just coincidence that the arguments in favor of the anti-communist Hitler are arguments made by David Irving.

There are lots of reasons why the Axis powers rose to power and why they adopted and pursued certain domestic policies. Versailles, Trianon, inflation and Depression—these and other reasons explain some of the problems the fascists sought to resolve. This is not denied by anyone. There was much injustice in the treaties ending World War One. World War One Austria-Hungary and Germany were certainly no better or worse than World War One Britain, France and Russia.

What is not clear is why Hitler’s invasion of Poland was an act of anti-communism. Or why the invasion of Denmark and Norway were acts of anti-communism. Or why the murder of millions of Jews, Roma, etc. were acts of anti-communism.

Were there other alternatives to these policies? Yes. Could Germany have built a coalition to resist Soviet Russia? Yes. Would such a coalition have required the murder of so many Germans, Jews etc.? Certainly not.

Lauding Hitler for his anti-communist tendencies is pretty much scraping the bottom of his virtues in order to say something nice. Next thing, we will hear that he was a pretty good artist and really loved his dog.

]]> Comment on Flip-Flops: More Dangerous than They Look? by Pam http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/flip-flops-more-dangerous-than-they-look#comment-77756 Mon, 25 May 2009 05:42:26 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/flip-flops-more-dangerous-than-they-look#comment-77756 I was walking last summer in flip flops and somehow the top of the sandal got caought on the ground and I fell flat on the ground, face down, cracking 2 ribs! If you insist on wearing flip flops, please be careful! I was walking last summer in flip flops and somehow the top of the sandal got caought on the ground and I fell flat on the ground, face down, cracking 2 ribs! If you insist on wearing flip flops, please be careful!

]]> Comment on Music; how does it affect you? by MetalSavedMe http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/music-how-does-it-affect-you-2#comment-77159 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:10:42 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/music-how-does-it-affect-you-2#comment-77159 I cannot agree with this. I have grown up listening to metal, and it has had absolutely no negative effect on me. I am not a violent person with brain cells that have rotted out. I am an honor student, a devout Catholic, and a Boy Scout, as well as a devout metalhead. This article comes across as very mean-spirited. I appreciate the fact that you did not draw religion into the mess, or call metal and hard rock "devil music". I have seen this brought up far too often. The idea thast it destroys one's brain is a new idea...one that I find false. Metal music made me who I am, and I am a proud metalhead. Metal is music that comes to life. It is a brotherhood, a sense of family. It is not just screaming guitars and blast beat drums. It is a message, a blessing...it is an art. It has never hurt me. It has made me stronger, made me have a good reason to get out of bed in the morning. Ms. Seaward, I will not judge you. Your article is well-written, and you seem passionate. My only advice is this: if you dislike metal and hard rock, don't listen to them. But please, do not enforce your opinions on the rest of us. Please do not grab hold of paranoid, strange, and likely untrue theories about our music. It only offends us, just as a devout Catholic would be offended if you said that the Church seeks only to make money off of its members. Thank you, A Metalhead I cannot agree with this. I have grown up listening to metal, and it has had absolutely no negative effect on me. I am not a violent person with brain cells that have rotted out. I am an honor student, a devout Catholic, and a Boy Scout, as well as a devout metalhead. This article comes across as very mean-spirited. I appreciate the fact that you did not draw religion into the mess, or call metal and hard rock “devil music”. I have seen this brought up far too often. The idea thast it destroys one’s brain is a new idea…one that I find false.

Metal music made me who I am, and I am a proud metalhead. Metal is music that comes to life. It is a brotherhood, a sense of family. It is not just screaming guitars and blast beat drums. It is a message, a blessing…it is an art. It has never hurt me. It has made me stronger, made me have a good reason to get out of bed in the morning.

Ms. Seaward, I will not judge you. Your article is well-written, and you seem passionate. My only advice is this: if you dislike metal and hard rock, don’t listen to them. But please, do not enforce your opinions on the rest of us. Please do not grab hold of paranoid, strange, and likely untrue theories about our music. It only offends us, just as a devout Catholic would be offended if you said that the Church seeks only to make money off of its members.

Thank you,

A Metalhead

]]> Comment on Remembering Mayberry by Ripster http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/remembering-mayberry#comment-76929 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:22:06 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/remembering-mayberry#comment-76929 I cherish my childhood memories of watching TAGS. Oddly enough, we watched the color episodes in B&W where I came from. Looking back now with the eyes of an adult, it occurs to me that today, we feel nastalgia for a show that was itself about nastalgia for an even earlier and simpler time. Mayberry was a town in the 1960s that was blissfully lost in the 1930s. The Darlings huffing late-1920s truck (and many other pre-war vehicles), the two-piece telephones without dials, the elders gathered in the barbershop, and the dime-store sodas were all fixtures of another era even by the standards of the 1960s. I cherish my childhood memories of watching TAGS. Oddly enough, we watched the color episodes in B&W where I came from. Looking back now with the eyes of an adult, it occurs to me that today, we feel nastalgia for a show that was itself about nastalgia for an even earlier and simpler time. Mayberry was a town in the 1960s that was blissfully lost in the 1930s. The Darlings huffing late-1920s truck (and many other pre-war vehicles), the two-piece telephones without dials, the elders gathered in the barbershop, and the dime-store sodas were all fixtures of another era even by the standards of the 1960s.

]]> Comment on Music; how does it affect you? by Chris http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/music-how-does-it-affect-you-2#comment-75750 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:13:34 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/music-how-does-it-affect-you-2#comment-75750 Huh...thats funny because i've conducted an experiment twice on plants where one set is listening to nothing, one set listening to classical, and one set listening to a wide range of rock/heavy metal, and the heavy metal set grew the most in both scenarios. Even in the popular TV show mythbusters this was proven...the classical plants died off and the heavy metal plants looked like they were on plant steroids and grew SOOOO much more...and the peas on them "tasted better". So where is this mice experiment where they "try to kill eachother" and since when has heavy metal killed plants? Every other experiment contradicts yours my friend. Lets see some sources bud... And for what it's worth i'm a metal head achieving a 3.68 GPA at a college prep private school...metal isn't killing my brain cells, if anything metal stimulates them. Huh…thats funny because i’ve conducted an experiment twice on plants where one set is listening to nothing, one set listening to classical, and one set listening to a wide range of rock/heavy metal, and the heavy metal set grew the most in both scenarios.

Even in the popular TV show mythbusters this was proven…the classical plants died off and the heavy metal plants looked like they were on plant steroids and grew SOOOO much more…and the peas on them “tasted better”.

So where is this mice experiment where they “try to kill eachother” and since when has heavy metal killed plants? Every other experiment contradicts yours my friend. Lets see some sources bud…

And for what it’s worth i’m a metal head achieving a 3.68 GPA at a college prep private school…metal isn’t killing my brain cells, if anything metal stimulates them.

]]> Comment on The Angel of Marye’s Heights by Roddy Horton http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/the-angel-of-marye%e2%80%99s-heights#comment-75663 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:10:23 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/the-angel-of-marye%e2%80%99s-heights#comment-75663 Richard Kirkland is interred in my hometown of Camden, S.C. His plot is referred to as "Little Arlington." Oddly enough, Abe Lincoln's brother-in-law, George Rogers Clark Todd, is buried a short distance away from Kirkland. Mr. Todd was a surgeon in the Confederate army. Several other of Mary Todd Lincoln's brothers also fought for the Confederacy. I'm sure this made made for some interesting conversations when the Lincolns and Todds got together for Sunday dinner. Richard Kirkland is interred in my hometown of Camden, S.C. His plot is referred to as “Little Arlington.” Oddly enough, Abe Lincoln’s brother-in-law, George Rogers Clark Todd, is buried a short distance away from Kirkland. Mr. Todd was a surgeon in the Confederate army. Several other of Mary Todd Lincoln’s brothers also fought for the Confederacy. I’m sure this made made for some interesting conversations when the Lincolns and Todds got together for Sunday dinner.

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