tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post1160346964884268452..comments2023-12-22T10:17:24.280-05:00Comments on Bookpuddle: Arguing with CarlyleCiprianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-50060940527035245712012-10-11T15:52:35.288-04:002012-10-11T15:52:35.288-04:00Cipriano I know you follow the W.C. Fields school ...Cipriano I know you follow the W.C. Fields school of thought:<br />"Every man must believe in something and I believe I'll have another drink"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-51510122569896582402012-10-03T14:32:29.890-04:002012-10-03T14:32:29.890-04:00I think that Stefanie does have a good point, howe...I think that Stefanie does have a good point, however to me it looks like Carlyle sets up the ideas of believing vs. debating and arguing in direct opposition. When looking at it as an "either - or" choice, I'd take debating and arguing hands down. I'd rather think critically than believe blindly.Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-77418921499046541212012-10-03T11:10:49.902-04:002012-10-03T11:10:49.902-04:00Carlyle doesn't say what a person has to belie...Carlyle doesn't say what a person has to believe in, only that a person believe in something. And, er, aren't you sort of proving Carlyle right by saying you "believe" in debating and arguing? Isn't your personal statement at the end of the post a sort of statement of belief?Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-19593014455403590692012-10-02T23:39:01.678-04:002012-10-02T23:39:01.678-04:00Ahhh... my first convert!Ahhh... my first convert!Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-58248396819740311272012-10-02T23:32:52.862-04:002012-10-02T23:32:52.862-04:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Isabella Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.com