http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/02/ruddy-hell/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:23:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/02/ruddy-hell/#comment-1035 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:27:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/02/ruddy-hell/#comment-1035 See? Completely human. See? Completely human.

]]> http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/02/ruddy-hell/#comment-1033 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:55:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/02/ruddy-hell/#comment-1033 He didn't write about John, but he gave up skiing, which had been 'their' sport, and years later, in a fictional work, he wrote; 'My son was killed while laughing at some jest, I would I knew What it was, so it might serve me in a time when jests are few.' He didn’t write about John, but he gave up skiing, which had been ‘their’ sport, and years later, in a fictional work, he wrote;
‘My son was killed while laughing at some jest, I would I knew
What it was, so it might serve me in a time when jests are few.’

]]> http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/02/ruddy-hell/#comment-1032 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:15:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/02/ruddy-hell/#comment-1032 It wasn't Kipling's fault that it was perfectly acceptable to use that form of address during his lifetime. It's not your fault that it's no longer acceptable, either. It is what it is. Kipling was genius at times, and a dullard other times, but throughout, he was human. And that describes every man, woman, and child on the planet, so there's no shame in any of it. It wasn’t Kipling’s fault that it was perfectly acceptable to use that form of address during his lifetime.
It’s not your fault that it’s no longer acceptable, either.
It is what it is. Kipling was genius at times, and a dullard other times, but throughout, he was human. And that describes every man, woman, and child on the planet, so there’s no shame in any of it.

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