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"But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world. I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created that a cat should play with mice." -- Charles Darwin, Letter to Asa Gray
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8 comments:
I'm disappointed that you chose to post this. Recently I read somewhere online (sorry, no idea where) of a move by faculty at some schools to be careful of what they say about drinking, to avoid giving the impression to students that the party-hearty alcohol culture is ok.
I think there's some merit in that approach.
Maybe you were quite sober after 5 beers, but some students would not be. But let them give you their "super bowl drinking reports."
What I'd like to know is the violence of the flatulence after that consumption.
A point worth considering. Do my comments encourage readers who would not otherwise drink to drink five beers during a five hour period -- five during the first three and none during the last two -- or to drink five beers, heedless of the notion of pacing? Which is the more potent example?
i think marianaria has a point - and any attempt to encourage students, USF and elsewhere, to party a little more smartly is probably a good thing.
at the same time, michael's got a blog, and a far-reaching blog at that. one of the things i have always admired about this blog is the RANGE of topics and themes and ideas and writing styles emanate from this blog.
i thought u were mike robertson the great body guy and then the mike j. robertson whose still standing. mow I know I u should tell that lady there are guys with stones around. Like rick nelson said you got to pls yrself. grt song!!!
It is a schoolmarmish rebuke. But as you have chosen to work with young people who may emulate your example, you must in all decency curb your behavior. Failing that, you must realize full freedom of expression is not yours. When you take the king's shilling, as it were, you agree to certain conditions and restraints others may be free to ignore.
Except that this is more like the Pope's lira. And I see no rule implied or stated that an adult can't have a couple (or five) beers over three hours and a Diet Coke or two over two hours and drive soberly and responsibly home and write about it in an unofficial forum about said adventure. If someone thinks this is encouraging binge drinking, I suggest that they spend some time with real students and learn what binge drinking is all about.
I very much like the notion that I take the Pope's lira. Yet I love the ladies withal. (That is, I love one lady.)
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