tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post3569918919185079155..comments2023-10-06T03:44:23.385-07:00Comments on Commonwealth & Commonwealth: Angels In Paradise. Or Not.Captain Colossalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02713053731307487088noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-71972936117264347202007-08-09T13:46:00.000-07:002007-08-09T13:46:00.000-07:00Update: See also my new post on this subject.Update: See also <A HREF="http://commonwealthandcommonwealth.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-that-banana-in-your-pocket-or.html" REL="nofollow">my new post</A> on this subject.Noko Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384279666473945934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-57885160540983571202007-08-09T09:38:00.000-07:002007-08-09T09:38:00.000-07:00I totally enjoy all the feral children stuff (alth...I totally enjoy all the feral children stuff (although I never saw the Herzog movie). But I enjoy it because the feral children are already a certain kind of human, not because they're a blank slate on which to figure out what humans are like. Similarly, I mostly only like pictures of people.Captain Colossalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713053731307487088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-115381485697579312007-08-09T05:16:00.000-07:002007-08-09T05:16:00.000-07:00Oops, of course that previous comment should have ...Oops, of course that previous comment should have said "second link."<BR/><BR/>CC: Yes, I remember that piece well. I'm a big fan, though, of the strange Werner Herzog movie, "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser," based on a true story of a German wild child.Noko Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384279666473945934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-89712639734903994222007-08-09T05:02:00.000-07:002007-08-09T05:02:00.000-07:00I'm afraid the first link in FDW's comment got cut...I'm afraid the first link in FDW's comment got cut off. The link is <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frans-de-waal/bonobos-and-paula-jones_b_59453.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Noko Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384279666473945934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-51620144430222672562007-08-08T10:54:00.000-07:002007-08-08T10:54:00.000-07:00An extended reply to The New Yorker piece will app...An extended reply to The New Yorker piece will appear on eSkeptic next week.<BR/>http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/<BR/><BR/>A shorter version was posted today on Huffington Post (political website):<BR/>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frans-de-waal/bonobos-and-paula-jones_b_59453.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4392162987997980937.post-80086502071676468932007-08-08T08:22:00.000-07:002007-08-08T08:22:00.000-07:00Even better, I've always thought, is the examinati...Even better, I've always thought, is the examination of feral children as a way of finding out what people are really like. Another favorite New Yorker topic.Captain Colossalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713053731307487088noreply@blogger.com